The Assassination of Lumumba

The Assassination of Lumumba
Ludo De Witte, Renee Fenby, Ann Wright
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25 Oct 2022 UK
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9781839767906
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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.
De Witte has assembled a staggering amount of detail to support his allegations of direct government participation in Lumumba' s murder. * Washington Post Book World * De Witte has performed an important service in establishing the facts of Lumumba' s last days and Belgium' s responsibility for what happened. * New York Review of Books * 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. -- Ronan Bennett * Los Angeles Times * 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. -- Richard Bernstein * New York Times * 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. -- Michela Wrong * Financial Times * One should never underestimate the ruthlessness of British gentlemen cradling endangered shares. -- Neal Ascherson * London Review of Books * Thoroughly researched, passionately written, deeply disturbing. * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * 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. * New Internationalist *
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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ISBN-13: 9781839767906
Published: 25 Oct 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Verso Books
Publisher: Verso Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 256

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