"Tell me how you lived.
How hard did you laugh?
How long did you dance?
How much did you cry?
Did you love?
I hope you did.
That would make it all worthwhile"
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Not a update but to correct my impulsiveness of my First tweet which had my wife exposed in a video that I shared with us together. Me and my wife are Muslim. As many may know on the 24th of January my wonderful beautiful wife lost her life by the hands of her violent ex husband
Patrice Lumumba Last Letter.
He was the first legally elected prime minister of D.R Congo and was assassinated in 1961 following a military coup supported by U.S.A & Belgian imperialism which was admitted by the State Dept in 2013.
My dear wife,
I am writing these words to you, not knowing whether they will ever reach you, or whether I shall be alive when you read them.
Throughout my struggle for the independence of our country I have never doubted the victory of our sacred cause, to which I and my comrades have dedicated all our lives.
But the only thing which we wanted for our country is the right to a worthy life, to dignity without pretence, to independence without restrictions.
This was never the desire of the Belgian colonialists and their Western allies, who received, direct or indirect, open or concealed, support from some highly placed officials of the United Nations, the body upon which we placed all our hope when we appealed to it for help.
They seduced some of our compatriots, bought others and did everything to distort the truth and smear our independence.
What I can say is this—alive or dead, free or in jail—it is not a question of me personally.
The main thing is the Congo, our unhappy people, whose independence is being trampled upon.
That is why they have shut us away in prison and why they keep us far away from the people. But my faith remains indestructible.
I know and feel deep in my heart that sooner or later my people will rid themselves of their internal and external enemies, that they will rise up as one in order to say 'No' to colonialism, to brazen, dying colonialism, in order to win their dignity in a clean land.
We are not alone. Africa, Asia, the free peoples and the peoples fighting for their freedom in all corners of the world will always be side by side with the millions of Congolese who will not give up the struggle while there is even one colonialist or colonialist mercenary in our country.
To my sons, whom I am leaving and whom, perhaps, I shall not see again, I want to say that the future of the Congo is splendid and that I expect from them, as from every Congolese, the fulfilment of the sacred task of restoring our independence and our sovereignty.
Without dignity there is no freedom, without justice there is no dignity and without independence there are no free men.
Cruelty, insults and torture can never force me to ask for mercy, because I prefer to die with head high, with indestructible faith and profound belief in the destiny of our country than to live in humility and renounce the principles which are sacred to me.
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.
Do not weep for me. I know that my tormented country will be able to defend its freedom and its independence.
Long live the Congo!
Long live Africa!
Thysville prison
Patrice LUMUMBA
My six year old, Sankara, has been complaining that I talk too much about Malcolm X in class and not enough about Thomas Sankara. She's a tough critic. Im gonna do better next semester
@ArchRose90 No@matter how much you “say the right thing” one day you will be reminded that to them you are just another …! Your ancestors and Jah are watching you throw your own under a bus for status. This demonstrating you know who holds power and thus Diane’s comments factually correct
are being slaughtered during the holy month of Ramadan? The great W.E.B Du Bois. Said, if people don't believe in white privilege ask them if they'd be happy in our society being black. Pertinent questions, ones which I am sure you can answer. Then you’ll know why we are mad 2/2
When Barry Sheerman apologised for this 👇🏽 antisemitic tweets, a Labour spokesperson said: "Barry has deleted the tweets and apologised. He deeply regrets the offence caused."
I wonder why Diane Abbott's apology isn't good enough.
@leekern13@HackneyAbbott@jeremycorbyn@UKLabour Emotional side scoring over subjective factual correctness. Fear not Jah sees all. Even gentiles who hide behind the guise to perpetuate evil in the name of righteousness. Shame your institutions are only concerned with discrimination against main melanated humans