JW3 One Day School, 30 Sept.
KATANGA
Welcome back to my first course of the new academic year.
There is still time to join me either in person or by zoom.
Just contact JW3 Box Office, Tel: 020 7433 8988.
We begin at 11.30am and go through to lunch break at 1pm. We resume at 2pm and finish at 3.15pm.
I look forward to seeing you (either f2f or on zoom). PS You will notice I am into the jargon with f2f, but how I will cope with a live lecture and live zooming, called 'Blended Learning', is another matter. But having learnt to zoom - I was bad at the beginning - I hope to manage this change better!
Synopsis and Booklist for Katanga
Let me take you back 60 years to Central Africa
Congolese Background 1: Two Congos
Congolese Background 2: The Belgian Heart of Darkness
Winds of Change blow even for Belgium, 1960
Province of Katanga secedes from Congo in July 1960
UN Security Council Resolution 143
USSR's involvement
The geo-political chaos of Katanga
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Enter a detachment of The Irish Army
Incident at Jadotville
The Siege and Battle of Jadotville
Surrender and POWs
Irish Aftermath
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Patrice Lumumba
Colonel/President Mobutu
Moise Tshombe
Dag Hammarskjold
Conor Cruise O'Brian
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The End of Katanga
Significance and Context
Books
Congo by David Van Reybrouck
Siege at Jadotville by Declan Power
Katanga 1960-63 by Christopher Othen
Film
The Siege at Jadotville (available on Netflix)