In February 1961, a remarkable outburst took place at the United Nations in New York – jazz artists Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach, writer Maya Angelou and others crashed the Security Council to protest the ...

Director Johan Grimonprez trusts audiences to follow every complicated nuance of a historical narrative, illuminating contemporary African politics in the process. Touching on far more than the ...

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (now streaming on VOD platforms like Amazon Prime Video) commands you to lean in and pay attention and connect the dots of its story and, well, just summon the fortitude to ...

Exclusive: Johan Grimonprez directs the Sundance award-winning documentary about the plan to assassinate Congo’s premier prime minister, Patrice Lumumba. Who knew that jazz legends like Louis ...

Patrice Lumumba's case took center stage at an April 15 event in Geneva on colonial impunity and justice for African independence leaders.

The assassination of the Congo’s first prime minister has been shrouded in mystery – but the impending trial of a Belgian diplomat may provide answers ...

Originally produced as a documentary film in 1991. Reexamines the independence struggle in the Belgian Congo and its leader, Patrice Lumumba. This multi-award-winning film recounts Lumumba's tragic ...

Patrice Lumumba, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s first prime minister, was widely beloved in his nation for his advocacy of African liberation. After his brutal assassination following a coup led ...

Étienne Davignon had been set to stand trial in connection with the murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. By Lynsey Chutel No one apart ...

No one apart from the Congolese people has ever paid a price for the CIA-backed assassination of Patrice Lumumba. By Stuart A. Reid Remembering the African leader after a Brussels court this week ...

Patrice Émery Lumumba, born Isaïe Tasumbu Tawosa (2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961) was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of ...