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PATRICE LUMUMBA AND THE CONGOLESE INDEPENDENCE

PATRICE LUMUMBA AND THE CONGOLESE INDEPENDENCE

On 5 July 1960, only five days after the Congo’s independence, the commanding general of the newly formed Congolese national army, Emile Janssens(He described himself as the “Little Maniac” (Petit Maniaque), called a meeting with his non-commissioned officers...