Lumumba's legacies in past and present
This year we celebrate Patrice Lumumba's 100th birthday with a series of lectures and other events. Lumumba, figure of the past, ideas for the present? As a historical figure, Lumumba played an important role during formal independence of the Democratic Republic of Congo. His murder in 1961 also triggered a variety of ways to shape our memory of him until today. Can Lumumba’s thought and actions remain a source of inspiration for the further decolonization process of the country and of Africa more generally? Photo Hary Pot. National archives of the Netherlands
- 19 March: Film screening “soundtrack to a coup d’état” (introduced by director Johan Grimonprez) - Event of Team Global Engagement
- 25 March: Lecture “Congo: van Leopold tot Lumumba” (by Guy Vantemsche) - Event of AYO
- April: panel on the ongoing crisis in DR Congo (more information to be announced) - Event of IOB, Great Lakes of Africa Centre, PhD students
- 5 May: Film screening and lecture: Alain Casanda – “Coconut Head Generation” - Event of Matthias De Groof
- 18 June: lecture Pedro Monaville (McGill University) “the shape of Lumumba’s heart” - Event of Political History Research Group
More information to be announced