An opposition Congo politician is sentenced to 1 year in prison for inciting civil disobedience
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A Congolese opposition politician was sentenced to one year in prison for inciting civil disobedience ...
Parallel projection – Frank McNally on watching Gladiator II and Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat back-to-back
In a previous film about Irish involvement in the Congo crisis of 1960, The Siege of Jadotville (2016), O’Brien was portrayed ...
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Post-colonial poverty in Africa
Weaponisation of material poverty is very real in Africa. Starvation and general material poverty have stolen the peoples’ ...
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The mausoleum holding Congo independence hero Lumumba's gold-capped tooth is vandalized
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government says the mausoleum of assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba in the ...
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Seed of betrayal: Kenyatta, Odinga fallout that shaped Kenya's political scene
Odinga turned down a clever request by colonial power brokers to form a government and ascend to power as Prime Minister as ...
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News snippets from the European press
Still there A gold tooth, all that remains of Patrice Lumumba, was not stolen from his mausoleum in Kinshasa, the Democratic ...
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Worldview: Story of how the US ‘broke Congo’ vividly told in a new documentary
Worldview: Johan Grimonprez’s Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat weaves extraordinary archive footage, personal testimonies and jazz ...
How the US ‘broke Congo’ is vividly retold in a pacy new documentary
Worldview: Johan Grimonprez’s Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat weaves extraordinary archive footage, personal testimonies and jazz ...
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Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
It might manifest as a straightforward historical documentary, but the fascinating, hypnotic Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat unfolds into something much deeper – and more sinister.