Patrice Lumumba: References & Edit History

Overviews of his life and career are provided by Robin McKown, Lumumba: A Biography (1969); and Thomas Kanza, The Rise and Fall of Patrice Lumumba: Conflict in the Congo (1977, reissued 1994). G. Heinz and H. Donnay, Lumumba: The Last Fifty Days (1970; originally published in French, 1966), is a detailed reconstruction of the last critical period of his life. Stuart A. Reid, The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination (2023), identifies new evidence tying the U.S. to Lumumba’s death. Other books that focus on his murder are Ludo de Witte, The Assassination of Lumumba (2001; originally published in Dutch, 1999); and Emmanuel Gerard and Bruce Kuklick, Death in the Congo: Murdering Patrice Lumumba (2015).