We shall show the world what the black man can do when he works in freedom, and we shall make of the Congo the center of the sun's radiance for all of Africa.
— Patrice Lumumba Modern

Congolese independence leader

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Speech at the ceremony of independence

Date / Period

1960

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.africaworld.net/afgen/lumumba-speech.htm

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