Belgium is returning the remains of the icon of Congo's anti-colonial movement to his family. A single tooth is all that is believed to remain of Patrice Lumumba after his assassination in 1961.
Belgium on Monday handed over the last remains of slain Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba -- a tooth -- to his family, turning a page on a grim chapter in its colonial past.
Belgium on Monday handed over the last remains of slain Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba — a tooth — to his family, turning a page on a grim chapter in its colonial past.
Belgian authorities have returned a gold-capped tooth of the slain Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba. The restitution of the remaining relic took place after Belgium’s King Philippe earlier this month
The existence of Patrice Lumumba’s tooth came to light in a 1999 interview with a former Belgian police commissioner who admitted to taking it as a “trophy.”
The only remnant of the murdered Congolese independence leader, a gold tooth, was returned to his family during a ceremony in Brussels. His 1961 murder is a reminder of Belgium's brutal colonial history.
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