About this episode

The episode discusses the assassination of Patrice Lumumba and the role of U.S. jazz ambassadors, featuring guests Gerald Horne and Anthony Ballas.

In this continuation of our African Revolutions and Decolonization series, we bring back two returning guests, Gerald Horne and Anthony Ballas, to discuss the documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, and the U.S.'s "jazz ambassadors". A really stimulating discussion, we highly recommend you also check out our other episodes focused on the Congo to orient yourself historically here - The Congo - From Colonization Through Lumumba & Mobutu and The Situation in Congo - From Mobutu to M23 Rebels Today (both with Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja) and Mining the Congo w/ Josaphat Musamba, Germain Ngoie Tshibambe, & Ben Radley . We also recommend you check out the previous episodes we have done with Dr. Horne, which include - Histories of Resistance in LA from 60's to Today , Texas and the Roots of U.S. Fascism , and The Counterrevolution of 1776 Anthony Ballas was also on the show recently, you can listen to the episode we did with him - Whiteness, Jake Paul, Boxing, & the Crisis of US Imperialism Gerald Horne is the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. His research interests are unbelievably…

People in this episode

Guests: Gerald Horne, Anthony Ballas

Topics covered

• African Revolutions
• Decolonization
• Assassination
• Jazz Ambassadors
• Congo History
• Resistance

Keywords

• Patrice Lumumba
• jazz ambassadors
• Congo
• decolonization
• Gerald Horne
• Anthony Ballas
• Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Houston, Duke Univ

Books & works: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, Histories of Resistance in LA from 60's to Today, Texas and the Roots of U.S. Fascism, The Counterrevolution of 1776, Whiteness, Jake Paul, Boxing, & the Crisis of US Imperialism

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