Vijay Prashad on the Murder of Congo's Patrice Lumumba

This week on MOATS: The Podcast Bonus Episode This week's guest is Director of The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, Vijay Prashad on the death anniversary of Professor Patrice Lumumba Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the independent Democratic Republic of the Congo from June until September 1960. He played a significant role in the transformation of the Congo from a colony of Belgium into an independent republic. Ideologically an&nbsp;African nationalist&nbsp;and&nbsp;pan-Africanist, he led the&nbsp;Congolese National Movement&nbsp;(MNC) party from 1958 until he was assassinated. The Mother of all Talk Shows" is broadcast live every Sunday 7pm GMT on Youtube and Sputnik Radio. MOATS is the open university of the airwaves to millions of people all over the world @moatstv @vijayprashad This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy <a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/georgegalloway">Support this podcast</a>