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Patrice Lumumba

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ISBN-10: 0821421255

ISBN-13: 9780821421253

Edition: 2014

Authors: Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja

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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 geopolitical maneuvering and well-coordinated efforts by Lumumba’s domestic adversaries culminated in his…    
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Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication date: 11/4/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 4.25" wide x 7.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English