Assassination of Lumumba

By Joseph Bruchac

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1937786439
• ISBN13: 9781937786434
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Wisdom Tales
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Excellent Read

Finally some honest answers as to what happened to Patrice Lumumba. An excellent commentary on neo-colonialism in the Congo.

The death of a people's leader and the beginning of neo-colonialism

Patrice Lumumba was a symbol for all that is despised by the Imperialistic West. A nation that was so rich with resources that the Congo couldn't POSSIBLY be left to its own independence. Lumumba was a people's leader. He had the following of the masses. He was an inspiration to not only the people of the Congo, but to many around the world, particularly in Africa during this time when many countries on the continent were...

A Painful but educational reading for Congolese generations

This book is an outstanding piece of work that reflects the author's intellectual honesty and his passion for the truth. A truth that has been hidden and distorted in so many ways, for so long. Ludo De Witte's detailed account of The Assassination of Lumumba finally makes a breakthrough. The book is both enlightening and disturbing but, above all, educational. While providing powerful and troubling data about this horrific...

The Story of a Death Foretold

...Five stars for the incredible amount of research that went into the writing of this book.. It is a book that was necessary and long overdue. For the first time we have clear proof of all the players, what they did and when they did it. Lumumba was assassinated by Tshombe?s police, with the help of Belgian officials. They can not any longer deny it.De Witte depicts Lumumba as a fierce nationalist but denies that he was...

A penetrating truthful analysis of Lumumba's assassination

After seeing the film Lumumba (directed by Raoul Peck),I searched for more information about the assassination of Patrice Lumumba and discovered Ludo De Witte's book. "The Assassination of Lumumba" is a penetrating examination of the role of Belgium, the United States government, the CIA, the United Nations, and of other Western powers in the assassination of Patrice Lumumba. It includes detailed documentation, comprehensive...