**A Sephardic pioneer in the Congo, from the book *****Le Congo Belge et ses Coloniaux*****, 1955.****CADRANEL Isaac, 1891 Milas (Turkey) 1891 – 1956 Elisabethville, Congo****He was married to Esther Malchi, 1900 Aydin Turkey – 1969 Johannesburg,****Their children were Bension, Joseph, Moise, and Victor **** ****Italian merchant****In 1912, he took part in the Balkan War, at the Dardanelles, where he was awarded the War Medal. He also participated in the Greco-Turkish War in 1922. After being demobilized, he worked in Rhodes as an accountant at the firm Isaac Menache.****In 1929, he left for the Belgian Congo, where he worked for the firm Amato-Capelluto-Tarica in Tshimbulu.****After a leave, he returned with his family and worked in Luputa for the same firm.****To this day, he has taken over the Amato Frères branch in Demba on his own account.**