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An amateur stood out above all others in the African Cup of Nations. He even wore a pedestal to make sure of it. Congo’s follower, Michel Nkuka Mboladinga, has become a social media star for posing as a statue of the country’s murdered independence hero, Patrice Lumumba, during the matches. Lumumba See, as the follower is known elegantly dressed by his resemblance to the murdered leader posed repeatedly raising his right arm and standing still, …
History, memory, and Africa’s unfinished struggle
Congolese supporter Michel Nkuka Mboladinga whose striking resemblance to Lumumba, and whose deliberate emulation of Lumumba’s famous statue in Kinshasa, captured world attention. “Wrong must not win by technicalities” — Aeschylus COMMENT | ANDREW PI BESI | I am often asked why I return, almost instinctively, to history when reflecting on the failures and possibilities of Africa’s contemporary political order. Why, some wonder, do I insist on ex…
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