86 minutos
61 years after his assassination, Patrice Lumumba returns to his country. "Congo returns to Congo" as one of his children said. Lumumba was a nationalist leader who intended to use his country's enormous wealth for the benefit of his people. He became the first Prime Minister in the history of Congo on June 30, 1960, when the country gained its independence after 80 years of Belgian colonial rule. Seven months later, he was assassinated in Katanga province with two of his best political allies: Joseph Okito and Maurice Mpolo. Their bodies were dissolved in sulfuric acid and only one of Patrice Lumumba's teeth remained. This "relic" was taken from Lumumba's corpse and kept in secret by a police commissioner until his death in 2000. The assassination of the nationalist and anti-colonialist leader was followed by the advent of the dictator Mobutu, who was able to remain in place until 1997, thanks to Western support.
Patrice Lumumba
Self
Babetida Sadjo
Commentary
Tshondo Ngoy Elias
Self
Jacques Brassine
Self
Juliana Lumumba
Self
Roland Lumumba
Self
Francis Lumumba
Self
Maurice Mpolo
Self
Isidore Ndaywel è Nziem
Self
Ludo De Witte
Self
Stephen Davignon
Self
Aliou Baldé
Self
Mireille-Tsheusi Robert
Self
Christophe Marchand
Self
Olivier Blairon
Self
