African Stream Why Lumumba was a target

🎯 Загружено автоматически через бота: 🚫 Оригинал видео: 📺 Данное видео является собственностью канала African Stream. Оно представлено в нашем сообществе исключительно в информационных, научных, образовательных или культурных целях. Наше сообщество не утверждает никаких прав на данное видео. Пожалуйста, поддержите автора, посетив его оригинальный канал: @AfricanStream. ✉️ Если у вас есть претензии к авторским правам на данное видео, пожалуйста, свяжитесь с нами по почте support@, и мы немедленно удалим его. 📃 Оригинальное описание: Today marks 99 years since Pan-African leader Patrice Lumumba was born. As the first prime minister of the DRC, he is remembered as a symbol of anti-imperialism and African unity, who played a significant role in the transformation of the Congo from a colony of Belgium into an independent republic. Born on July 2, 1925, he remains one of the most enduring national heroes and Pan-African icons. Malcolm X called him “the greatest Black man who ever walked the African continent.“ Lumumba was a leading member of the Congolese independence movement. He entered the history books on 30th June, 1960. That was the day that Belgian Congo - as it was then known - broke away from Belgian colonial rule. In the presence of Belgium’s King Baudouin, Lumumba, 34 years old, made a gutsy, scathing speech, accusing the former colonial masters of treachery and forcing ’humiliating slavery’ on the Congolese people. The speech caused fear among the Europeans. They were concerned that anti-White vengeance would be the main theme of Lumumba’s administration. Hence, they started plotting to assassinate him. This is why most historians believe Lumumba was a marked man from the moment he made this speech. Less than 7 months after independence, in January 1961, he was arrested and murdered, with the full knowledge of the CIA and the Belgians. For the Congolese people, the events of 1960–61 represented the opening chapter of a long horror story as the US-backed Joseph Mobutu, who had once sworn allegiance to Lumumba, would seize power and misrule the country for more than three decades. #CIA #Lumumba #Belgian #MalcolmX #PatriceLumumba #DRC #JosephMobutu #US #Congo #Belgium #panafrican --------------------SOCIAL----------------------- FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM - TIKTOK - @africanstream TWITTER -