Patrice Lumumba /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nzongola-Ntalaja, Georges, 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2014.
Series:Ohio short histories of Africa.
Subjects:
Lumumba, Patrice, > 1925-1961.
Lumumba, Patrice, > 1925-1961
1908-1965
Prime ministers > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Biography.
Premiers ministres > Congo (République démocratique) > Biographies.
HISTORY > Africa > Central.
Politics and government
Prime ministers
Congo (Democratic Republic) > History > Civil War, 1960-1965.
Congo (Democratic Republic) > Politics and government > 1908-1960.
Congo (République démocratique) > Histoire > 1960-1965 (Guerre civile)
Congo (République démocratique) > Politique et gouvernement > 1908-1960.
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Early years, youth, and formal education, 1925-44
  • Civil service career and political apprenticeship in Kisangani, 1944-56
  • Years of transition, 1956-58
  • The struggle for independence, 1958-60
  • The short political life of Congo's first prime minister, 1960-61
  • Lumumba and the counterrevolution in central and southern Africa
  • Lumumba's assassination
  • The political legacy of Patrice Lumumba.

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