Soundtrack to a Coup d’État

In 1960, sixteen newly independent African countries joined the UN. In the midst of the Cold War, it was a geopolitical earthquake. Suddenly, from the Congo to New York, jazz stars such as Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, and Dizzy Gillespie burst into the arena of decolonization, mingling with politicians: Khrushchev, Lumumba, the CIA director...