Patrice Lumumba, the assassinated first Prime Minister of the Congo.
Documents from the archives of D'Lynn Waldron, Scripps-Howard foreign correspondent in the Belgian Congo, who was confided in by Patrice Lumumba just prior to Independence.
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DOCUMENT WITH LUMUMBA'S OWN STATEMENTS ABOUT GENERAL JANSSENS AND THE FORCE PUBLIQUE IN STANLEYVILLE very large file so the text can be read in the original.
D'Lynn Waldron was a foreign correspondent in Stanleyille, Belgian Congo in the spring of 1960, just prior to Independence. Below is a large reproduction of a photo taken by D'Lynn Waldron of the copy of the confiscated edition of the Stanelyvillois which she rescued from the bon fire and brought to Lumumba. The paper was confiscated and burned because it contained Lumumba's criticism of the behavior of the Belgian administration and army officers at the time of the elections just prior to Independence. D'Lynn carried messages back and forth between Lumumba and the Belgian administors and military in Stanleyville. This is the only surviving image of this very important document.
CONTENTS PAGE: LUMUMBA, THE CONGO, AND ALL OF AFRICA
THE CONGO & AFRICA
articles and commentaries by D'Lynn Waldron ©2006
NOTE: MANY OF THESE PAGES CONTAIN FULL SIZE DOCUMENTS AND ARE VERY LARGE. IF YOU ARE ON BROADBAND THIS WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM, BUT IF YOU ARE ON A DIAL-UP MODEM, SOME PAGES WILL TAKE A MINUTE OR MORE TO LOAD.
D'LYNN WALDRON'S PHOTOS AND SKETCHES OF AFRICA
.........A large gallery of Africa Photographs
........OLD PICTURE MAP OF THE MAJOR TRIBES OF THE PRE-COLONIAL CONGO
Lumumba, the assassinated first Prime Minister of the Congo.
........Lumumba in Stanleyville- D 'Lynn Waldron's 1960 headline story
........D'Lynn Waldron's commentary on this written in 2001
........Lumumba's telegram regarding troops being brought in, etc.
........D'Lynn Waldron's commentary on her time in the Congo written in 2001
.......D'Lynn Waldron's report on conflict between General Jannsens and Patrice Lumumba
.......Refusals of Belgian Administration to transmit D'Lynn Waldron's press cables about Lumumba
.......TIME Magazine's slanders of Patrice Lumumba May 1960
........A GALLERY OF PICTURES OF PATRICE LUMUMBA
........Response to a reader asking why Lumumba was assassinated
.......Raoul Peck's movie "Lumumba" a discussion by D'Lynn Waldron
.......Ludo De Witt's book "The Assassination of Lumumba" a brief review by D'Lynn Waldron
.......E-Mail with historical data concerning her father and family from Dorothee Gizenga
THE TRIBAL WAR IN THE KASAI.
.........The Tribal War In Luluabourg- D'Lynn Waldron's 1960 headline story
.........Kasai section of D'Lynn Waldron's book "Secret in the Heart of Darkness"
........Henry N. Taylor killed filling in for D'Lynn Waldron in Luluabourg the Congo
........Journeys on the Congo and Kasa i Rivers
D'LYNN WALDRON'S ESCAPE FROM SOUTH AFRICA