The Assassination of Lumumba

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Verso Books, 2022 M10 25 - 256 pages

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.

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Contents

THE DEATH CELL
46
THE GREEN LIGHT FROM BRUSSELS
67
LUMUMBAS LAST
101
OPERATION COVERUP
125
A RIVER OF BLOOD
157
DANSE MACABRE IN GBADOLITE
165
Lumumbas political testament
184
Notes
192
Bibliography
206
Index
217
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About the author (2022)

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.

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