Colin Hendrickx
@colinhendrickx.bsky.social
Political Scientist/Historian with research interests in European and African Political Affairs | Previously @fra.europa.eu | PhD Diplomatic Academy & @univie.ac.at | MA @uantwerpen.bel & gvagrad.bsky.social
F. Scheerlinck jeopardised a wartime covert operation to secure Congolese uranium for the Manhattan project. Right before Congolese independence, he reappears as a 'Special Ambassador' for the 'State of Katanga' in a failed coup d'Etat.
🔗My biographical note: www.kaowarsom.be/en/notices_s...
🔗My biographical note: www.kaowarsom.be/en/notices_s...
August 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
F. Scheerlinck jeopardised a wartime covert operation to secure Congolese uranium for the Manhattan project. Right before Congolese independence, he reappears as a 'Special Ambassador' for the 'State of Katanga' in a failed coup d'Etat.
🔗My biographical note: www.kaowarsom.be/en/notices_s...
🔗My biographical note: www.kaowarsom.be/en/notices_s...
🎬1/ My thoughts on the documentary series "Mobutu's Game" (Panenka): it hit the mark! A timely documentary series, certainly because many of the interviewees (Mukamba, Davignon) are of a respectable age, and Jacques Brassinne already passed away between filming and airing.
January 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🎬1/ My thoughts on the documentary series "Mobutu's Game" (Panenka): it hit the mark! A timely documentary series, certainly because many of the interviewees (Mukamba, Davignon) are of a respectable age, and Jacques Brassinne already passed away between filming and airing.
🎬Excited for the first episode of 'Mobutu's Game' next Tuesday on VRT! Mobutu was an authoritarian ruler, but I'm eager to see how the documentary handles the complexities of his governance, the impact on Congolese society, and the broader implications for the region. www.vrt.be/vrtmax/a-z/m...
January 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🎬Excited for the first episode of 'Mobutu's Game' next Tuesday on VRT! Mobutu was an authoritarian ruler, but I'm eager to see how the documentary handles the complexities of his governance, the impact on Congolese society, and the broader implications for the region. www.vrt.be/vrtmax/a-z/m...