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🗓️ 24 December 2024
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Amory Lumumba was born long after the 1961 assassination of his grandfather. Yet the impact continues to ripple through his family today. Actor and spy novelist Charlie Higson speaks with Amory about the heavy responsibility of carrying the Lumumba name, and the enduring, inspirational legacy that Patrice Lumumba left behind. Plus, Amory tells Charlie why he's convinced the United States were involved in the killing.
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0:00.0 | Wonderry Plus subscribers can binge full seasons of the Spy Who early and add free on Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app. |
0:12.2 | From Wondery, I'm Charlie Higson and this is The Spy Who. |
0:24.4 | Thank you for joining us for our final episode of The Spy Who Killed a Prime Minister. |
0:30.8 | These days, Patrice Emery Lumumba, the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, |
0:35.9 | is a symbol of African independence, |
0:38.3 | anti-colonialism and resistance to Western imperialism. |
0:43.3 | His vision of united, self-determined Africa and his assassination in 1961, aged just 35, |
0:51.3 | transformed him into an icon, inspiring generations of African leaders and activists |
0:57.5 | to speak up against outside influence. |
1:01.4 | Elements of Patrice's death are still shrouded in mystery, and there's no denying the spies |
1:06.8 | in our story. |
1:08.3 | CIA officer Larry Devlin and MI6 officer Daphne Park played a significant part |
1:14.7 | in his demise. |
1:16.5 | In this episode, I'm going to speak to Amory Kalema Pasa Lamumba, Patrice's grandson. |
1:22.8 | He's had to live with a heavy aftershock of what happened 63 years ago. His father was Francois Le Mumba, |
1:30.7 | the eldest of Patrice's children. This is the story of Patrice Lamumba's assassination, but from a very |
1:37.1 | personal perspective. |
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