Jacobin on MSN2d
How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence
The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...
How the CIA used jazz greats as cover for a 1961 coup in Africa
Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...
The Nation on MSN1d
Soundtrack to a Complicit Silence
Where silence becomes an accomplice, and absence is a refrain. Maliyamungu Muhande Soundtrack to a Coup d’État, released last ...
standardmedia.co.ke2y
Lumumba's 1960 execution, burial of his tooth in 2022
For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Patrice Lumumba, the first Congo Prime Minister. [File, Standard] Although the internment ...
‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’ Director: Our World’s Problems Go Well Beyond Trump and the Republicans
The Trump administration is ousting four additional outlets from Pentagon workspaces, with CNN and The Washington Post set to ...
Belgium still coming to terms with colonial past
Now there is a much greater recognition of the harm Belgium caused in Belgian Congo and Rwanda. Under Belgian rule the ...
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What has the G20 summit in Bali achieved? - Prof Patrice Lumumba
The implementation of the G20 summit in Bali was completed on Wednesday 16 November 2022 and many achieved by Indonesia during the summit. Prof. Patrice Lumumba, international relations observer ...
allAfrica.com on MSN11d
Congo-Brazzaville: Soundtrack to a Coup d'État - Neocolonialism and Resistance
Interview - Director Johan Grimonprez discusses Soundtrack to a Coup d'État, his powerful exploration of Congo's decolonization struggle, in conversation with Peter Mertens, Belgian political leader ...