How Mobutu Conquered Congo | The Complex History of the Leopard of Zaire
As far as African dictators go, there is probably no single greater illustration of the nuances and complexities that underpin dictatorships in Africa, than Joseph Desire Mobutu’s 31 year stint, as the leader of the nation known today as the DRC.
A self-proclaimed anti-communist who modelled his entire state apparatus after China’s chairman Mao. A self-styled African revolutionary, who collaborated with his country’s former colonisers to assassinate his own prime minister and a proud Afrocentric, whose love for European luxuries and prestige would see him seize control of an estimated one third of his country’s GDP and build a personal net worth nearly twice the size of his country’s national debt.
A paradoxical man from a nation of paradox. Mobutu may have been stereotypically arrogant and cruel, but he was far from a simpleton. His over 3 decades as Congo’s Supreme leader, would be built on a complex combination of evil genius, will power and good fortune.
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I’m curious about Somalia and Siad Barre. Some friends say he was amazing others that he was corrupt
Excellent, friend. Your videos are always a masterpiece. Friend, your paypal link in the description is broken.....
What an amazing video. Another big hit. Where did you get the footage of Bokassa’s coronation? I just got done reading Brian Titley’s Dark Age and was really impressed with the work, but would like to see that video to complete my mental picture of Centrafrique in that time period
What happened to your video on Cameroon?
@@guitarkindofguy2 thank you for your kind words.. but the link seems to work fine at our end?
Mobutu's betrayal of Lumumba and its consequences are one of the most bitter historical tragedies in the second half of the 20th century
07:46 who
At least, one communist less.
Collaborators working with the CIA to destroy their own homes. Talk about destruction
…and unfortunately a tragic model, which eventually most “ African leaders “ today, continue to follow, with the same colonial masters, who keep them chained to slave ships.
Mobutu was an enemy to his own people . But he will paid for his evil ways ! And that's a fact !
As a Congolese, this is the most accurate documentary done in English. Thank you so much !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Glad to hear from a person from the Congo that this video is accurate
I am a Congolese citizen living in Bukavu. I thanks you for the vidéo on English. Thanks to thé panafrican man Nkwame Nkurumawho spoke about Congo m'y country.
So who is running the show today in 2021?
Hey brother. Where do you stay? In congo or outside? u probably speak French don't you?
This was beyond excellent. My favorite part was hearing Mobutu was dead. Rest in Power Mr. Patrice Lumumba!
And not just dead but died in exile and isolated from his people back home!! Dieing in exile is so painful!!
There is still rampant corruption in many countries in sub Saharan Africa to this day. Leaders willing to sell out the people of their abundant natural resources for personal gain. Western nations gain to the detriment of the African people.
Lumumba was a weakling
This video was incredible! I grew up on Zaire from 1978-86. Mobutu was larger than life. You know he was doing so many evil things but I was always fascinated by him. The evils he, King Leopold, and the CIA did are still be felt in the Congo.
Greed,power,money.
There’s something so haunting about seeing Mobutu alongside Lumumba. Next to the dreamer, the cunning, cutthroat politician. So often we hear the story, but there you have the picture right in front of you.
Like Mufasa and Scar
Then there’s the image of Mobutu next to Reagan The cunning, cutthroat politician next to the cunning, cutthroat politician
It has something Shakespearian no?
@@kingwaffleton1774 except mobutu was worst
Much like Thomas sankara and Blaise compaoré
You're always the highlight of my day. Your eloquence and objectivity on african politics and history is unmatched. This should be the gold standard on African discourse.
That’s some really high praise! Thank you so much 🙏🏿
@@NewAfrica so well deserved, too; thank you for the excellent analysis and insight.
If you didn't give your life yet to Christ, give it now because He's coming soon!!!
@@prisca5417 obviously Africa will never evolve and obvioulsy white masters made thorough job by convincing Africans religion will save them. it's pathetic!
@@judesyle5687 i agree with you about Mobutu. now about Lumumba being "naive", he wasn't in fact. he deeply trusted Mobutu who was his private secretary ( how can't you trust your own private secretary?) until the day he realized Mobutu was a "sold man" (literally translated from french), then he said "il a sa conscience", literally "he has his conscience". those words are famous.
Growing up in the 80’s I heard of Zaire and Mobutu Sessa Seko, and I didn’t know the whole story until now. Well done.👍🏾
I recall that it was Mobutu who paid Ali and Foreman $5,000,000.00 each for the “Rumble in the Jungle” in 1974.This was a part of his endeavor to bring prominence to Zaire. However, while the fight was historical, very few remember where it occurred, especially since Zaire no longer exist.
Nah not sure if you live in a 5th world country but everyone knows that this fight too place in the Zaire. You don’t forget things like that especially when it’s Ali
@@raycorey the young generation don't know about it.
Dear NewAfrica, I want to thank you for all the information you provide in your videos, I've been learning a lot from these videos! I'm half-congolese, half-dutch. My father fled from Congo during the time of Mobutu's regime and met / later married my mother here in the Netherlands. As a child it was / still is very difficult to understand the situation my dad came from. It is difficult to find a (not too long) explanation of the county's long history which caused all the current poverty and conflict in Congo. Therefore I am grateful for your videos because they help me to understand my dad's situation more and the country itself. It breaks my heart to see my dad talking about the situation in Congo. However this also motivates me aswell and has been driving me too. I have been studying very hard at college to later return to Congo in order tk make a change for the millions of people in poverty 🇨🇩✊🏽❤. It is important for new generations to learn about African history in order to understand what caused the current problems. Your videos are a good source of information since African history is not being thaught on high school (in the west atleast). So again, thank you so much and please keep on making these videos 🙏🏾❤!
Thank you so much for sharing your story, this is exactly why we do what we do
Not only in the West, this kind of history is not being taught in Africa too.
@@OneAfricaProject We know that in Congo. Mostly because the regime that replaced overthrew him by force (So, they weren't fond of him). Funny enough, the one that replaced him as head of state, Laurent Désiré Kabila ( Our first 4 presidents were named either Joseph or Desiré), was an old ally of Lumumba. He was only 19 in 1960 and though he was from Katanga and a member of the provincial assembly in Katanga. He became one of the leaders of pro-Lumumba militias that fought against Katanga secessionists. He would then try his chance in many rebellions against Kasa-vubu then against Mobutu. He finally succeeded in 1997 with the help of Rwanda, Uganda, and Angola when the US abandoned him. So, yeah, Mobutu was publicly denounced and demonized after Kabila took power. Lumumba body was dissolved in acid in order to not give him a grave but Mobutu is still in Morocco despite the fact that his son, Mobutu Nzanga became a minister and even a deputy prime minister during the reign of Joseph Kabila, son of Laurent Désiré kabila (Yes, DRC politics is quite weird).
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Hoop dat het jou lukt iets goeds te doen in Congo.
There is a special place in hell for traitors like mobutu. Rest In Peace to Patrice Lumumba
Oh no no, thats way too general. He is a creator of a cult of personality, a ruthless lunatic(he suffered from great power fantasies) AND a petty and deeply unsuccesful dictator. Hell has a VERY specific treatments for abominations like him.
You guys must have been very close to him all the way to his last breath for being so sure he’s currently in hell.
@@degamispoudegamis If you say so... I guess you must be among the selected few who bear all the secrets.
How can one "rest in peace" when they are murdered?
When Africans realise what the fight is really about, Africa will prosper.
I just finished reading "How Europe underdeveloped Africa" and some of this was covered in it. This was beautifully done. I've subscribed. Also, narcissist doesn't seem to be a strong enough word to describe Mobutu.
Who wrote that book?
I'm yet to find a perfect time to finish that book, it has been on my book shelve since last year.
Have you read about the Islamic slave trade in africa
probably sociopath. all those disorder have narcissism in them.
@@fredericfoe2456 Walter Rodney
Mexican American here, what a beautiful channel, I was unaware of how beautiful African history is and how interesting it is, as we in America focus on European western history
Do your own research too….
Mexican american or us american of mexican descent?
Just erase everything you have ever heard about Africa and listen to us. We have been smeared as poor, war ridden place but whose hand is in it? We lived together side by side and never fought a single world war but we are now fighting like it is part of our genes. It stops with us.
Same in England all we learn about is WW2 and Henry the 8th they will never tell u about their dark history
@Danone Amiss All human civilizations with power have done terrible things to those who don't have power.
You, my friend, are a storyteller.
Remember to give equal shine to our heroes as well though!
Should have an ASMR channel
Need this brudda to narrate my life when I die wallahi 😂
@@NajashiProductions 😂🤣
@@NajashiProductions That would be one awesome eulogy, lol
WOW. Lumumba actually wanted the best for his people and his own did him in. 😢
Watch the movie 'Lumumba' by Raoul Peck. It'll break your heart.
As a black man born and raised in USA, this kind of information was never found or discussed during my formal school years. Finding your channel is like finding a precious jewel. I will watch and learn. I have read some on Patrice Lumumba and admire his stand against the colonial Imperialists Belgiums. Some have called him naive. Perhaps so, but we have all been naive when it comes to underestimating the depths of greed and deprivaty of western nations. Anyone black; political or otherwise who has their full support is not to be trusted, becuz western leaders can't be trusted. History in Africa and America has taught us this.
Alot of people don't really know what it takes to wield power in Africa. These are not tribal leaders who run their own village. You're in charge of dealing with multiple tribal leaders and trying to appease them so they won't separate and avoid civil war. Mobutu had the smartest move relying on western powers to secure such a huge country rather than the infighting and finger pointing lumumba. Not saying he was great but he knew the risks.
@@manovrsb tribes were countries before colonial rule
@@samanth. yeah but some of these tribes relied on the Belgians to protect them from lumumba coming in with his army and massacring them. They knew its not a fair fight and wanted support from Belgium.
@@manovrsb 😂😂😂 that's crazy coz lumumba never genocided anyone, Lumumba's army was commanded by mobutu seseseko
@@samanth. yes but use logic here , the second Congo gained independence a civil war broke out. Clearly some tribes never wanted to be apart of Lumumba's vision and wanted to carve their own future.
This is a master piece. As someone who grew up in the diaspora and knows so little about his own country, I'm grateful for this. It has somewhat helped satiate my hunger for the knowledge of my ancestral home.
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This video is an evidence that New Africa is one of the best channels on KZhead
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As an AfricanAmerican this was informative. With that said I remember learning of hero Malcom X talking about hero Patrice Lumumba in high regard. And hero President Kwame Nkrumah having hero WEB Du Bois (regarded as “father of modern pan-Africanism”) as a father figure in Kwame’a life. Etc. There is a strong connection between the AfricanEnslavedDiaspora & Africa, though it is rarely elaborated on intelligibly.
This is especially true in Liberia, since many Liberians are descendants of “freed” American slaves who were forced there.
Awesome documentary 👏🏾 it still baffles me that a country can just swoop in and claim another country and all its resources as there own. We see it way too many times in history. Africa belongs to the African people. Even the country I’m from was stolen. Africans should be able to prosper from the lands plentiful natural resources. If they choose to trade is up to there discretion. It should not be forced. Africa is so underrated in its rich culture, language, cuisine, and history. This documentary was well written, well produced, and well narrated. Cheers from Detroit, Michigan USA
You said, "it still baffles me that a country can just swoop in and claim another country and all its resources as there own." That's classic Europeanism.
The irony. Where do you live again? How did you get to "your" country?
Haha! African cuisine, I Love it! Hahaha. What is this a middle school presentation?
So Lumuba fired all his Belgian army luitenants handed the power to his fellow African Mubuto who then turned on him and had him murdered so he could have full control and power.. wow 🤦🏽♂️
Yes. He gave Lumumba to his ennemies in katanga
He had to fire those Belgium commanders, they were useless. How do you explain an army that has been in your command for a century decides to riot 8 days after independence and you can't contain them. It was simply sabotage. He was just unlucky that the person he handed the army to was an informant of the belgians and I believe his mission to join lumumba was sponsored by the belgians right from the start
@@moszmwesigwa8728 oh, mutinies also happened under the Belgians with some regularity. The Belgians just put down those mutinies quickly and brutally to restore military orderm Lumumba did not want to go that route
@@moszmwesigwa8728 Agreed. I too have always believed that.
Yeah lets forget the whole sickening colonialism and the USA and Belgium killing Lumumba because of the geopolitical reasons and the resources. And im not even gonna delve here into the very complex destabilization of a country due to colonization. Raped and pillaged..and then whytes turn around after they flee and say look at those savages..
Mobutu loved fame more than anything and that what killed him. May my fellow compatriot Lumumba Rest In Peace ☮️
Yes Mobutu is Gone now where is Congo now, at least during his time you was sleeping on your house but at this time you can’t even get in your own house, since 1997 Congo become a battle fields of civil wars but during his time the was not war, the country was more peaceful….. ask your dad and your grandma the will told you……
Colon cancer I believe is what killed him my friend + he was just an effed up dude cut and dry
@@georgeprince6518 When you spend too much time in power you forget what brought you there and what your ideology were and the you start messing up with what you built. That why rebels won against Zaïre army
@@georgeprince6518 you are right bro. Let's also compare the years of Zaire and the years of Laurent and Joseph Kabila right to the current Tshisekedi. You can see that Mobutu even though was a murderer, still had many people who loved him because of his peaceful regime
Wouldn't quite say he got killed by his fame. After Cold War ended he became unecessary and had no allies from that point on
I think the biggest mistake the UN did in Africa was trying to enforce the existing borders at decolonization. Letting some of the larger and more ethnically divided countries disintegrate would maybe cause more bloodshed in the short term as everyone goes to war to secure new borders, but in the long term would lead to more stable and homogenous states. The Congo barely made it a week before going to war with itself. Maybe if Katanga, Kasai, etc. kept their independence things would be looking better in that part of the world by now.
The partition of India would indicate that you are in fact wrong.
@@seekingabsolution1907 well there is no bloodshed between those nations rn, only during the Partition temporarily. If India hadn't been partitioned, there could have been more long lasting violence and tension.
@@alinaqirizvi1441 The only reason India and Pakistan aren't at war right now is because both have nuclear weapons. Before then, they fought each other all time. The most recent conflict happened in the 1990s. Even Bangladesh isn't that friendly with India either.
@@ir9567 No one. They built their own nukes. They've had them for decades.
Mobutu would not have lasted a week without the Belgians and the CIA!
I served under the man, indirectly. I fought for Holden Roberto's FNLA. Mobutu could be very friendly and yet we all knew that was an act. He would have you killed in a second if he so desired. Such a beautiful country Zaire was. It's such a shame that so many evil people inhabit the country.
Mobutu was a merciless cutthroat and the hegemonic merciless Westerners saw their true accomplice in him,my God what an inhuman Traitor,cold blooded greed pschopath
I'm a Dutch history student following some courses on African societies. Before your videos I knew little about recent African history, your videos inspired me to take courses on African countries and helped me to gain a better understanding of the situation on the continent as well as specific countries! Thank you for creating these informative and objective video documentaries :)
Please make a video about the corruption in Angola 🇦🇴
Yes please
Portuguese "colonialism" is such a fascinating history. They could be so absent that you can't tell they're there, then exploit and steal worse than the worst dictators, then suddenly turn around and desperately try to act like your friend when they need your borders to make their map look big, and then leave right when no one else can possibly fill the gap. Like an eroding wave on the coast, in and out all the time. A NewAfrica video on the governments that followed would be an amazing watch.
@@TomQuiNEstPasLa lol there was always part of the Angolan people on the side of the Portuguese... the Portuguese did a lot to develop Angola, without going around killing people unlike the other colonials... Portugal still today does a lot to help Angola... but the family controlling their government is incredibly corrupt
@@AntonioBrandao Portuguese colonialism was a strange mixed bag. Didn't Portugal actually try to integrate Angola and Mozambique? I can't imagine that succeeding in the 1970s. Independence sentiments were too strong by then.
@@bindukopparapu2795 what do you mean by integrating? Being part of Portugal? That is true, they wanted to make it as part of Portugal, like if the same country. That would make them equal citizens. What I do know for sure is, that the local “legal” representatives did fight on the side of the Portuguese and it were local “rebels” who fought against both Portuguese and the loca supporters. Soviets were helping the rebels. But the Portuguese did NOT go around killing and oppressing the locals like they Belgians did in the Congo, neither imposed anything like Apartheid. The Portuguese were half way building a massive hydroelectric dam that would be beneficial to them, with lots of investment, and it was never completed because of the war. Apart from the independence war, the Portuguese were very peaceful in their manners and it is because of that, that still today the relations between these nations are very good! I am Portuguese and I know many Portuguese living and working there today, helping develop their countries. Their immigrants have been always welcome in Portugal and we treat them as brothers! ❤️
The amount of research put into this video is insanely impressive. Good work
Not juif?!!? Joseph! So you are not Jewish?!! Rebelling against your God given identity?
Among the many documentaries about DRCongo I have watched, so far, this one has more insights, is objective and, seemingly, the most credible.
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Couldn't agree more!
@@judesyle5687 Lumumba was naïve to think the US wouldn't go after him for inviting the Soviet Union to the Congo in the 60's. It doesn't make it right, but the truth is the truth.
@@judesyle5687 I'll agree with that.
Thank you so much for educating me and many others on something I know nothing about. That "party meeting" at 31:25 was a particular brand of terrifying. Religious is an understatement
Terrifying, and somewhat funny (for me anyway). The tunes of those songs sound so similar to what you would hear in a typical pentecostal church in rural Zambia, only difference is they would be singing about Christ and not a man. "Eternal life..." Did they even believe that? 😂
@@johnsitumbeko732 exactly it was like a church but with no joy, hope or faith, only obligation ... A cult
Looks like a Trump rally.
Honestly speaking with this brutal background, I’m always ashamed to be Congolese. The colonization of Mobutu has done a lot of damage to us, ranging from poor family set up that sets the man as a king who manipulates and takes advantage of every creature in the house. Ignorant fellows who do not compromise no matter what. Until we have a leadership structure that teaches mankind that all people are the same, Africa will continue to fall apart!
The only good thing that came out of him is the authenticité and the unity of congo at that time I am a proud congolese, and what rhis man did in mu country will always be a proud congolese. Its up to us congolese to change thngs in our country pmce and for all.
@@africaine4889 what did he do for the country?
May be it's why you were born in such a time and country. Change the destiny of DR
It's good to let the rest of the world know what's going on.
Great comment, we all bleed red, we all love, we all feel pain.
Great documentary, thank you. Rest in heaven, Mr. Lumumba 🙏🏾 There's a comment about there being a special kind of hell for people like Mobutu, I concur.
Bravo to all folks involved in the project. So enlightening
Dear Congolese The future will be brighter than this. From The Gambia.
Thank you 😊
I am a graduate student in the United States and I am studying International Affairs. I watched this doccumentary as an assignment in my "Politics in Africa " class. Thank you for the informative and thought provoking information.
As a Congolese, my suspicions have been confirmed Lumumba was truly Naïve, rooting for independence without a plan ultimately worsening people’s lives to this day
This is THE African history channel. Color me impressed, you’ve just earned a sub and a Patron ✊🏿
Respect ! ✊🏿🤝🙌🏿
Lmao “color me impressed” is it because you’re a colored black?
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Here before the premier. Looking forward to it. I remember first reading about Mobutu in Middle School and being blown away by just how nuts he was.
@034bloodas Imagine if every African dictator was like Paul Kagame.
@@bindukopparapu2795 Blessed African LKY
Kagame is playing the exact role of Mobutu nowadays in that region. People are just blind about him.
@@kariluckis8030 What is Kagame doing that is bad?
@@bindukopparapu2795 Kagamé is a criminal.
This is honestly the best documentary of Mobutu out there. From many fellows Africans, I've just heard that: Lumumba = good; he was assassinated; Mobutu = bad/corrupt. But your video explored so many details that made me understand how Mobutu's regime rose and fell, the various systems at play, and how you can't just describe a country's status quo with "capitalism" vs "socialism" and expect it to define everything. Excellent video.
I mean, your simple evaluation does seem more accurate than the fuck all I got told about as an English school child, and much more accurate than what the American government seemed to think of it at the time.
Thank you for telling this story in English. I grew up in the states, but we did a ancestry and my father was part Congolese, so I am. This history pains me, but it’s history, told so it can never be repeated.
They should be French subtitles in videos like this for clearer understanding for our French speaking brothers
Now included :)
Agree. . How about subtitles in Lingala and Swahili to cite but only two Congolese?
It a beautifully narrated piece of Congolese history. Thank you.
As a patron myself, I invite all others who enjoy these contents to donate and become patrons. Africa will never be the Africa we want if the news from Africa is told by others. We need to support our own. I’m such a big fan of the New Africa KZhead channel. The contents done by this proud African family rivals that of the BBC or CNN. It is professionally done.
Thank you so much for your support and encouragement 🙌🏿🙏🏿
@@NewAfrica I will be a patron in a few weeks.
Dear newafrica I would like to thank you for telling African history in the most neutral way. You don’t even take sides when you speak to us about this. I never knew how cool African history is. Thank you.
This is the best I've seen regarding the DRC's history so far. Congratulations. Will use in class!
Mobutu looks like he was following in the footsteps of Papa Doc.
@Black Arts nothing like Idi Amin, Amin was an enemy of the west whilst Mobutu was a loyal servant.
@Simo Zulu absolutely
@Simo Zulu Idi Amin was a total nutcase. Are you trying to insinuate that he was sane, but just misrepresented by the West?
The video is 44 minutes long but I listened too all of it👌🏾. U are a talented story teller my brother🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
Nqabenhle Zun , enjoy
My hunger for learning led me to this channel and I just want to take a moment to say thank you sir for the good work…I’ve been watching you since yesterday and I’m amazed to see how unbiased you are in providing the news. Blessings to you and keep up the good work 🙏🏾
I'm simply speechless. The documentaries you people make are simply amazing. This channel has to grow globally coz the content is just too good. One thing I'll ask is to add chapters to your videos, it'll be very helpful to navigate through the documentaries especially if a viewer wants to rewatch any specific part.
This channel constantly assures and reminds me how I made the right decision by choosing to focus on African politics as an international relations student. There’s so much knowledge to dive in
Excellent as usual
Thank you for your continued support
Nice to see a fellow indian. :)
Really covered everything . Thank you for such a good and researched video
An absolutely outstanding documentary. The span of details and events, context, editing, musical score, and best of all, a relaxing and captivating voice over by the narrator. Magnificent work, sir. I learned more from this video than all my own individual attempts to brush up on post-colonial Congo combined.
This creator is worthy of an award. Very objective narrative.....well organized and direct I give this 10/10 100%
The music , the narration , the simplicity and purity of the animation. Thank you for teaching me about African history! Love from India !
I love learning about the histories of all the continents! I'm so glad there is ready information like this.
Wow - this was so masterfully done. Thank you - I am not sure who the team is behind this video but what an extensive and in-depth look into the history of the country from colonial times through to the era of Joseph Kabila. Wonderfully done. Thank you, I am much more informed on my work now.
Whenever I get a notification from this channel it's guaranteed 🔥
Irony of chanting, "we want to be ourselves, and not what others want us to be." Its like a literal Monty Python scene: "yes, we are all individuals" So sad to think what was lost and squandered...
Yet, not a single person in the crowd who said, "I'm not" :)
"Now, let's repeat the Non-Conformist Oath! I promise to be different! I promise to be unique! I promise not to repeat things other people say!"
Humans are social beings. We need each other whether. No one can escape the sociological history that shaped them without losing their humanity.
Best Narrator, I have watched this 10 times now please keep the history lessons coming. Thank you.
This documentary has given me a very different perspective on our congolese brother's/sister's. I appreciate watching something that gives indepth details on our african history. As an upcoming african historian I place great value of quality, well articulated african content. I am a big fan of your narrative prowess
I studied History at university and it always amazed me how little about African history was taught beyond the imperial period of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Even then, Africa was mainly viewed through how the colonies affected the colonial powers rather than through the lives of those who lived there. I'm so grateful that we all get to learn this history for free through you. Keep up the amazing work!
Absolutely, so true. And it's very intentional that that was done!!! It's up to Us to correctly document history for our children and to educate
I grew up with thousands of books as my parents collected them so every room was a library. I taught myself to read before school so I feasted on parents books which gave me a useful world perspective and not just the imperial embers taught at my rural England school.
Because it's not important. We don't care about African history because it's still garbage
You are getting better and better. And the subscriptions show it. I´m glad.
Best video on this channel. 40 minutes felt like 10 in the best sense possible
I love this channel, we were never taught about African history in school and it's fascinating to learn about it
I love the work you are doing, it is so difficult to find historical works about africa that are actually african centric. The work you are doing is extremely important and I hope you continue
It's fascinating but sad.
As a Belgian, i can only congratulate the documentary maker for its historical accuracy. Very well done! More video's like this please :)
@@BelgianCongo What do you mean by that, just the fact that you use the name " Belgian Congo" says a lot of what and who you are.
Hi Belgium
i love your content! i only found it a day ago, but im so deeply vested in what you have to say! african stories and politics need to be talked about more, and i’m glad you’re doing that.
Excellent production. Thank you 🙏🏾
This is sorely needed as many Black people don't recognise the importance of this country to Africa or the wider Black world. This goes someway to opening our eyes into the contemporary history of this nation. Thank you Baba Taiwo.
Lmaoooo Mobutu was really a "do as I say but not as I do" type of guy. "European civilization for me but not for thee"
yeah africa is the best civilization deal with it africans accomplished more than rome
@@CombatHD3 Mxm stop that sh**t.
Completely excellent documentary. It is so great for us in UK and Europe to hear an African voice to these stories at last. Balanced, well-researched and well-narrated. Thank you.
As my Mother would say ,"Thanks a Million". I have always said that from the moment that Patrick Lumumba made it clear in his speak after coming into so called "Independence" that we would never forget, the Western powers wanted him gone and used him looking to Russia after the USA turned him down as a way to justify supporting a coup against him. And they knew Mobutu was the man for the job. Again thanks and keep up the good work. Peace! As Salaamu Alaikum!
Thank you for this very informative video. Greetings from Russia, where we still have streets named after Patrice Lumumba. Once the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia also bore his name. Hey, you missed that time when Zaïre almost became a space power (alongside with Lybia) with the help of German engineers! Isn't it crazy?
Guillaume Che , what's up ? I'm here in the Virgin Islands ,,St Thomas ,good shout out .
What a coincidence. We also have Lumumba Road here in Zambia.
We have Lumumba Streets in Dar es salaam, Tanzania.
As a budding storyteller on this platform, let me just say that this channel is one of the most professionally done I've come across so far, that talks about Africa! The script is perfect, the visuals are fantastic and the editing is top notch! It would be a disservice not to subscribe! Good job New Africa! 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
I agree 💯
A better man was taken out (and murdered) and replaced by a weaker sly and self centred one by the CIA, Belgian and French colonialists simply because the wanted to control the country's resources. Before US and the West preach about human rights and respect for democracy, here is some history lesson from Congo to ponder.
Thank you so much for these documentaries.
I had initially watched the Afristory Productions documentary on Mobutu long before now, so I was less excited than usual to see that this would be the new content after quite the wait. But MAN!! 3 minutes in, I could tell that I was in for something truly special! Your storytelling ability is incredible KB! Thank you for the amazing quality. Rich and detailed content as always!! I look forward to your next video. It's literally one of four KZhead channels whose content I ever share to other platforms
Wow glad to see another Afristory subscriber
Thank you so much for the support and encouragement Andrew 🙌🏿
@@NewAfrica it seems like Mobutu and Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier had alot in common.
For what you do for African History and Storytelling, thank you!
Thanks for your support 🙌🏿
Incredible orator, KB Taiwo; i have watched this documentary multiple times and I cant help but marvel at the research and incredible talent you have; keep these coming
very glad i found this channel. please keep it alive with updates.
Your channel has been a gift to the growing number of African political historians the world over. I couldn't think of a better channel to push forward a continents continued struggles.
You're literally the best storyteller I have ever seen. Thank you Taiwo
Thank you for watching 🙏🏿
Patrice Emery Lamuba ! May his soul Rest in paradise forever 🤲. ( Love from oakland California)
Once again , you guys never fail to come through with quality videos . God bless you
One of the most honest sources of African stories known to mankind
Thank you for this. Learning the story of the Congo was one of the most eye opening and deeply moving experiences of my life. There is much to learn about the role of the CIA and Europe in the making of both the heroic Lumumba and the heinous Mobuto. Thank you for this. Love from Malta.
Lee D , enjoy from the US V.I., all the way to Malta .
Your information is enlightening... I'm enjoying your playlist... one more to go and I've watched the entire list... excellent work!
That is fantastic work!!!! Thank you!
I’d love to see you do a video on the devastating impact that the Rwandan Genocide had on Eastern Congo. This is a story that’s often swept under the rug and needs to be highlighted more. Mobutu was a horrible man but both Kabilas were even worse
I agree with you but just a rectification about "2 Kabila" in Congo DR we have only 1 Kabila. It was Laurent Désiré Kabila. The other is Hypolite Kanambe, son of Christopher Kanambe. He is from Rwanda. All Congolese people know that. Now, it's time to speek the true history of invasion of Congo DR. World must know the true. Today, Congo DR is a province of Rwanda and Ouganda. Particilary the East of Congo. Félix Tshisekedi is just a Governor of Congo, not the President. The President of Congo is located in Rwanda.
Ask France
YES PLEASE
@@underground9560 Exactly
It is interesting to see how quickly these Africans sell each other out! No wonder their countries are in the state they are in
Do a videos of Haile Selassie of Ethiopia
This is a great channel. I hope you haven’t lost your love of African history and are still making videos!
I learnt a lot, thank you. I liked how you described how the west will always play Africans to aid their interest alone. I wish DRC the best days ahead.
I always interested in modern africa history, greetings from Indonesia 🇲🇨
I appreciate this channel. Learning a lot about the tragedies of postcolonial Africa. Thank you.
I love your channel. It's so detailed. I can also hear you derive from Africa. At least ethnically. You have a deep invoice of your own continent and this is pretty rare in or about Africa. Thank you for your contribution to this subject!
Substantial and pointed writing. Thank you. I learned a lot today.
Am intrigued to find out more about this person who Reagan met so often.
Reagan loved Right Wing Dictators ,they were his biggest allies during the Cold War.Reagan propped up Mobutu from Zaire,Augustine Pinochet from Chile,Surhato from Indonesia,he supported the Contras in Central America,supported bombings in El Salvador and his Navy Shot down an Iranian Passenger jet in 1987 and killing mostly school girls on board.Still no compensation has been paid today,its a story Amerikkkan media likes to bury.You won't ever hear about it on Fox News coz they worship Reagan like a God.
Oh man you should check out Reagan’s friends with the former apartheid government of South Africa
Sean except post Mao, the Chinese Communist Party opened up trade, liberalised its economy, and is flourishing today financially. Though is still an authoritarian one party undemocratic place. It goes to show that non democratic countries can be economically viable but they can’t fall to greed. That is the problem with so many of these countries. Not to say I advocate for non democratic systems, I highly value democracy just that Mombutu suffered from hubris
Dinesh Dsouza puppet of Reagan,
@@lemigod4475 Reagan was no different from other US Cold War Presidents in handling the 3rd world. If it wasn’t him who did it then Carter, Bush, or even the USSR would have installed a dictator
Your presentations need to be translated and shown to most Africans. This is pure historical truth, thank you for the great work!
Excellent video! I was hesitant to watch a 44min video about Mobutu Sese Seko, but I have watched it twice.
Amazing work with this video, your editing and narration skills are top-notch 👍🏻🔥