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By Rob Attar\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 09 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Historian Susan Williams discusses the United States\u2019 covert programme to undermine the leaders of newly independent African nations in the 1950s and 1960s. Speaking to Rob Attar, she highlights the stories of Congo\u2019s Patrice Lumumba and Ghana\u2019s Kwame Nkrumah, both of whom were ultimately ousted from power.<\/p>\n\n

Susan Williams is the author of White Malice: The CIA and the Neocolonisation of Africa<\/em> (C Hurst & Co, 2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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