Lumumba Pt II
Series: Have You Heard George's Podcast? - After Empire
Publisher: The BBC
Episode number: 3
Length (minutes): 26
Description:
With enemies lurking in every corner, Patrice Lumumba is trapped in his own home. As the first democratically elected prime minister of the Congo, he planned to use the country’s natural wealth to improve the lives of its people, but secret actions by the US and Belgian governments stopped that from happening. These actions give a small indication of how far empires will go to hold onto power.