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Patrice Lumumba

Official Congo government portrait of Patrice Lumumba as the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1960 (Wikimedia Commons)On 17 January 1961, Congolese politician and independence leader Patrice Émery Lumumba passed away. Patrice Lumbuma "... served as the first Prime Minister of the independent Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Republic of the Congo) from June until September 1960. He played a significant role in the transformation of the Congo from a colony of Belgium into an independent republic. Ideologically an African nationalist and pan-Africanist, he led the Congolese National Movement (MNC) party from 1958 until his assassination.

Shortly after Congolese independence in 1960, a mutiny broke out in the army, marking the beginning of the Congo Crisis. Lumumba appealed to the United States and the United Nations for help to suppress the Belgian-supported Katangan secessionists led by Moïse Tshombe. Both refused, so Lumumba turned to the Soviet Union for support. This led to growing differences with President Joseph Kasa-Vubu and chief-of-staff Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, as well as with the United States and Belgium, who opposed the Soviet Union in the Cold War.

Lumumba was subsequently imprisoned by state authorities under Mobutu and executed by a firing squad under the command of Katangan authorities. Following his assassination, he was widely seen as a martyr for the wider Pan-African movement. In 2002, Belgium formally apologised for its role in the assassination. ..."
(From the English Wikipedia)

Selected publications

Leaders assassinés en Afrique centrale, 1958-1961 : entre construction nationale et régulation des relations internationales / Karine Ramondy ; préface Elykia Mbokolo. - L'Harmattan: Paris, 2020.

Lumumba in the arts / edited by Matthias De Groof. - Leuven University Press: Leuven, 2020.

Construire notre republique : introduction à la pensée politique congolaise : J. Kasa-Vubu, P. Lumumba, J. Mobutu, L.-D. Kabila / P. Ngoma-Binda. - Academia-L'Harmattan: Louvain-la-Neuve, 2019.

Cinquante-six ans après, que reste-t-il de Patrice Emery Lumumba? / Venant Fali Ngalikpima. - L'Harmattan: Paris, 2017.

Patrice Lumumba : la construction d'un héros national et panafricain / Pierre Petit ; préf. de François de Callataÿ. - Académie Royale de Belgique: Bruxelles, 2016.

Autopsie du gouvernement au Congo-Kinshasa : le Collège des commissaires généraux (1960-1961) contre Patrice Lumumba / Jean-Marie Mutamba Makombo Kitatshima. - L'Harmattan: Paris, 2015.

Kasa-Vubu, Lumumba et l'indépendance du Congo : 1956-1960 / Kimpianga Mahaniah. - L'Harmattan: Paris, 2013.

Patrice Lumumba : recueil de textes / introduit par Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja. - Éditions du CETIM: Genève, 2013.

Raoul Peck's 'Lumumba' and 'Lumumba: la mort du prophète' : on cultural amnesia and historical erasure / Burlin Barr.
In: African studies review : the journal of the African Studies Association, vol. 54, no. 1, p. 85-116 : foto's, 2011.

Gender and decolonization in the Congo : the legacy of Patrice Lumumba / Karen Bouwer. - Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, 2010.

L'indépendance du Congo belge et l'avènement de Lumumba : témoignage d'un acteur politique / Joseph Mbungu Nkandamana ; préf. par Benoît Verhaegen. - L'Harmattan: Paris, 2008.

Patrice Lumumba : Africa's lost leader / Leo Zeilig. - Haus Publishing: London, 2008.

Les secrets de l'affaire Lumumba / Luc De Vos ... [et al.]. - Editions Racine: Bruxelles, 2005.

Patrice Lumumba : acteur politique de la prison aux portes du pouvoir, juillet 1956 - février 1960 / Jean Omasombo et Benoît Verhaegen. - L'Harmattan [etc.]: Paris [etc.], 2005.

Histoire, justice et politique : à propos de la commission d'enquête sur l'assassinat de Patrice Lumumba, instituée par la Chambre belge des représentants / Gauthier de Villers.
In: Cahiers d'études africaines, vol. 44, cah. 173/174, p. 193-220, 2004.

Lumumba : de complotten? De moord / Luc De Vos ... [et al.]. - Davidsfonds/Leuven: Leuven, 2004.

Lumumba, drame sans fin et deuil inachevé de la colonisation / Jean Omasombo Tshonda.
In: Cahiers d'études africaines, vol. 44, cah. 173/174, p. 221-261 : ill, 2004.

"Paix en RDC: le ""travail de deuil"" n'a pas eu lieu! / Lye Mudaba Yoka.".
In: Congo-Afrique : économie, culture, vie sociale, année 44, no. 389, p. 553-561, 2004.

De afzetting van Lumumba door Kasavubu, enkele grondwettelijke beschouwingen / Dirk Beke.
In: Afrika focus, vol. 16, nr. 1/2, p. 61-69, 2000.

Ethnogenèse et nationalisme en Afrique centrale : aux racines de Patrice Lumumba / Thomas Turner ; préf. par Crawford Young ; trad. de l'anglais [par Monique Chajmowiez ... et al.]. - L'Harmattan: Paris, 2000.

L'assassinat de Lumumba / Ludo De Witte. - Karthala: Paris, 2000.

For more publications see the ASCL Library Catalogue

 

Patrice Lumumba's Independence Day Speech

 

Timeline of Patrice Lumumba via Wikidata

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