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Pleure, ô Noir, frère bien-aimé : anthologie de textes de Patrice-Émery Lumumba
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Le présent livre rassemble des textes essentiels de Patrice-Émery Lumumba, Premier Ministre du premier gouvernement de la RD Congo après l’indépendance, assassiné après sept mois en fonction. L’anthologie est destinée à l’éducation politique et humaine de la jeunesse pour les valeurs de la liberté, de la justice, du courage, de l’intégrité et des droits de l’homme en RDC comme dans le monde. Patrice-Émery Lumumba est un levier pour rêver d’une nouvelle destinée pour le Congo.
Who is Lumumba and what did he do? Patrice-Émery Lumumba is known by a large number of Congolese people as a leader who has struggled, namely for the independence of the Republic of Congo, and for the emancipation of Africa. He was the first democratically elected Prime Minister after the DR Congo became an independent country. He delivered a historical speech 30th June, 1960 during the Independence Day celebration ceremony. Lumumba was first a post office worker and then later became a politician. During his lifetime he worked as a press correspondent, an essayist, a poet and finally a letter writer (epistolizer). In fact, Lumumba’s multifarious occupations were little known among the Congolese people who knew him only as an African leader. Through this anthology, we would like to present the writings and orations of Lumumba that showcase his excellent literary ability, with which he has communicated to humanity as a press correspondent, an essayist, a poet, a political speaker with a volcanic eloquence (and not always with the expected diplomatic language and attitude) and an epis-tolizer. We would like to share with you his vision which is visible in his literature as a writer and through his speeches. Finally, with this anthology, we would like to understand Lumumba as the excellent Pan-African leader for human rights, human dignity and a promoter of human freedom – human "Uhuru" (p. 13).
Who is Lumumba and what did he do? Patrice-Émery Lumumba is known by a large number of Congolese people as a leader who has struggled, namely for the independence of the Republic of Congo, and for the emancipation of Africa. He was the first democratically elected Prime Minister after the DR Congo became an independent country. He delivered a historical speech 30th June, 1960 during the Independence Day celebration ceremony. Lumumba was first a post office worker and then later became a politician. During his lifetime he worked as a press correspondent, an essayist, a poet and finally a letter writer (epistolizer). In fact, Lumumba’s multifarious occupations were little known among the Congolese people who knew him only as an African leader. Through this anthology, we would like to present the writings and orations of Lumumba that showcase his excellent literary ability, with which he has communicated to humanity as a press correspondent, an essayist, a poet, a political speaker with a volcanic eloquence (and not always with the expected diplomatic language and attitude) and an epis-tolizer. We would like to share with you his vision which is visible in his literature as a writer and through his speeches. Finally, with this anthology, we would like to understand Lumumba as the excellent Pan-African leader for human rights, human dignity and a promoter of human freedom – human "Uhuru" (p. 13).
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2015
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9782889310593
9782889310609
9782889310609
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10.58863/20.500.12424/166661
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