Lumumba (2000)
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LUMUMBA (2000), Dir. RAOUL PECK
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Patrice Lumumba: Africa's Lost Leader (Life&Times)
Patrice Lumumba (1925-61) is perhaps the most famous leader of the African independence movement. After his murder in 1961 he became an icon of anti-imperialist struggle. His picture was brandished on demonstrations in the 1960s across the world along with Che Guevara and Ho Chi Minh. His life and the independence that he sought for the Congo made him a pivotal figure of the 20th centu... |
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The Rise of Multipartyism and Democracy in the Context of Global Change: The Case of Africa
$5.26 Lumumba-Kasongo examines those forces that contributed to the fate of multiparty democracy in Africa. The forces include the state, political parties, ethnicity, nationalism, religion, underdevelopment, and the global market.Multipartyism in Africa is not necessarily democratic. However, the processes toward multipartyism can produce democratic discourses if they can be transformed by popular and ... |
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The changing system of land ownership and its socio-economic effects in Lugari Division, western province of Kenya, c.1880-2000.
$69.00 The system of land ownership in Lugari Division has evolved through different historical phases. On the eve of colonialism, the clan-based system of land ownership prevailed among the sedentary Bantu Kabras sub-group. Land was acquired and owned by clans but settled and cultivated individually by families. Family lands were passed on to progeny through inheritance. The neighboring semi-pastoralist... |