Patrice Lumumba Research Paper

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Initially Patrice Lumumba was ultimately responsible for establishing the revolution in the Congo. Although capable of seeing the independence through he was a person who was killed for his beliefs and he died a true voice of independent people. In Congo, Lumumba's assassination is rightly viewed as the country's original sin. Coming less than seven months after independence, it was a stumbling block to the ideals of national unity, economic independence and pan-African solidarity that Lumumba had championed, as well as a shattering blow to the hopes of millions of Congolese for freedom and material prosperity.

The death of Patrice Lumumba might have encouraged national unity but would also create a sense of phobia to Africans who would want

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