📸 Archives générales du Royaume 2 - Dépôt Joseph Cuvelier, Ministère des Colonies. Administration d'Afrique. Personnel d'Afrique. Collection de dossiers individuels produits au Congo belge (SPA Colonie), Cote 4210

5/ Finally, the graphic design is stunning, inspired by the Zaire 74/Rumble in the Jungle aesthetic. Definitely looking forward to the rest of the documentary.

4/ Tshombe, on the other hand, is brushed off as a 'puppet', an assessment which could certainly be nuanced as well.

3/ As the episode's title suggests ("Lumumba's shadow"), a lot of attention is devoted to Lumumba, sometimes perhaps 'overshadowing' protagonist Mobutu, but both key actors are portrayed in a nuanced way, without at the same time lapsing into an exoneration of Mobutu.

2/ A particularly striking scene was the juxtaposition between Jonas Mukamba's account about his presence on the plane that brought Lumumba to Katanga, and the testimonies of Lumumba's son and Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, the latter calling Mukamba "a damn liar".

🔓My article on Belgium and Mobutu's Zaire in open access: www.journalbelgianhistory.be/en/system/fi...