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Patrice Lumumba Flashcards

1
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Where was Patrice Lumumba born?

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Tiny village of Onalua - Kauai Province

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How long did he live for?

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1925 - 1960

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3
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What type of education did he complete?

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Primary school education

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4
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What educated elite was he part of?

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Evolues - educated middle class

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When did this educated elite form?

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1940s

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When did Lumumba co-found a political party?

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1958

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What was the name of this political party?

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The National Congolese Movement (MNC)

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What did the MNC in brace?

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Members from all tribes and provinces

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How did Lumumba become a nationalist?

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He had an appeal over and above his own ethnic group

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What conference did he attend in 1958?

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Pan-Africanist Conference in Accra, Ghana

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11
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What did he become a member of at this conference?

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Permanent directing committee

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12
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Who did he receive personal counsel from?

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Ghana as prime minister, Kwame Nkrumah

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13
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What was this conference important in?

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Shaping limb members long-term objectives

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14
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When did he become the prime minister of Congo?

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1960

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15
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What did he become a victim of?

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Coup d’ état

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16
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What was the coup d’ etat funded by?

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United States and Belgium – acting on behalf of European nations

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What were these European nations fearing?

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African nationalism

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18
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What is he often referred to as?

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“Best sound of Africa”
“the linking of Congo”
The Black Messiah

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19
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What was he aimed at achieving?

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Complete independence and having complete control over the resources

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20
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What was this complete control lead to?

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Enhance the living condition of the Congolese people

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21
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What did he fight for?

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Social justice

22
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As a reformer what did he believe in?

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All institutions needed to be democratised

23
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What was his goal for the new country?

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Gradual Africanisation and development

24
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What visions did he not share with Kasavubu?

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Federation of state based on ethnicity

25
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What visions did he not share with Tshome?

A

Loose Federation of state

26
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Who was Tshome backed by?

A

Belgian mining magnates in Katanga

27
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Who did the Congolese people prefer to support?

A

Ethnic leaders rather than a national leader

28
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Was Lumumba greatly supported?

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Not a lot of support by the Congolese people and not a lot of international support

29
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When was he assassinated?

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Seven months after Congo attained independence

30
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What was he involved in with the struggles of his country?

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Anticolonial struggles and it was a freedom fighter

31
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What was he the only leader with the idea of?

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National unity – idea of United Congo was unyielding

32
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What could he has he done in terms Alfara nations?

A

Prevent exploitation of the resources from foreign nations

33
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What quality may have been responsible for his ultimate down for?

A

Bold and decisive as a leader

34
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What is his lack of experience lead to?

A

Errors of judgement

35
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What huge error of judgement did he make it?

A

Criticising Belgium at Independence Day celebrations

36
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What did the criticism of the Belgium’s lead to?

A

Belgium against Congo

37
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Why did the west not like him?

A

Assistance from the USSR made him look procommunist

38
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When was he disposed as a prime minister?

A

14 September 1960

39
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Who was he disposed by?

A

Mobutu

40
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How long was the prime minister for?

A

67 days

41
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Where did you continue to live?

A

Leopoldville at the prime minister’s residence

42
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Who was the member guarded by?

A

In a group of UN troops to prevent his arrest and

43
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Who wanted to prevent his escape?

A

Outer ing of Mobutu’s soldiers

44
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Where did he escape to?

A

Stanley evil but he was a

45
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Where was he placed after his arrest?

A

Military prison

46
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In military prison what did Kasavubu offer him to join?

A

To join the government again but he refused

47
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After his refuse or where was he sent?

A

Elizabeth Ville in Katanga - Tshombe

48
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When was the announcement of his death made?

A

A month after his Muda

49
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Who uncovered the truth of his death?

A

Historian Ludo de Witte - 2000

50
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Who is responsible for his death?

A

The Belgian government

51
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What shows that Belgium was behind the succession of Katanga

A

Documents in Brussels to protect the economic interest

52
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What did Lumumba want during the mutiny of Publique Force?

A

Belgian troops to with draw – did not

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