Format:
Online-Ressource (165 p)
ISBN:
9780821445068
Series Statement:
Ohio Short Histories of Africa Ser.
Content:
Patrice Lumumba was a leader of the independence struggle in what is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the country's first democratically elected prime minister. After a meteoric rise in the colonial civil service and the African political elite, he became a major figure in the decolonization movement of the 1950s. Lumumba's short tenure as prime minister (1960-1961) was marked by an uncompromising defense of Congolese national interests against pressure from international mining companies and the Western governments that orchestrated his eventual demise. Cold war geopol
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Introduction; 1: Early Years, Youth, and Formal Education, 1925-44; 2: Civil Service Career and Political Apprenticeship in Kisangani,1944-56; 3: Years of Transition, 1956-58; 4: The Struggle for Independence,1958-60; 5: The Short Political Life of Congo'sFirst Prime Minister, 1960-61; 6: Lumumba and the Counterrevolution in Centraland Southern Africa; 7: Lumumba's Assassination; 8: The Political Legacyof Patrice Lumumba; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821445068
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821421253
Additional Edition:
Print version Patrice Lumumba
Language:
English
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