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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 ...
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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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‘Symbol of resistance’: Lumumba, the Congolese hero killed before his prime
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Shortly before noon on a Thursday in June 1960, 34-year-old Patrice Lumumba stepped up to the podium at the Palace of the Nation in Leopoldville (current ...
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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 ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
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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 ...