Patrice Lumumba From a mere man to a lasting symbol (2).

LUMUMBA, Patrice, 1925-1961; PRIME ministers; ETHNIC groups; TETELA (African people); LUBA (African people); KONGO (African people)

The article offers information on the life and works of Prime Minister Patrice Emery Lumumba of Congo. It notes that Lumumba came from an ethnic group called the Batetela which was small as compared with Baluba and Bakongo. It adds that other Congolese leaders and Lumumba saw the Belgian programme as a scheme to install puppets before independence.