Patrice Lumumba's Assassination
The shocking truth behind Lumumba’s Killing
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68 mins
Explore the 1961 assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba amid post-independence turmoil and Cold War tensions. Uncover the role of internal rivals and alleged foreign involvement that turned his death into a global controversy.
Ep 1:
A Tooth, A Confession, A Stolen Nation
A chilling live-TV confession about dissolved remains opens the door to Congo's brutal colonial past and the rise of Patrice Lumumba, the charismatic leader who dared to dream of freedom.
Ep 2:
The Speech That Doomed a Prime Minister
Lumumba's fiery independence speech shatters diplomatic decorum and enrages Belgium, while military mutiny and a Cold War gambit set deadly forces in motion against him.
Discussions (5)
Natalia
Level 6 · 3 mo agoMobutu took so much CIA cash to betray his friend that he waved away a $25,000 payment. Years later he declared the man he murdered a national hero.
Jack
Level 10 · 3 mo agoCan you believe he kept those teeth in his pocket?
Sebastian
Level 7 · 3 mo agomobutu taking cia cash to backstab his friend and then making him a national hero is so shady 😂
