White Malice av Susan Williams

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<p><strong>The shocking, untold story of how African independence was strangled at birth by America¿s systematic interference.</strong></p><p>Accra, 1958. Africa¿s liberation leaders have gathered for a conference, full of strength, purpose and vision. Newly independent Ghana¿s Kwame Nkrumah and Congo¿s Patrice Lumumba strike up a close partnership. Everything seems possible. But, within a few years, both men will have been targeted by the CIA, and their dream of true African autonomy undermined.</p><p>The United States, watching the Europeans withdraw from Africa, was determined to take control. Pan-Africanism was inspiring African Americans fighting for civil rights; the threat of Soviet influence over new African governments loomed; and the idea of an atomic reactor in black hands was unacceptable. The conclusion was simple: the US had to ¿recapture¿ Africa, in the shadows, by any means necessary.</p><p>Renowned historian Susan Williams dives into the archives, revealing new, shocki