Mid-1960s Chinese poster, "Drive US Imperialism Out of the Congo!" I'm guessing this is a reference to the 1964 rebellion in Stanleyville/Kisangani where leftist rebels had declared a People's Republic and US and Belgian mercenaries were brought in to suppress it. Such a sad legacy of superpower meddling in central Africa: 100 years of colonial brutality followed by fifty years of civil wars manipulated by corporate greed for Congo's resources. The violence continues today.
Glad to find your politically aware, music related blog here. I'm hoping the word spreads on this present day Congolese problem: http://easyjams.blogspot.com/2012/03/brazzaville.html
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