Why did the West see a young African leader as such a threat? Reid finds the answer in declassified records.
#books #bookreview #PatriceLumumba #ColdWar
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@ekimellnea.bsky.socialWhy did the West see a young African leader as such a threat? Reid finds the answer in declassified records.
#books #bookreview #PatriceLumumba #ColdWar
https://smpl.is/ane0d
@liamomaraiv.bsky.socialSoon after #PatriceLumumba was overthrown in #Congo, meeting minutes on #ThisDayInHistory in 1960 record Pres. #DwightEisenhower & UK Foreign Secretary #AlecDouglasHome (and PM #HaroldMacMillan) agreeing Lumumba should 'fall into a river full of crocodiles' for seeking freedom.
@liamomaraiv.bsky.social#MobutuSeseSeko launched a coup with #CIA help against the first president of #CongoKinshasa, #PatriceLumumba on #ThisDayInHistory in 1960. MSS brutally held power until 1997, and for much of that time #DRCongo was called #Zaire. #Lumumba was later butchered & dissolved in acid.
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They tried to erase him from history. In 1961, #PatriceLumumba — the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the #Congo — was overthrown and killed during the height of the #ColdWar.