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The 1960 Round Table: Belgium's Last Colonial Gambit
In January 1960, with Congo's independence movement surging, Belgium convened a round table conference in Brussels that would decide the colony's fate in just two weeks. This episode follows the tense negotiations between Belgian ministers, colonial administrators, and Congolese delegates like Patrice Lumumba, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, and Moise Tshombe. Lucas and Luna unpack the unspoken assumptions on both sides, the hurried drafting of a constitution, and the explosive question of Katanga's mineral wealth. They also examine the Belgian officials who believed they could still steer…
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