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_b.W58 2002
100 1 _aWitte, Ludo de.
240 1 0 _aMoord op Lumumba.
_lEnglish
245 1 4 _aThe assassination of Lumumba /
_cLudo de Witte ; translated by Ann Wright and Renee Fenby.
250 _aPaperback ed.
260 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bVerso,
_c2002.
300 _axxiv, 226 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, map ;
_c24 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 206-212) and index.
520 1 _a"Patrice Lumumba, first prime minister of the Republic of Congo and a pioneer of African unity, was murdered on 17 January 1961. Lumumba was at the centre of the country's popular defiance towards the relentless exploitation of its Belgian coloniser. When independence was finally won in June 1960, his unscheduled speech at the official ceremonies in Kinshasa, which described Belgian rule as "a humiliating slavery imposed by brute force," received a standing ovation and made him a hero to millions. Within months he was arrested, tortured and executed." "This book unravels the appalling mass of lies and betrayals that have surrounded accounts of the murder. Employing an array of official sources as well as extensive personal testimony, it reveals a network of complicity ranging from the Belgian government, across the United Nations leadership, to the CIA. Chilling official memos which detail 'liquidation' and 'threats to national interests' are analysed alongside macabre tales of the destruction of evidence, placing in stark and dignified contrast Lumumba's personal strength and his quest for African independence."--Jacket.
546 _aTranslated from the Dutch.
600 1 0 _aLumumba, Patrice,
_d1925-1961
_xAssassination.
600 1 7 _aLumumba, Patrice,
_d1925-1961
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600 1 7 _aLumumba, Patrice,
_d1925-1961
_xAssassination.
_2nli
648 7 _a1960-1965
_2fast
650 7 _aBiography.
_2eflch
_99075
650 7 _aAssassination.
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_917607
651 0 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1960-1965.
651 6 _aCongo (R�epublique d�emocratique)
_xHistoire
_y1960-1965 (Guerre civile)
651 7 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
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651 7 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1960-1965.
_2nli
655 7 _aHistory.
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942 _2lcc
_cBOOK
999 _c6839
_d6839