Patrice Lumumba's Letter to Pauline Lumumba, 1960

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My beloved companion,

I write you these words not knowing whether you will receive them, when you will receive them, and whether I will still be alive when you read them. Throughout my struggle for the independence of my country, I have never doubted for a single instant that the sacred cause to which my comrades and I have dedicated our entire lives would triumph in the end. But what we wanted for our country — its right to an honorable life, to perfect dignity, to independence with no restrictions — was never wanted by Belgian colonialism and its Western allies, who found direct and indirect, intentional and unintentional support among certain high officials of the United Nations, that body in which we placed all our trust when we called on it for help.

They have corrupted some of our countrymen; they have bought others; they have done their part to distort the truth and defile our independence. What else can I say? ‘That whether dead or alive, free or in prison by order of the colonialists, it is not my person that is important. What is important is the Congo, our poor people whose independence has been turned into a cage, with people looking at us from outside the bars, sometimes with charitable compassion, sometimes with glee and delight. But my faith will remain unshakable. I know and feel in my very heart of hearts that sooner or later my people will rid themselves of all their enemies, foreign and domestic, that they will rise up as one to say no to the shame and degradation of colonialism and regain their dignity in the pure light of day.

We are not alone. Africa, Asia, and the free and liberated peoples in every corner of the globe will ever remain at the side of the millions of Congolese who will not abandon the struggle until the day when there will be no more colonizers and no more of their mercenaries in our country. I want my children, whom I leave behind and perhaps will never see again, to be told that the future of the Congo is beautiful and that their country expects them, as it expects every Congolese, to fulfill the sacred task of rebuilding our independence, our sovereignty; for without justice there is no dignity and without independence there are no free men.

Neither brutal assaults, nor cruel mistreatment, nor torture have ever led me to beg for mercy, for I prefer to die with my head held high, unshakable faith, and the greatest confidence in the destiny of my country rather than live in slavery and contempt for sacred principles. History will one day have its say; it will not be the history taught in the United Nations, Washington, Paris, or Brussels, however, but the history taught in the countries that have rid themselves of colonialism and its puppets. Africa will write its own history and both north and south of the Sahara it will be a history full of glory and dignity.

Do not weep for me, my companion; I know that my country, now suffering so much, ‘will be able to defend its independence and its freedom. Long live the Congo! Long live Africa!

PATRICE
 
wilson kaiser senior said:
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My beloved companion,

I write you these words not knowing whether you will receive them, when you will receive them, and whether I will still be alive when you read them. Throughout my struggle for the independence of my country, I have never doubted for a single instant that the sacred cause to which my comrades and I have dedicated our entire lives would triumph in the end. But what we wanted for our country — its right to an honorable life, to perfect dignity, to independence with no restrictions — was never wanted by Belgian colonialism and its Western allies, who found direct and indirect, intentional and unintentional support among certain high officials of the United Nations, that body in which we placed all our trust when we called on it for help.

They have corrupted some of our countrymen; they have bought others; they have done their part to distort the truth and defile our independence. What else can I say? ‘That whether dead or alive, free or in prison by order of the colonialists, it is not my person that is important. What is important is the Congo, our poor people whose independence has been turned into a cage, with people looking at us from outside the bars, sometimes with charitable compassion, sometimes with glee and delight. But my faith will remain unshakable. I know and feel in my very heart of hearts that sooner or later my people will rid themselves of all their enemies, foreign and domestic, that they will rise up as one to say no to the shame and degradation of colonialism and regain their dignity in the pure light of day.

We are not alone. Africa, Asia, and the free and liberated peoples in every corner of the globe will ever remain at the side of the millions of Congolese who will not abandon the struggle until the day when there will be no more colonizers and no more of their mercenaries in our country. I want my children, whom I leave behind and perhaps will never see again, to be told that the future of the Congo is beautiful and that their country expects them, as it expects every Congolese, to fulfill the sacred task of rebuilding our independence, our sovereignty; for without justice there is no dignity and without independence there are no free men.

Neither brutal assaults, nor cruel mistreatment, nor torture have ever led me to beg for mercy, for I prefer to die with my head held high, unshakable faith, and the greatest confidence in the destiny of my country rather than live in slavery and contempt for sacred principles. History will one day have its say; it will not be the history taught in the United Nations, Washington, Paris, or Brussels, however, but the history taught in the countries that have rid themselves of colonialism and its puppets. Africa will write its own history and both north and south of the Sahara it will be a history full of glory and dignity.

Do not weep for me, my companion; I know that my country, now suffering so much, ‘will be able to defend its independence and its freedom. Long live the Congo! Long live Africa!

PATRICE
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siku nyingine uwe unatafsiri kwanza si unajua tena mambo ya vyeti haya yalivotikisa nchi
 
nchi za magharibi hazijawahi na hazitawahi kuwa na nia nzuri na waafrica never
urafiki wao siku zote ni wa kinafiki hawa washenzi na vibaraka wao
kifo cha lumumba ni mfano mzuri wa mbinu zao chafu wanazotumia ili kulinda maslahi yao na kuendelea kutunyonya ila bila shaka haya yana mwisho
naamini ipo siku watalipa hizi dhambi walizofanya na wanazoendelea kuzifanya
rest in peace 'simba wa demokrasia'
 
N ngumu sana kuwapata watu wa sampuli kama hii kwa kizaz chetu, walio tayar kujitoa sadaka kwa ajil ya nchi zao, wengi wao tulio nao sasa wanaangalia nafsi zao na familia zao na koo zao n mabingwa wa kuplani mbinu za kujilimbikizia mali na si mbinu za kunufaisha taifa,
Tunawarahisishia sana wa nchi za magharibi kutufanya vile watakavyo kutokana na ujinga na kutokujitambua kwetu.
Najarbu kuwaza hawa watu wangechelewa kdg kuzaliwa wawepo mpaka saiz nahis tungeshuhudia hali tofaut na hz. R.I.P (Nkuruma, Mandela, Nyerere, Lumumba na wengneo)
 
Hydrazin said:
N ngumu sana kuwapata watu wa sampuli kama hii kwa kizaz chetu, walio tayar kujitoa sadaka kwa ajil ya nchi zao, wengi wao tulio nao sasa wanaangalia nafsi zao na familia zao na koo zao n mabingwa wa kuplani mbinu za kujilimbikizia mali na si mbinu za kunufaisha taifa,
Tunawarahisishia sana wa nchi za magharibi kutufanya vile watakavyo kutokana na ujinga na kutokujitambua kwetu.
Najarbu kuwaza hawa watu wangechelewa kdg kuzaliwa wawepo mpaka saiz nahis tungeshuhudia hali tofaut na hz. R.I.P (Nkuruma, Mandela, Nyerere, Lumumba na wengneo)
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MTOE NYERERE HAPO
 
Victoire said:
Yap,aliwapigia magoti.

Kabisa,Lumumba aliwachana asilimia mia,mtu mwingine aliewachana wakoloni live ni Thomas Sankara wa Burkina Fasso.
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You are absolutely right! Nyerere tutamkumbuka kwa mchango wake wa kutuunganisha watanzania lkn ktk mambo mengi Nyerere alifeli
 
Ingekuwa sasa barua ingejaa maneno ya kimapenzi kibao,I miss you etc.
Those days men were men
 
Mechanist said:
You are absolutely right! Nyerere tutamkumbuka kwa mchango wake wa kutuunganisha watanzania lkn ktk mambo mengi Nyerere alifeli
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Nyerere alifeli kwenye azimio la arusha plus vita ya kagera sambamba na SAP aliyowekewa na wazungu
 
Mechanist said:
Hata darasani hakuwa genius tofauti na tulivyo aminishwa utotoni
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Kiujumla alikuawa failure selfish sana na yeye ndiyo sababu ya katba mbovu kabisa kwasababu aliifanya kum favour yeye zaid bila kujua kwamba iko siku yeye ataondoka.....pia hata ile dhana taking'atuka ni baada ya kuona nchi imemshinda lakini kiuhalisia huenda nayeye angekuwa mugabe wetu
 
MWANA ileje said:
Kiujumla alikuawa failure selfish sana na yeye ndiyo sababu ya katba mbovu kabisa kwasababu aliifanya kum favour yeye zaid bila kujua kwamba iko siku yeye ataondoka.....pia hata ile dhana taking'atuka ni baada ya kuona nchi imemshinda lakini kiuhalisia huenda nayeye angekuwa mugabe wetu
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He had the balls to quit huwezi kumfananisha na mugabe.
 
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