Lumumba, Congo And Leopold
Read this old article in the Guardian about the assassination of Patrice Lumumba . He was the victim of the Cold War and America’s ruthlessness to maintain its supply of uranium from the Congo. This led me down the path of the history of the Congo. Leopoldo the II used it as his private backyard and then later colonized it. The Congolese people suffered greatly at his hands. Up to ten million have been said to have died. The Belgians never acknowledged this and even recent attempts to revisit their role in the Congo have been whitewashed . Zaheer