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Patrice Lumumba / Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja ; cover design by Joey Hi-Fi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nzongola-Ntalaja, Georges, 1944- author.
- Series:
- Ohio short histories of Africa.
- Ohio Short Histories of Africa
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prime ministers--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Biography.
- Prime ministers.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo--Politics and government--1908-1960.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo--Politics and government--1960-1997.
- Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961.
- Lumumba, Patrice.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (165 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 1950's. 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 geopolitic
- Contents:
- 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's First Prime Minister, 1960-61; 6: Lumumba and the Counterrevolution in Centraland Southern Africa; 7: Lumumba's Assassination; 8: The Political Legacy of Patrice Lumumba; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8214-4506-5
- OCLC:
- 893333075
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