Kelly,S. America's Tyrant. 1993
Kelly, Sean. America's Tyrant: The CIA and Mobutu of Zaire. Washington:
American University Press, 1993. 273 pages.
Joseph Mobutu was an ex-army sergeant and police informer when the
Congo received its independence from Belgium in 1960. His friend Patrice
Lumumba made him secretary of state in the new coalition government. Then
the CIA got into the act, and arranged for the assassination of Lumumba.
By 1965 Mobutu changed his name to Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa
za Banga, which means "the all-conquering warrior who triumphs over all
obstacles." With unwavering CIA support over the years, and backed by the
military might of apartheid South Africa, Mobutu became one of the world's
richest men. Despite the fact the country has vast mineral resources, as
recently as 1992 the Washington Post reported that "the cost of food is out
of reach of most Zairians, so many eat just one meal a day." U.S. policy in
a nutshell is this: we intervened immediately to get rid of Lumumba, but
after 30 years we still haven't had enough of Mobutu.
Sean Kelly, a native of California, spent forty years as a journalist,
half of them reporting for the Voice of America. He was on the scene during
Mobutu's rise to power in 1965, and returned there several times to research
this book. Kelly is now retired and lives in Namibia, where he writes now
and then for the Associated Press.
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