34K views · 527 reactions | The gold tooth of Congolese independence hero and prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, has been returned to his family following his assassination in 1961. https://bbc.in/3beHzpH | BBC News | Facebook

Lumumba: l’incarnation de la résistance africaine. Le 17 janvier 1961, Patrice Emery Lumumba, premier Premier ministre du Congo indépendant est brutalement tué à 35 ans. Qui a orchestré cet assassinat politique ? Visionnaire et fervent défenseur de l’unité nationale, Lumumba était l’homme à abattre comme de nombreux leaders nationalistes qui ont été systématiquement traqués et éliminés. Sa mort reste une plaie ouverte dans l’histoire congolaise et un symbole des luttes anti-impérialistes en Afri

Patrice Lumumba, the first legally elected prime minister of D.R Congo was assassinated in 1961 following a military coup supported by U.S.A & Belgian imperialism which was admitted by the State Dept in 2013 authorized by president Eisenhower. For over 100 years, the US and Belgium have played key roles in shaping Congo's destiny. In April 1884, seven months before the Berlin Congress, the US became the first country in the world to recognise the claims of King Leopold II of the Belgians to the