"Soundtrack for a Coup" on Arte: the blues of Congo's disappointed independence
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In Soundtrack for a Coup d'État , broadcast this Thursday, June 26 at 11:10 p.m. on Arte and available until June 29 on arte.tv, Johan Grimonprez traces the setbacks of a disappointed decolonization and its impact on jazz in the 1960s through the independence of the Congo. During these years of struggle, this African-American musical genre was hijacked by the American government as a propaganda tool.
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