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By RT International
Patrice Lumumba remains more than a national hero of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo); his name has come to embody the very essence of African freedom, his daughter, Juliana Lumumba, has said.
Speaking to RT, she explained that Lumumba’s ideals resonate far beyond the country’s borders, uniting a continent in its quest for dignity, sovereignty, and true independence.
Juliana Lumumba, the former DR Congo minister of culture, described her father as a “truly iconic figure” of African dignity, a man who “symbolizes… liberation, the Africa that he wanted to see independent, standing on its own feet, united.”
“He was not alone. Lumumba is part of a whole galaxy of our founding fathers of independence,” she added…
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