[Your reactions] Patrice Lumumba, 60 years after his assassination
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December 1960: Soldiers guard Congo's first post-independence prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, right, after his arrest.
To the left is Joseph Okito, vice president of the Senate, who was shot dead alongside Lumumba the following month STRINGER AFP / File
By: Juan Gomez
21 min
On January 17, 1961, Patrice Lumumba, main architect of the independence of Congo-Kinshasa was assassinated.
60 years later, what image do you have of this national and pan-African hero?
Why is the Lumumba myth still alive today?
What remains of his legacy?
Your reactions interest us!
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Lumumba, an assassinated independence
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