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  1. This Grandpa Blogs @[email protected] ·

    Want to understand Cold War Africa? Read The Lumumba Plot. It’s history that still matters today.
    #books #bookreview #TheLumumbaPlot #MustRead
    thisgrandpablogs.com/the-lumum

    #books #bookreview #thelumumbaplot #mustread
  2. This Grandpa Blogs @[email protected] ·

    Lessons from The Lumumba Plot: Foreign intervention changes nations. The cost? Lives, freedom, and truth.
    #Books #TheLumumbaPlot #CIA
    thisgrandpablogs.com/the-lumum

    #books #thelumumbaplot #cia
  3. This Grandpa Blogs @[email protected] ·

    The CIA feared Lumumba might join the Soviets. That was enough for them to act. His fate was sealed.
    #Books #ColdWar #TheLumumbaPlot
    thisgrandpablogs.com/the-lumum

    #books #coldwar #thelumumbaplot
  4. This Grandpa Blogs @[email protected] ·

    Patrice Lumumba was Congo’s first Prime Minister. He wanted freedom. The CIA and Belgium saw him as a threat. So, they got rid of him.
    #TheLumumbaPlot #History #Books
    thisgrandpablogs.com/the-lumum

    #thelumumbaplot #history #books
  5. Paria sans portefeuille @[email protected] ·

    'Finding ways of limiting Africans’ advancement was central to #Belgium’s strategy for sustaining its dominance over a land so rich in resources that it was often called a “geological scandal.” '

    #HowardFrench reviews #TheLumumbaPlot, #MyCountryAfrica, and the #documentary #SoundtrackToACoupDÉtat

    nybooks.com/articles/2025/09/2
    archive.ph/SNQHc

    #Congo #BelgianCongo #imperialism #colonialViolence #PatriceLumumba #CIA #covertOps #ColdWar #cinema #books @histodons @bookstodon @film

    #belgium #howardfrench #thelumumbaplot #mycountryafrica #documentary #soundtracktoacoupdetat