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  Patrice Lumumba - MSN Encarta
Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961), nationalist leader who served briefly as the first prime minister of the Republic of the Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1960.
Lumumba was born in Onalua in the southern province of Kasai in the Belgian Congo.
Lumumba was taken from prison and flown to Brussels, Belgium, where negotiations with Congolese activists led to the scheduling of unconditional independence for the almost totally unprepared colony.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761559104/Patrice_Lumumba.html   (621 words)

  
 Patrice Lumumba Encyclopedia Article @ Forbear.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Patrice Lumumba as the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1960
Patrice Lumumba continues to serve as a significant inspirational figure in the Congo as well as throughout Africa.
December 7 to consider Soviet demands that the U.N. seek Lumumba's immediate release, the immediate restoration of Lumumba as head of the Congo government, the disarming of the forces of Mobutu, and the immediate evacuation of Belgians from the Congo.
www.forbear.org /encyclopedia/Patrice_Lumumba   (3056 words)

  
 Patrice Lumumba
When Lumumba found that the UN troops could not be used as a private army to put down his political opponents he became disenchanted with their presence in his country.
Patrice Lumumba was pulled from power mostly by his own people, who were being manipulated by forces of change and power alien to their understanding.
Lumumba had pledged to give assistance to the African nations to the east and the south of the Congo who are still struggling to attain independence, particularly Angola.
www.africawithin.com /clarke/passing_of_patrice_lumumba.htm   (3835 words)

  
 Patrice Lumumba and the 27th NBUF Convention   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Patrice Lumumba was assassinated on January 17, 1961 at the hands of African mercenaries working in the interests of the Europeans through the United States and the CIA.
The meaning of the life and work of Patrice Lumumba was rooted in his determination to fight against the forces of the European world in the most turbulent period of the history of the Congo.
Patrice Lumumba was born July 2, 1925 in Katako Kombe, a small village in a remote area of the African continent, then referred to as the Congo.
www.finalcall.com /artman/publish/article_2752.shtml   (836 words)

  
 More About Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba’s greatest affront, however, was his decision to accept substantial Soviet aid in order to attack the secessionist areas.
Lumumba and his cabinet responded by accusing Kasavubu of high treason and voted to dismiss him.
The major event leading to the move by the Lumumbists to establish themselves at Stanleyville, the area of Lumumba’s strongest support, was the recommendation by the United Nations Credentials Committee on November 10 to seat the delegation to the UN appointed by Mobutu.
www.jasonfmcdonald.com /bookshelf/morelumumba.html   (1035 words)

  
 The unquiet death of Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba was among the most courageous and principled figures in a generation of young nationalist leaders who came forward in the second half of the twentieth century to claim freedom from European colonialism.
Lumumba’s forthright demands for economic independence, social justice and political self-determination, and his hostility to a political setup based upon tribal divisions, which the colonialists had effectively used to divide and rule Africa, sealed his fate.
Lumumba was unable to counter the enemies arrayed against him because, in the final analysis, he too was balancing between the imperialists on the one hand and the oppressed African masses on the other.
www.wsws.org /articles/2002/jan2002/lumu-j16.shtml   (2323 words)

  
 RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
Residents at Block No. 6 at the Russian University of the Friendship of Peoples named for Patrice Lumumba, a Congolese revolutionary, fled the early-morning fire, some losing their lives as they were forced to jump from five-story windows after they discovered exits were blocked, AP and Russian wire services reported.
University staff warned foreign students to stay indoors during times of probable skinhead attacks, like Hitler's birthday in April, but "Russian politicians seem to be indifferent to the problem of racist attacks," he said, recounting the experience of a Liberian student leader whose efforts to get attention to problems of racism were unheeded.
Lumumba University students complained firemen took some 30-40 minutes to respond, a delay some believed was caused by reluctance to help foreign students.
www.rferl.org /reports/ucs/2003/12/35-031203.asp   (4149 words)

  
 Pravda.RU:Acting head of Patrice Lumumba University resigns   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The acting head of Moscow's University of People's Friendship, Dmitry Bilibin, announced his resignation at a meeting with students.
Viktor Ponko, deputy rector of the university, revealed this to RIA Novosti.
In the small hours of Monday the dormitory of the university caught fire that left 37 people killed and over 160 injured.
newsfromrussia.com /main/2003/11/27/51511_.html   (172 words)

  
 Patrice Lumumba - Mysteries of History - U.S. News Online
His target: the toothbrush of Patrice Lumumba, Congo's charismatic first prime minister, who was also feared to be a rabid Communist.
When Lumumba arrived in Katanga, on January 17, accompanied by several Belgians, he was bleeding from a severe beating.
Today, at least five countries are fighting in Congo and Lumumba's son, an opposition leader, spent several weeks in a Kinshasa jail cell on politically motivated charges.
www.usnews.com /usnews/doubleissue/mysteries/patrice.htm   (739 words)

  
 Remember Katanga!
Lumumba was so highly regarded by Soviet dictator Khrushchev that he renamed the Moscow "Peoples Friendship University" the "Patrice Lumumba Friendship University" upon Lumumba's death.
In a directive to the heads of the Congolese provinces, Lumumba wrote that they should use "terrorism, essential to subdue the population." His directive was carried out enthusiastically.
Lumumba and his successor, Cyrille Adoula, asked for and got the aid of United Nations "peacekeepers" to force Katanga back under Congolese rule.
www.neusysinc.com /columnarchive/colm0036.html   (674 words)

  
 Patrice Lumumba - Ogali Ogali
Patrice Lumumba is an historic drama, based closely on actual events (or at least Ogali's interpretation thereof).
Lumumba is the grand hero, trying to hold the country together, while all the other forces are unreasonable, or even evil.
Patrice Lumumba is a play of the times, written several years before the crisis in the Congo was even resolved.
www.complete-review.com /reviews/onitsha/ogali10.htm   (593 words)

  
 Peoples' Friendship University of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Its primary goal was to help nations of the Third World at the height of the Cold War, providing higher education as well as a KGB training ground for young communists from developing countries.
The terrorist Carlos the Jackal studied at this university, along with guerrillas and revolutionaries from Latin America, Africa and Asia.
In 1992 the university was renamed the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia and students who once were schooled in Marxist philosophy now take courses in capitalist business.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patrice_Lumumba_University   (342 words)

  
 HISTORY NOTES: THE PASSING OF PATRICE LUMUMBA
Lumumba belonged to the company of Kwame Nkruman, Julius Nyerere in Tanganyika, Tom Mboya in Kenya, and Sékou Touré.
Patrice Lumumba's body now lies a-mouldering in some unmarked and inglorious Congo grave…both his truth and spirit go marching on, much to the discomfort of his murderers.
Patrice Lumumbe is a member of the Beteteta tribe, a Mongo subgroup.
www.cwo.com /~lucumi/lumumba2.html   (3839 words)

  
 The Ghost of Patrice Lumumba - Ogali Ogali
Patrice Lumumba's life and tragic death made for good dramatic material, and Ogali used it effectively in his very successful play, Patrice Lumumba (see our review).
In his preface Ogali maintains that Lumumba was killed by the "the Congo Vampires -- Tshombe, Kasavubu and Mobuto in the very nose of the United Nations".
While Patrice Lumumba endures -- if slightly uneasily -- The Ghost of Patrice Lumumba pales beside the devastation in the Congo in the decades after it was written.
www.complete-review.com /reviews/onitsha/ogali4.htm   (577 words)

  
 PEOPLES’ FRIENDSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA, MOSCOW, RUSSIA - UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
The Faculty is one of the leaders in the University in the volume of scientific researches.
The institute was set up by the decission of the University Scientific Council in 1997 as a structural division of the University on the distant form of training with the rights of the faculty.
Candidates enrolled at the University will be admitted to the Preliminary Faculty for one year to study Russian language and to upgrade the basic subjects of chosen major.
www.ceebd.co.uk /ceeed/un/ru/ru042.htm   (7096 words)

  
 CNN - From Marxism 101 to Capitalism 101 - July 26, 1997
MOSCOW (CNN) -- The university opened its doors in 1960, at the height of the Cold War, providing a training ground for young communists from developing countries.
It was called Patrice Lumumba University, in honor of a first prime minister of the former Zaire, who was killed in a coup blamed on the United States.
The university is now forced to survive in a free market economy.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/9707/26/russia.university   (356 words)

  
 Pat Chin, USSR's impact on national liberation
Patrice Lumumba of the Congo was murdered because the U.S. claimed he was trying to work with the Soviet Union.
Lumumba had basically asked for economic assistance from that country.
In 1962 the Patrice Lumumba University was founded in Moscow for students from so-called Third World countries.
www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/20/025.html   (966 words)

  
 FIRST PHOTOS OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS ARRESTED IN PORTLAND!
Patrice Lumumba was a male African dictator (I forget which country).
Patrice Lumumba Ford is named for bigtime Commie from the Congo...a MALE commie.
Patrice Lumumba is, in the case of Cuba, a popular brigade name, along with Nicaragua when they were under the marxist sandinista.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/763163/posts   (1536 words)

  
 A Congo Chronicle: Patrice Lumumba in Urban Art
Their popular, urban art commemorates the heroic life and martyrdom of Patrice Lumumba, the man who led the struggle for Congolese independence from Belgian colonial rule.
In the ensuing decades, the portraits of Lumumba painted by Tshibumba and others were transformed into symbols of popular resistance to Mobutu’'s corrupt regime and icons of hope for Congo’s future.
These artists often worked on canvasses made of flour sacks and shirt fabric; their galleries were the local cafés that served as the village squares of urban communities.
thegalleriesatmoore.org /presscongo.shtml   (638 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Meanwhile, an AFP report said some students were poisoned by carbon monoxyde, while others injured themselves when they jumped out of the windows of the five-storey building to escape the inferno, in some cases breaking their limbs or sustaining injuries to their heads and spines, rescuers told Interfax.
The fire, which spread to a surface of 1,000 square meters over four floors, was put out by a total of 50 fire teams at 05:40 am.
The People's Friendship University, formerly known as Patrice Lumumba University, was set up in Soviet times to train students from Third World countries who would then spread Soviet and Communist influence.
www.dailynews.lk /2003/11/25/new003.html   (485 words)

  
 Intelligentmuzik.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The circumstances of Lumumba's death have been shrouded in mystery for forty years, but as the Congo's vast mineral wealth is once again becoming a focus for imperialist rivalries, documents long hidden in official archives have been brought to light.
Mobutu then lead a coup d'état and Lumumba was placed under house arrest, from which he escaped only to be captured by troops loyal to Mobutu.
When Lumumba showed that he could not be relied upon to control the Congolese working class, his fate was sealed.
www.intelligentmuzik.com /thacipher/2006/05/patrice_lumumba.php   (3668 words)

  
 Carlos The Jackal: Trail of Terror
Anxious for his sons to gain a "suitable" education, José contacted the cultural attaché of the Soviet embassy in London and made arrangements for the boys to attend Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow.
The Patrice Lumumba University was considered a training ground for the future leaders of the Soviet Union's expansion into third world states.
Several attempts were made by the university authorities to convince Ilich to cease his extra-curricular activities and concentrate on his studies but their efforts fell on deaf ears.
www.crimelibrary.com /terrorists_spies/terrorists/jackal/4.html   (993 words)

  
 Patrice ONeal Photos - Patrice ONeal News - Patrice ONeal Information
Patrice Oneal (born Patrice Lumumba Malcolm Oneal on December 7, 1969 in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States) is an African-American comedian, actor, and former World Wrestling Entertainment(WWE) writer.
Was a star high school football player, he was to play for the university's football team, but quit to pursue theatre, and comedy.
Patrice was named after the first Prime Minister of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba.
www.tv.com /patrice-oneal/person/150770/summary.html   (360 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The whole of Ja-Ela is mourning the untimely death of Sri Lankan Student Liyanage Olivia Iresha Dilshani Perera in Monday's blaze in a dormitory block of the Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, Russia.
After completing her studies at Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo she had entered the Lumumba University for medical studies after gaining a scholarship only a month ago.
Augusta Fernando said she and her husband were terribly upset on hearing Monday’s Rupavahini news about a fire at the Lumumba University.They were anxious to know details about their daughter Dilshani who was also studying at the university.
www.dailynews.lk /2003/11/26/new18.html   (210 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Suicide Attempts on the Rise at Guantanamo Bay Prison Cells - Brit Hume | Special Report
And finally, if the name of one of the terrorist suspects picked up in Oregon today rings a bell, it's because Patrice Lumumba Ford is apparently named after the leader of a radical African movement who became the first prime minister of the independent Republic of Congo.
Lumumba was arrested and killed by his political enemies in 1961.
Historical junkies also may recall that the former Soviet Union established a university in Moscow devoted to teaching communist ideology and governing techniques to third-world students — and called the institution Patrice Lumumba University.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,64988,00.html   (523 words)

  
 Mario's Cyberspace Station: Detainee 872686/X - Carlos
After moving to London with his mother, Carlos ended up in Moscow, where he attended Patrice Lumumba University, from which "was expelled in 1971 for frivolity".
As Patrice Lumumba University was a notorious training ground for KGB spies and terrorists, others maintain that he was really recruited as a KGB agent and that the expulsion was faked in order to maintain his cover.
At the Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow where Carlos met Mohammed Boudia, the top man for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Europe.
mprofaca.cro.net /carlos.html   (5400 words)

  
 Patrice Lumumba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas R. Kanza, Conflict in the Congo: The Rise and Fall of Lumumba (Penguin African library), 1972, New York: Penguin, ISBN 0-14-041030-9
Bogumil Jewsiewicki, ed., A Congo Chronicle: Patrice Lumumba in Urban Art, 1999, New York: Museum for African Art, ISBN 0-945802-25-0.
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en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patrice_Lumumba   (3433 words)

  
 Ahfad University for Women: Documentation Unit for Women’s Studies
The Documentation Unit for Women’s Studies was established in 1989 as a natural progress of the women’s studies at the University.
The Unit functions and cooperates with all the University bodies, particularly the Institute of Women, Gender and Development Studies and the Elhafeed Library.
It was established to compliment the role of the library in collecting publications and materials for documenting Sudanese women’s studies.
www.ahfad.org /documentation_unit.html   (658 words)

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