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lAURENT
Politics
Neither brutality, nor abuse, nor torture has ever led me to ask for mercy, for I would rather die with my head held high, with unshakeable faith and deep confidence in the destiny of my country, rather than live in submission and disregard for sacred principles.
History will say its word one day, but it will not be history taught in Brussels, Washington, Paris or the United Nations, but that which will be taught in countries free from colonialism and its puppets.
Africa will write its own history and to the north and south of the Sahara it will be a history of glory and dignity. "
Patrice Lumumba: Last letter to his wife Pauline.
After his Congolese National Movement won the legislative elections of May 1960, Patrice Lumumba became the first prime minister of the Republic of Congo (DRC). Considered a radical leftist, his presence worries the Western powers and Belgium, from which the DRC gained independence on June 30 of the same year. Particularly critical of colonialism, the speech that Lumumba gave on the same day also upset the Belgian sovereign, Baudouin I. In July, a violent mutiny by Congolese soldiers against Belgian officers still on site caused instability which would quickly increase.
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