Today is Patrice Lumumba's birthday.
Congo is not poor. It is robbed. Thats why he was killed within seven months of taking office for one belief: that the Congo's wealth belongs to the Congolese not the Colonizer.
Sixty-five years on, the robbery just changed owners.
“He was the greatest Black man who ever walked the African continent. He didn’t fear anybody. He had those [Belgian] people so scared they had to ki!! him. They couldn’t buy him, they couldn’t frighten him, they couldn’t reach him.”
— Malcolm X on Patrice Lumumba
He built factories (where he made Black dolls), a hotel, a chain of grocery stores, schools and restaurants. His organization had a trucking co, printing press, 5 ships, owned office buildings, bought an auditorium in NY, had 6 million members and branches in 40 countries, all this with an 8th grade education.
Carlota Lukumí, a slave woman, took up the machete in 1843 to lead a slave uprising at the Triumvirato sugar mill, Cuba. Always remember that we fought back!
DR Congo superfan, Michel Kuka, was denied a US visa to support his team at the World Cup knockout match against England 🇨🇩🚫
He became an iconic figure for his motionless pose and silent tribute to their national hero Patrice Lumumba ✊
Fela Kuti once said: "99.9% of what you know about Africa is wrong."
The biggest lie about Africa wasn't told once. It was repeated until the world accepted it as truth.