A message from Guy Patrice Lumumba (Lumumba’s last son) to the Congolese youth he asked Kambale Musavuli to share.
Patrice Lumumba
…when Lumumba wrote “To my children whom I leave and whom
perhaps I will see no more…” He was speaking about us. He was reminding
us of our inheritance which is the Congo.
He has requested that we
read the last letter that his father wrote to his mother, Pauline. He
said that in the letter, when Lumumba wrote “To my children whom I leave
and whom perhaps I will see no more…” He was speaking about us. He was
reminding us of our inheritance which is the Congo. His father gave all
of us a mission when he said “I wish that they be told that the future
of the Congo is beautiful and that it expects for each Congolese, to
accomplish the sacred task of reconstruction of our independence and our
sovereignty.”
Guy Patrice added that we should be very wary of what the Congolese
government is doing to rewrite the history and legacy of his father. He
said that he does not approve of the Congolese government naming a town
in Congo after his father without any consultation. He says what the DRC
govt did by naming a town LumumbaVille is an insult to his father and
his family. Why?
1. LumumbaVille is located in Kasai… near Katakokombe. According to
Guy Patrice, the town has no electricity, no running water, no hospital
and about 200 people live around that area. To get to that town you must
take a made-shift ferry.
2. Given Lumumba was not a tribalist and his strong-hold was
Kisangani in the Northeast of Congo, and that he also ran on a platform
of national unity and won, Guy Patrice is wondering why they had to go
choose a town in Kasai, pretty much limiting Lumumba to his tribal area
though he was a nationalist. He would have preferred that Kisangani be
chosen as Lumumbaville or even Lubumbashi near where they killed his
father. He believes it is better to have a prominent city rather than a
city where no one will go… all the way inside the country. It is like
doing a Martin Luther King memorial in Idaho rather than in Atlanta.
3. If the DRC government really cared about Lumumba, they could sue
the Belgians and Americans who participated in the killing of Lumumba.
Lumumba’s family has already started the lawsuit in Belgium. The DRC
government could do the same to show their good intentions in honoring
Lumumba’s legacy.
Last message from Guy Patrice Lumumba is that it has been 53 years we
are supposedly independent yet we have not been able to be sovereign on
our land. The youth of 1960 did their part. We must do our part now.
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