29/04/2025
The Story of Patrice Lumumba – A True African Hero They Feared
Patrice Lumumba was the first Prime Minister of Congo after independence from Belgium 🇧🇪 in 1960. He boldly declared that Congo 🇨🇩 and Africa as a whole must be free from foreign control and exploitation. He dreamed of an Africa that was united, self-reliant, and proud of its identity.
But that kind of message didn’t sit well with the West. Lumumba was seen as a threat too bold, too honest, and too focused on true freedom. Just a few months into office, he was overthrown in a coup, captured, and handed over to his enemies in Katanga with the involvement of Belgium 🇧🇪 and the CIA (America) 🇺🇸
On January 17, 1961, his hands was tied to his back and was executed. H!s b0dy was then cut up and dissolved in acid to erase the evidence. Only a single tooth remained kept for decades by one of the Belgian 🇧🇪 officers involved. He is now old and retired.
After years of silence and international pressure, a Belgian 🇧🇪 court finally ruled that the tooth be returned. In 2024, it was handed over to Lumumba’s family in a state ceremony a small but powerful reminder of a African hero stolen too soon 😔
Why was he k3lled? Because Lumumba refused to be a puppet to the W£st. He stood for African dignity, independence, and control over our own resources. He believed that freedom is more than just waving a flag. it means building a system that works for the Congolese 🇨🇩people.
Today, Congo 🇨🇩 still suffers and in chaos. Some Africa countries still faces the same struggles, exploitation, bad leadership, and foreign interference. But Lumumba’s life reminds us that freedom comes with a price, and that without vision and ideology, independence is empty.
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