When ex-convict kidnapped former Congolese premier Moise Tshombe and took him to Algeria, current Congolese President Joseph Mobutu told the United Nations that Tshombe had been plotting a ...

Planting Joseph Mobutu, who reportedly helped to kill Patrice Lumumba, as their frontman, imperial powers dumped Mobutu once he lost his usefulness in advancing exploitation. The dumping of Mobutu ...

If Jomo Kenyatta’s field was culture, how did he get so badly dwarfed by Joseph Mobutu, a man of the media? The tragedy of Kenyan music is best seen in the symbolism of the country’s road ...

Mobutu Sese Seko and even Joseph in the Bible to be buried. “It has taken some time with Wayas and it is beginning to look as if it’s embarrassing. It is the way of great men,” Agabi said.

This film is the result of more than two years of work tracking down archive material and witnesses close to Mobutu in Africa, Europe and the U.S. More than 950 hours of footage have been seen by ...