LEADER 02850nam 2200577 450 001 9910811812703321 005 20230803205509.0 010 $a0-8214-4506-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000260139 035 $a(EBL)1813359 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001350495 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11754268 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001350495 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11288460 035 $a(PQKB)10310157 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1813359 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1813359 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10953533 035 $a(OCoLC)893333075 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000260139 100 $a20141020h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPatrice Lumumba /$fGeorges Nzongola-Ntalaja ; cover design by Joey Hi-Fi 210 1$aAthens, Ohio :$cOhio University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (165 p.) 225 1 $aOhio Short Histories of Africa 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8214-2125-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction; 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 330 $aPatrice Lumumba was a leader of the independence struggle in what is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the country's first democratically elected prime minister. After a meteoric rise in the colonial civil service and the African political elite, he became a major figure in the decolonization movement of the 1950's. Lumumba's short tenure as prime minister (1960-1961) was marked by an uncompromising defense of Congolese national interests against pressure from international mining companies and the Western governments that orchestrated his eventual demise. Cold war geopolitic 410 0$aOhio short histories of Africa. 606 $aPrime ministers$zCongo (Democratic Republic)$vBiography 607 $aCongo (Democratic Republic)$xPolitics and government$y1908-1960 607 $aCongo (Democratic Republic)$xPolitics and government$y1960-1997 615 0$aPrime ministers 676 $a967.5103092 700 $aNzongola-Ntalaja$b Georges$f1944-$01674258 702 $aHi-Fi 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811812703321 996 $aPatrice Lumumba$94038926 997 $aUNINA