Soundtrack To A Coup D’etat opens with footage of a Max Roach drum solo, cut with intertitles of his wife, the singer, actress and activist Abbey Lincoln, announcing The Cultural Association of Women ...

A provisional government led by Charles Rogier declared Belgian independence from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands on ...

Western meddling after Belgian Congo gained independence in 1960 saw its fledgling democracy quickly snuffed out and replaced by a corrupt autocracy, propped up by the United States. Both Belgium ...

Two years ago, the 60th anniversary of Congo’s independence reignited calls to put Lumumba’s soul to rest. Protesters gathered outside the Belgian Embassy in Kinshasa, seeking restitution of ...

Belgian cinema shines at the Oscars with standout nominees in documentaries, animation, and more, as ‘Emilia Pérez’ grabs ...

The return of Lumumba's tooth from former colonizer Belgium in 2022 had been celebrated ... the country could have achieved after its independence. Instead, it became mired in decades of ...

that by last week shaken Belgian leaders (who a few years ago boasted that their economic paternalism would long postpone political freedom) were resigned to an offer of full independence for the ...