understand that 90 of our history is not in history books and have been fashioned in a
manner to be invisible to us steadily but surely we are uncovering the truth and shining a ray
of light towards our fallen heroes in a manner that reintroduces flesh to dried bones to bring
them back to life that they may never be forgotten here are three african heroes that we should never
forget patrice lumamba the first prime minister of the democratic republic of congo nicknamed
by malcolm x the greatest black man to walk the continent of africa and i call him the template of
african unity born in 1925 on alua belgium congo patrice lumbo played a pivotal role in liberating
congo from the strongholds of belgium he was consequential in establishing an independent
republic and for this he paid the ultimate price his life shortly after independence insurrection
broke out in congo leading to mutiny within the army in 1956 patrice lumambo was invited to
belgium for a study tour he was arrested upon his arrival back to congo after serving his sentence
he pioneered the congo national movement also known as mnc which was the first party
of congo this led to belgium declaring elections in congo which was met by an uprising out of
fear of belgium's intentions of inaugurating a puppet government the people revolted belgium
retaliated leading to the arrest of patrice lumamba and the death of 30 congolese citizens
the mnc subsequently won the election and demanded the release of patrice lumumba discussions and
arrangements pursued to negotiate the formation of the new country of the democratic republic of
congo patrice lomba was inaugurated as the first prime minister of the new democratic country
independence day 1960. all hell broke loose the king of belgium was in attendance and gave a
speech in his speech he called the former king of belgium leopold a genius a man who proceeded over
the most diabolical and brutal regime in human history i stand by this statement strongly no
group of people have been through an inch of what congo went through under the regime of leopold
to make matters worse the king went further in his praise of leopold saying that he was
the precursor to congo civilization basically he spoke in a condescending manner as though leopold
was responsible for everything good to ever come out of congo my man patrice lumamba then got on
stage and said yo miss me with that [ __ ] okay he didn't say that patricia mamba exclaimed of how
land was taken away from the people he mentions of the cruel injustice that congo faced because
its citizens were melanated he mentions of how their fate at the time was worse than death
itself and i quote who forget the massacres where so many of our brothers perished the cells
into which those who refused to submit to a regime of oppression and exploitation were thrown we were
subject to exhausting work exactly in exchange for salaries which did not permit us to eat enough to
drive away hunger or to clothe ourselves nor house ourselves decently or to raise our children as
creatures there to us he spoke about the injustice of how in their country they weren't permitted to
live in certain areas or enter certain buildings and restaurants and so on this was a slap to the
face of belgium and the whole world was there to witness it immediately after congo's independence
belgium sent 6 000 troops to congo in support of rebellion against a newly declared sovereign
country january 17 1961 few months after congo's independence accompanied by belgium
mobutu says hisoko ordered the execution of patrice lumamba alongside two of his colleagues
their bodies were later dug up cut into pieces and dissolved in acid in 2002 belgium released
an apology for their participation in the assassination of patrice lomamba
other western governments have also admitted their involvement in his death history should
be forgiven but the heroes of our past never forgotten this reflects a very similar saga in a
lot of african countries where after independence an elite group of african leaders rose up to the
task of taking africa to new heights through a casket of coups and changes in government
this led to a new generation of predatory dictatorships who benefited from the initial
foundations of colonization foundations set in place to ensure the exploitation of the mass
and at the same time ensuring stability by making sure the people don't revolt
to prevent an insurrection history should be forgiven and the heroes of our past never
forgotten
i refer to him as a prophet i also call him the leader of the land of upright men a man
who challenged the authorities of former colonial powers thomas sankara's vision for africa was far
above its time in a prophetic manner as though he knew the plans of africa's neo imperialism
he was a strong advocate for economic freedom he came about this by appointing women to high
governmental positions reducing the salaries of public officials banning government officials
from the use of luxurious items such as mercedes first class plane tickets he also established a
mandatory dress code of locally made clothes most importantly he made burkina faso economically
independent he accomplished this by opposing foreign aid he also encouraged the production of
locally grown food thomas ankara once said and i quote some people ask me where's imperialism
just look at your plate when you eat you see imported rice corn millet this is imperialism
no need to look further the person who feeds you imposes his will on you no wonder he was a strong
advocate against foreign aid thinking about it is this not what neo-colonialization is is this not
the biggest issue facing africa today those are the words of someone future oriented a prophet
only the northern star can guide a visionary like thomas ankara he said i alongside my delegation
are dressed by our tailors fed by our farmers not a single threat came from europe or america
on his way to a cabinet meeting the setting of his assassination took place during its course
in the midst of a crossfire to prevent unnecessary death he came out with hands stretched as far as
to the corners of the globe he was brutally gunned down earlier in this video i mentioned that 90 of
our history is fashioned in a manner to be made invisible to us in 2017 president emmanuel macron
of france upon his visit to burkina faso promised that france will declassify french files of their
participation in the country's assassination of thomas ankara we are yet to see those files
history should be forgiven but the heroes of our past never forgotten i know that in this video
i promise that we'll be going into detail about three african leaders that we should never forget
i lied sort of the third leader on my list is you thomas sankara once said there are seven million
thomas sankaras and personally i believe one of them is you africa is calling on a visionary like
you someone who obey her call someone who will not take advantage of her someone who is upright
and more than willing to put africa first there's been deliberate attempts to remove
african history watch this video to find out how it was carried out