Patrice Émery Lumumba remains one of Africa’s most powerful symbols of resistance, dignity, and unfinished liberation. Born in 1925 in what was then the Belgian Congo, Lumumba rose from modest beginnings to become a sharp-minded nationalist who refused to accept colonial rule disguised as partnership. As Congo approached independence, he emerged as a unifying figure, […]
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