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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nzongola-Ntalaja, Georges, 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2014.
Colección:Ohio short histories of Africa.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.