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Patrice Lumumba

Jul 02, 1925 - Jan 17, 1961 (35 years old) in

Patrice Émery Lumumba, born Isaïe Tasumbu Tawosa (2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961) was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from June until September 1960. He was the leader of the Congolese National Movement (MNC) from 1958 until his assassination in 1961. Ideologically an African nationalist and pan-Africanist, he played a significant role in the transformation of the Congo from a colony of Belgium into an independent republic.

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Decolonisation
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
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Africa Rising
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Lumumba: Death of a Prophet
Himself (archive footage)
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The Rumba Kings
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Law of Baseness
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Deutschland - Terminus Ost
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Lumumba, return of a hero
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