**Rhodesli pioneers in the Congo, from the book *****Le Congo Belge et ses Coloniaux*****, 1953****COHEN Alexandre****Italian **Merchant. Born in Rhodes in 1908.He attended the Frères School until 1924. From 1924 to 1928, he worked as a blacksmith in his hometown, then came to the Belgian Congo as an employee of the company *Amato Frères et Capelouto*.Some time later, he opened his own trading business, which he managed in Élisabethville.