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![Lumumba](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/2001Call Number: V 226Format: DVDProducers: Raoul PeckCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This award-winning epic dramatizes the rise and fall of legendary African leader Patrice Lumumba. When the Congo declared its independence from Belgium in 1960, the 36-year-old Lumumba became the first Prime Minister of the newly independent state but would last just months in office before being brutally assassinated.
![Lumumba](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: V 628Format: DVDProducers: Zeitgeist VideoCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
When the Congo declared its independence from Belgium in 1960, the 36-year-old, self-educated Lumumba became the first Prime Minister of the newly independent state. Called the "politico of the bush" by journalists of the day, he became a lightening rod of Cold War politics as his vision of a united Africa gained him powerful enemies in Belgium and the US. Lumumba would last just months in office before being brutally assassinated.
![Cuba: An African Odyssey](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: V 632Format: DVDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This film documents Che Guevara's efforts in the Congo to the battle of Cuito Cuanavale in Angola and tells the story of Cuba's assistance and influence on newly independent African nations.
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