Podcast
Behind the Bastards
In "The Assassination of Lumumba", Ludo de Wit reviewed Belgian newspaper coverage of Lumumba's murder which focused on shifting the blame from Belgium to the Congolese.
What has occurred demonstrates alas that in Africa and certain other countries at the same stage of evolution access to the democratic process remains a murderous affair
— Episode: The Congo After Leopold
Episode: The Congo After Leopold
In "The Assassination of Lumumba", Ludo de Wit reviewed Belgian newspaper coverage of Lumumba's murder which focused on shifting the blame from Belgium to the Congolese.
What has occurred demonstrates alas that in Africa and certain other countries at the same stage of evolution access to the democratic process remains a murderous affair
Patrice Lumumba has died the way he always wanted violently.
The very existence of Lumumba was an abscess which had already infected the Congo and was threatening to infect it further.
Episode: The Congo After Leopold
The book "The Assassination of Lumumba" was mentioned when discussing Belgian newspaper coverage of Lumumba's murder. De Wit noted that the coverage focused on shifting blame from Belgium to the Congolese. One newspaper stated that Patrice Lumumba died the way he always wanted, violently.
What has occurred demonstrates alas that in Africa and certain other countries at the same stage of evolution access to the democratic process remains a murderous affair.
Patrice Lumumba has died the way he always wanted violently.
The very existence of Lumumba was an abscess which had already infected the Congo and was threatening to infect it further.
The murder of Patrice Lumumba and two of his colleagues however is unique in that it is the first time in history that the legal ruler of a country has been done to death with the open connivance of a world organization in whom that ruler put his trust.
the most important political assassination of the 20th century