Patrice Lumumba was the first Prime Minister of an independent Congo. But former colonial masters Belgium, along with the CIA, conspired to have him overthrown and killed. This comic by ILYA (with Yohann Koshy) tells the tragic story of Lumumba’s rise and fall.
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