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Congo's Thomas Kanza Emerges as West Congo Campaigner
Thomas Kanza, Congo's first university graduate, leads a leftist nationalist campaign against Moise Tshombe with Western resistance blamed for failures. He positions African nationalism with Communist backing against white intervention and argues for African-led victory.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Congo
Thomas Kanza
Christophe Gbenye
Special Commission On the Congo
Organization of African Unity
Leopoldville
Moise Tshombe
Kanza
Africa
Tshombe
Kanzai
West
Mtshombe
United States
Belgium
Louvain University
Bruges
Harvard
Patrice Lumumba
Cyrille Adoula
London
United Nations
Stanleyville