Patrice Lumumba, born July 2, 1925
- Michael Laxer
- Jul 2, 2020
- 1 min read
"The day will come when history will speak. But it will not be the history which will be taught in Brussels, Paris, Washington or the United Nations.
It will be the history which will be taught in the countries which have won freedom from colonialism and its puppets.
Africa will write its own history and in both north and south it will be a history of glory and dignity." - Patrice Lumumba, born July 2, 1925
We remember Patrice Lumumba especially now that the current Belgian King- at long last - issued a rather timid apology for the genocidal horrors inflicted by his ancestor Léopold II on the Congolese people, and later Belgian (as well as US and probably French) involvement in Lumumba's own murder...