Patrice Lumumba (Voices of Liberation) by Leo Zeilig (Compiler)

ISBN: 9780796924254

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc, June 15, 2013

Paperback, 199 pages

This book is part of a unique series that presents the reader with the original writings and relevant source texts of liberation heroes of Africa, together with a coherent contextual framework and analysis of their legacy.
CONTENTS:
HIS LIFE.
Introduction.
Lumumba's Early Life.
Plunder and Pillage.
Colonial Contradictions.
Léopoldville: Growing Radicalisml
Towards Independence.
Building the Party.
Detention and Round Tables.
Political Elimination.
Independence: 30 June 1960.
Class and Ethnicity.
Real Independence?
The UN in the Congo.
An Unlikely Revolutionary.
Tshombe and Kalonji's Fiefdom
External Forces.
The Fall of Lumumba.
Assassination.
United States' Interests in the Region.
Moderate Pan-Africanism and False Friends.
HIS VOICE.
Speech at the Accra Conference.
Speech at Léopoldville.
From Prison to the Round Table.
Speech at Accra.
Independence Day Speech.
Speech at Stanleyville.
Address to the Soldiers of Stanleyville.
Speech at Léopoldville.
Press Conference at Léopoldville.
Speech Opening the Pan-African Conference at Léopoldville.
National Radio Broadcast.
Speech at Session of Parliament: The Affair of Russia.
Lumumba's Last Recorded Message.
Congo, My Country.
OTHER VOICES.
Three Letters from President Nkrumah to Patrice Lumumba.
The Undertaking by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Lumumba's Death: Could We Do Otherwise? By Frantz Fanon.
Poem by Sabarsantoso Anantaguna.
"Children of Violence": An Interview with Juliana Lumumba.
Anti-Imperialism and Resistance in the Congo: An Interview with Ludo de Witte.
HIS LEGACY.
After Lumumba: Congo’s Recent History.
Postscript.