Lumumba was a voice for an independent Africa, free of colonial oppression from the West. He was one of the leading figures in the movement that eventually freed Congo from Belgian occupation.
Lumumba was murdered in 1961 after he was transferred between prisons by rebel forces in the country during a civil war. Decades later, in 2000, the Belgian state admitted complicity to his murder.
Lumumba was a voice for an independent Africa, free of colonial oppression from the West. He was one of the leading figures in the movement that eventually freed Congo from Belgian occupation.
Lumumba was murdered in 1961 after he was transferred between prisons by rebel forces in the country during a civil war. Decades later, in 2000, the Belgian state admitted complicity to his murder.