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5 - Conspiracy in the Congo

Youth, Students and the Cold War Challenge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2023

Ismay Milford
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Universität Leipzig
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In September 1961, Munu Sipalo circulated a conspiracy pamphlet at the founding conference of the Non-Aligned Movement in Belgrade. Chapter 5 thinks through the motif of conspiracy to ask how this cohort responded to the challenges of the global Cold War, particularly in the context of the Congo Crisis of 1960–1961. Congo had a particular resonance for this regional cohort, laying bare the high stakes of ‘nominal’ political independence in a time of Cold War neo-colonialism. In London, the Committee of African Organisations commented on the unfolding crisis and its implications for decolonising knowledge production, as Chango Machyo and Dennis Phombeah launched pamphlet ventures in the aftermath of an All-African Students Conference. For many in this cohort, engagement with the contours of the Cold War happened through youth and student internationals. Samuel Kajunjumele attended the 1959 Vienna World Youth Festival with the International Union of Socialist Youth at a pivotal moment: just as these organisations increased their contacts in the region, the uncertainty of independence negotiations made students abroad appear a liability – in notable contrast to the early 1950s.

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African Activists in a Decolonising World
The Making of an Anticolonial Culture, 1952–1966
, pp. 172 - 207
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Conspiracy in the Congo
  • Ismay Milford, Universität Leipzig
  • Book: African Activists in a Decolonising World
  • Online publication: 02 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009277020.006
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  • Conspiracy in the Congo
  • Ismay Milford, Universität Leipzig
  • Book: African Activists in a Decolonising World
  • Online publication: 02 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009277020.006
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  • Conspiracy in the Congo
  • Ismay Milford, Universität Leipzig
  • Book: African Activists in a Decolonising World
  • Online publication: 02 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009277020.006
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