THE AFRICANS: In Search of Stability
THE AFRICANS: In Search of Stability
The Africans: In Search of Stability. Regards the direction of African politics in post-colonial times. Edited, unmixed program originally shot on film.
THE AFRICANS: In Search of Stability
B&W clip of newsreel announcing the transfer of power from Belgium to Zaire in the Congo: the Belgian flag is lowered over Parliament; Patrice Lumumba being congratulated by members of parliament.
THE AFRICANS: In Search of Stability
B&W clip of newsreel of deposed PM Patrice Lumumba under arrest by allies of Mobutu Sese Seko. Mr. Lumumba is taken from plane by soldiers; Lumumba is taken from airport by truck; MSs Mobutu Sese Seko; Mr. Lumumba is bound, fed his own words (wad of paper), while his wife and child watch on.
THE AFRICANS: In Search of Stability
MS/MCUs Mobutu Sese Seke, audio of 1960s newsreel. MS/CUs pro-Mobutu rally, as he prepares for "re-election"; VO notes that the West has subsidized this brutal regime in order to keep mineral rights; MSs of Mobutu Sese Seko speaking to crowd in French, acting as though he were a candidate in a real election instead of Zaire's dictator-for-life; C/As crowd.