The day will come when history will speak. But it will not be the history which will be taught in Brussels, Paris, Washington, or the United Nations. It will be the history which will be taught in the countries freed from colonialism and its puppets.
— Patrice Lumumba Modern

Congolese independence leader

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Speech condemning colonial powers

Date / Period

1960

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Controversial

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https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/lumumba/1960/06/speech.htm

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