The Lumumba Plot: The CIA-Backed Assassination of the DRC's First Democratically Elected Leader, with Stuart Reid, Executive Editor of Foreign Affairs

This week, A'ndre and Andrea spoke with Stuart Reid, Executive Editor of Foreign Affairs, on his new book The Lumumba Plot, which investigates the CIA's role in the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically-elected leader of the DRC in 1961. We profile Lumumba with Stuart, and describe the then-Republic of Congo's colonial history, discussing what the process of decolonization between Belgium and the Republic of Congo (chaotically) looked like. Stuart chats about Belgia...