Moise Tshombe

Lumumba-led government. Less than two weeks after Congo's independence, the former Belgian rulers succeeded in organizing a secessionist movement in the province of Katanga, where U.S. and European companies had vast mineral holdings. On July 11, 1960, Moise Tshombe, a wealthy businessman and leader of the UCOL party who bitterly opposed Lumumba, declared Katanga's separation from the Congo. UCOL originally stood for the Union for Colonization but then was later changed to the Union for the Collaboration of

The play 'The Laramie project' by Moises Kaufman addresses the brutal murder of openly gay teenager Matthew Shepard in a small town of Laramie, Wyoming in 1998. The chronological structure of the play draws together interviews conducted after the event by Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theatre Project. Additionally, Kaufman uses these journal entries to retell and reconstruct what happened on the night of Matthew's assault, addressing the issue of gay hate crime. The play itself was structured

The Laramie Project is a play written by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project by interviewing the residents of Laramie Wyoming about the murder of a gay student, Matthew Shepard. The play raises controversy revolving around homosexuality, hate crimes and acceptance. In addition to the various themes suggested by the play, the author wanted to present the varying perspectives toward homosexuality in the Laramie Community at the time of Shepard death. The three main perspectives

by hate and intolerance will shake up a small city’s innocence and order. Overview The name of the play I saw is called The Laramie Project. The authors of the play The Laramie Project is written by the members of The Tectonic Theatre Project and Moises Kaufman. The SFSU School of Theatre and Dance is the company presenting The Laramie Project. I saw the play at the Little Theater on the San Francisco State University campus. I saw The Laramie Project on October 19, 2017, at 7:30

Research for The Laramie Project, Moises Kaufman's nationally successful play, began one month after a horrific crime occurred in Laramie, Wyoming. Members of Kaufman's theatrical group, Tectonic Theater Project, travelled to the open ranges of the West in order to gather in-person interviews from Laramie's populace. The purpose was to capture the emotions, reflections, and reactions of the people who were most closely and personally associated to the crime—the brutal beating and subsequent death

Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theatre Company travelled to Laramie, Wyoming to ‘Conduct over 400 interviews with about 100 Laramie residents’ (Chalkdust Theatre Inc. Riverside Theatre Parramatta, 2010) following the tragic murder of Mathew Shephard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming in 1998, to then create the verbatim, docudrama play, The Laramie Project. The production follows the real residents of Laramie following this tragic event by portraying a large range of views and opinions

the Congo to flee and the mass exodus would cause everlasting effects on the economy (Van Reybrouck, 293). What should have been a short lived mutiny, turned in to the makings of complete governmental overhaul. This mutiny conveniently led to Moise Tshombe the leader of one of the most profitable of he Congo’s six provinces, Katanga, to secede; along with Kasai, a diamond rich province (Zeilig,

After traveling, exploring his country and learning different languages, Lumumba became a postal service clerk during the mid-1940s in what is now Kinshasa. Later, he worked as an accountant. During his time as a postal clerk, Lumumba rapidly became a community leader and organized a postal workers' labor union. His actions were encouraged by local members of the Belgian Liberal political party, and soon they encouraged more people to join the union. In 1955 Lumumba became regional president of

Riches in central Africa. In what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, there was and still is a plethora of natural resources. Rubber, gold, copper, diamonds and more. That natural wealth has definitely hurt Congo in the past rather than helped. Its resources could have made it one of the wealthiest countries in the world. But yet, this future did not hold true for the Congo. At the turn of the 20th century, King Leopold II began to take notice of the central African country. (National Black

The involvement of the Soviet Union in Congo caused a numerous amount of problems. The Congo was facing political and social instability because of the Belgian troops that were present and taking control over the land at the time. This all led to the United States getting involved, they supported the United Nations order to remove Belgian troops. The United States were supporting the UN but wanted to have a stable, pro-western regime through vote buying and financial support for pro-Western candidates