Independence

No. 114: History Shapers

Oct 13, 2015

Notes

Cold War, Edgar J. Hoover, Henry Kissinger, History, Independence, kwame nkrumah, Lee Kuan Yew, patrice lumumba, Zbigniew Brzezinski

Folks I want to study more: Kwame Nkrumah Henry Kissinger Lee Kuan Yew Patrice Lumumba Edgar J. Hoover Zbigniew Brzezinski Bayard Rustin Send along book recommendations, if you have any. Who else should I consider? Who is on your list?
No. 54: Lumumba Was Here

Jan 18, 2015

Africa

assasination, Belgium, CIA, congo, Independence, MI6, patrice lumumba, soviet Union, USA

Yesterday was the 54th anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, independent Congo’s first prime minister. Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, one of the first blacks to attend my alma mater, wrote a nice piece on the importance of Lumumba and his death. He recently published a biography of Prime Minister Lumumba that I look forward to reading.…