Description
The Assassination of Lumumba unravels the appalling mass of lies, hypocrisy and betrayals that have surrounded accounts of the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba--the first prime minister of the Republic of Congo and a pioneer of African unity--since it perpetration. Making use of a huge array of official sources as well as personal testimony from many of those in the Congo at the time, Ludo De Witte reveals a network of complicity ranging from the Belgian government to the CIA. Patrice Lumumba's personal strength and his quest for African unity emerges in stark contrast with one of the murkiest episodes in twentieth-century politics.
Author: Ludo de Witte
Publisher: Verso
Published: 10/25/2022
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781839767906
ISBN10: 1839767901
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | General
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads of State
- History | Modern | 20th Century | General
About the Author
Ludo De Witte is a sociologist and a writer. He is author of the Dutch work Crisis in Kongo and has researched two broadcast television documentaries on Patrice Lumumba.