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and how Congo leader Patrice Lumumba landed in the crosshairs of outside interests. Along the way, jazz ambassadors including Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie are unaware, as they travel to perform ...

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Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Shortly before noon on a Thursday in June 1960, 34-year-old Patrice Lumumba stepped up to the podium at the Palace of the Nation in Leopoldville (current ...