The Assassination of Lumumba
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The Assassination of Lumumba


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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.

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.

Review :
De Witte has assembled a staggering amount of detail to support his allegations of direct government participation in Lumumba's murder. De Witte has performed an important service in establishing the facts of Lumumba's last days and Belgium's responsibility for what happened. De Witte writes without stylish frills or narrative tricks, but this is a vivid and utterly compelling account of a nation strangled at birth by the West. De Witte's book, politically passionate as it is, is an unignorable effort to bring the West face to face with its culpability in this entire sad and sanguinary tale. One Belgian author has triumphed over decades of official obfuscation: Belgium did collude in Patrice Lumumba's assassination ... It raises questions about Western policy in Africa that will reverberate for decades to come. One should never underestimate the ruthlessness of British gentlemen cradling endangered shares. Thoroughly researched, passionately written, deeply disturbing. Whilst the battle for control over the resources of the Congo (now DR Congo) continues today this important book restores Congolese history and saves it from the official version peddled by those directly implicated in the affair.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781839767906
  • Publisher: Verso Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Verso Books
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Width: 153 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1839767901
  • Publisher Date: 25 Oct 2022
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 290 gr


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