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It happened today – this day in history – February 13
Baghdad falls to the Mongols as the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed and tens of thousands are slaughtered. 1542: Catherine ...
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How jazz played out over Congo’s chaotic coup
Patrice Lumumba, who helped lead Congo’s struggle from a Belgian ... The movie’s historical context is provided through archival footage from speeches by the likes of human rights activist Malcolm X ...
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Soundtrack to a Complicit Silence
Soundtrack to a Coup d’État is a phenomenal film—brilliantly crafted. Johan Grimonprez unearths truths about the overthrow of ...
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How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence
In 1960, Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister of newly independent Congo. His close ally Andrée Blouin describes how Belgium and the US conspired to oust Lumumba and impose Mobutu’s kleptocratic ...
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The African Communist 1959 – 1988: Index and contents
No. 96 (1st Quart. 1984), p. 5 Speeches at the funeral, reactions in South Africa and India, Statement by the Central Committee of the SACP, messages, landmarks in a life of struggle.