Why They Killed Patrice Lumumba
Patrice Lumumba was a radical leader of the Congolese independence movement who resisted Belgian colonialism and corporate interests. That’s why he was assassinated in a US-backed coup 59 years ago today.
1 Article by: Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja
Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja is a professor of African, African-American, and diaspora studies at the University of North Carolina and the author of many books, including The Congo from Leopold to Kabila: A People’s History and Patrice Lumumba.