Lumumba

American

[loo-moom-buh] / lʊˈmʊm bə /

noun

Patrice (Emergy) 1925–61, African political leader: premier of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1960–61.

Lumumba British

/ lʊˈmʊmbə /

noun

Patrice (pəˈtriːs). 1925–61, Congolese statesman; first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo (1960); assassinated

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A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat ordered to stand trial over the 1961 killing of Congolese independence icon Patrice Lumumba has appealed the decision, his lawmaker said Friday.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

A fiery critic of Belgium's colonial rule, Lumumba became his country's first prime minister after it gained independence in 1960.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

There Fellak presented Mboladinga with his own Desert Foxes jersey with the name "Lumumba" printed on the back.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

The document was later ruled inadmissible at trial, but earlier this year, Italy’s highest court upheld Knox’s separate conviction for committing slander against Lumumba.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2025

Father said he heard soon-to-be Prime Minister Lumumba talk on a radio in a barbershop in Stanleyville about neutral foreign policy and African Unity and all that jazz.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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