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Want to understand Cold War Africa? Read The Lumumba Plot. It’s history that still matters today.
#TheLumumbaPlot #MustRead
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/the-lumumba-plot-book-review-stuart-reid/

The Lumumba Plot Book Review: Stuart A. Reid’s Insightful Take

The Lumumba Plot book review Stuart A. Reid reveals CIA involvement in Lumumba’s assassination and its impact on Congo’s history.

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'Finding ways of limiting Africans’ advancement was central to #Belgium’s strategy for sustaining its dominance over a land so rich in resources that it was often called a “geological scandal.” '

#HowardFrench reviews #TheLumumbaPlot, #MyCountryAfrica, and the #documentary #SoundtrackToACoupDÉtat

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/09/25/a-damn-nuisance-patrice-lumumba/
https://archive.ph/SNQHc

#Congo #BelgianCongo #imperialism #colonialViolence #PatriceLumumba #CIA #covertOps #ColdWar #cinema #books @histodons @bookstodon @film

‘A Damn Nuisance’

Patrice Lumumba’s vision for a newly independent Congo fell victim to historical circumstances that were too powerful for him to overcome.

The New York Review of Books