PATRICE LUMUMBA

Book ID/图书代码： 09894514B74030

English Summary/英文概要： Patrice Lumumba was a leader of the independence struggle in what is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the country’s first democratically elected prime minister. After a meteoric rise in the colonial civil service and the African political elite, he became a major figure in the decolonization movement of the 1950s. Lumumba’s short tenure as prime minister (1960–1961) was marked by an uncompromising defense of Congolese national interests against pressure from international mining companies and the Western governments that orchestrated his eventual demise.

Cold war geopolitical maneuvering and well-coordinated efforts by Lumumba’s domestic adversaries culminated in his assassination at the age of thirty-five, with the support or at least the tacit complicity of the U.S. and Belgian governments, the CIA, and the UN Secretariat. Even decades after Lumumba’s death, his personal integrity and unyielding dedication to the ideals of self-determination, self-reliance, and pan-African solidarity assure him a prominent place among the heroes of the twentieth-century African independence movement and the worldwide African diaspora.

Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja’s short and concise book provides a contemporary analysis of Lumumba’s life and work, examining both his strengths and his weaknesses as a political leader. It also surveys the national, continental, and international contexts of Lumumba’s political ascent and his swift elimination by the interests threatened by his ideas and practical reforms.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 帕特利斯•卢蒙巴是一位为今天的刚果民主共和国争取独立的领袖，以及国家的第一位民选总理。在殖民地的公务员和非洲的政治精英众迅速崛起后，他成为20世纪50年代非殖民化运动的重要人物。卢蒙巴短暂的任职（1960–1961）是由对刚果国家利益的不妥协以及抵抗精心策划他的死亡的国际矿业公司和西方政府的压力所决定的。

冷战的地缘政治操纵和协调努力最终在他35岁被杀害后被国内政敌所终结，而这得到了美国和比利时政府，中央情报局和联合国秘书处的支持或者至少是隐秘的合谋。卢蒙巴死后的几十年里，他献身于自主，自立和非洲团结的理想的正直和不屈的精神保证他在20世纪非洲独立运动和世界范围内的非裔英雄中有一席之地。

乔治斯-纳塔尼亚这本简短精炼的书提供了对卢蒙巴的生活和工作的当代分析，探索了他作为一个政治领导人的优点和缺点。它也调查了卢蒙巴的政治地位上升的民族，大陆和国际环境，以及被他的思想和实践改革威胁利益的集团对他的迅速刺杀。(LNL)

Awards/获奖情况：“卢蒙巴……是非洲民族主义历史的一个重要角色，同一阵营的曼德拉也在一定程度上受到他的影响。乔治斯-纳塔尼亚提供了对卢蒙巴的生活和其历史意义的一个优秀的简短介绍。”——戴维•N•吉布斯，亚利桑那大学历史学教授

“Lumumba…was a pivotal player in the history of African nationalism, in the same league as Mandela in terms of his influence. Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja provides an excellent short introduction to Lumumba’s life and historical significance.” — David N. Gibbs, professor of history, University of Arizona

About the Author/作者介绍： 乔治斯-纳塔尼亚是一位非洲的教授，他是非裔美国人，在北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校做移民研究，以及霍华德大学非洲研究领域的荣誉退休教授。他曾是非洲研究协会的主席，以及《从利奥波德到卡比拉的刚果：一个民族的历史》的作者。

Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja is a professor of African, African American, and diaspora studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and professor emeritus of African studies at Howard University. He is a past president of the African Studies Association and the author of The Congo from Leopold to Kabila: A People’s History.

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