Today marks the solemn anniversary of the assassination of Patrice...

January 17 marks 65 years since the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s first democratically elected prime minister and one of Africa’s most powerful independence leaders. Lumumba’s death remains one of the darkest and most consequential episodes in Congolese and African history. Lumumba came to power in 1960 as the DRC emerged from brutal Belgian colonial rule. A fierce advocate of national sovereignty, pan-African unity and self-determination, he challenged Wes

The gold tooth of Congolese independence hero and prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, has been returned to his family following his assassination in 1961. https://bbc.in/3beHzpH | BBC News

Sixty-five years after the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, Congo Unfiltered examines how his murder became a system—and why his unfinished struggle still defines Congo today. This episode also features Passy Bass, who joins the conversation to reflect on what Lumumba represents for Congolese youth and to share the work he is doing in Kinshasa to turn memory into civic consciousness, dignity, and action. | Friends of the Congo