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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 ...
‘Mussolini’ director Joe Wright: ‘When did anti-fascism become controversial?’
Wright, 52, started off political. As a teenager in the 1980s, he went on anti-nuclear marches and deployed the term fascist ...
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War Returns to the Democratic Republic of Congo: What to Know
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...
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Rest on, Sam Nujoma, African patriot and founding father of Namibia, By Omoniyi Ibietan
The founding president of the Republic of Namibia, Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma (Sam Nujoma), passed away on Saturday 8, ...
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Sam Nujoma, African patriot and founding father of Namibia
The founding president of the Republic of Namibia, Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma (Sam Nujoma), passed away eight ...
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Resource-rich Congo is the first battle in New Cold War. India can’t miss out on cobalt
For countries like India, the stakes are enormous. To participate in the post-hydrocarbon global economy, the country needs ...
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The story of one woman’s fight to gain African independence from colonial rule
Eve Blouin, daughter of African independence activist Andrée Blouin, speaks to The World’s Host Marco Werman about a new edition of her mother's autobiography recounting her fight for African ...
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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 ...
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The Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Goma Crisis Threat To Regional Peace
It is now almost three decades, when the crisis in violatile great lake Eastern regional city of Goma in Democratic Republic of the Congo started, with heavy violence carried out by the brutal ...
My Last Trial
They had discovered a text message on my phone that I’d written to my friend Patrick Lumumba the day of Meredith’s murder ... He was told that his father had awoken from a coma to say that his son was ...