02850nam 2200577 450 991078715010332120230803205509.00-8214-4506-5(CKB)3710000000260139(EBL)1813359(SSID)ssj0001350495(PQKBManifestationID)11754268(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001350495(PQKBWorkID)11288460(PQKB)10310157(MiAaPQ)EBC1813359(Au-PeEL)EBL1813359(CaPaEBR)ebr10953533(OCoLC)893333075(EXLCZ)99371000000026013920141020h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrPatrice Lumumba /Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja ; cover design by Joey Hi-FiAthens, Ohio :Ohio University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (165 p.)Ohio Short Histories of AfricaDescription based upon print version of record.0-8214-2125-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexPatrice 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 geopoliticOhio short histories of Africa.Prime ministersCongo (Democratic Republic)BiographyCongo (Democratic Republic)Politics and government1908-1960Congo (Democratic Republic)Politics and government1960-1997Prime ministers967.5103092Nzongola-Ntalaja Georges1944-1539958Hi-FiMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787150103321Patrice Lumumba3791188UNINA