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The Secession of Katanga

N.B. Focus for Contextualisation Topics:

“Why did the Province of Katanga secede from the new Democratic Republic of Katanga in 1960?”

&

“What were the effects of this Secession”?/ “Why did the Secession of Katanga end in 1965?”

 

Handout: Reasons for Katangan Secession

 

The speeches, given by King Baudouin II of Belgium and Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the eve of Congolese Independence:

 

 

 

Secession of Katangappt

‘Lumumba’:

A film based on Congolese Independence and the assassination of Patrice Lumumba

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrbCOol_VVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juanS6VqAjg&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X5VasNKNCQ&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMv07zw1ZmA&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjx6JiD0a3A&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9qgibqSzuU&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qQHFcpxck8&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNE_Pca4I5o&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBIBh8iivxk&feature=relmfu

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