Repost @unifrance - Director Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro, Lumumba) shares the story behind his documentary Ernest Cole, Lost and Found, now in cinemas across Germany. The documentary sheds light on Ernest Cole — the first Black freelance photographer in apartheid South Africa — whose powerful images exposed the brutal reality of the regime. Forced into exile, Cole sought freedom in the US, only to face new forms of disillusionment. In 2017, 60,000 of his lost negatives were uncovered in a Sw

Patrice Lumumba: Africa's Assassinated Martyr They dissolved his body in sulfuric acid to erase him from history. Patrice Lumumba was Congo's first democratically elected Prime Minister—but he was only in power for 67 days before the CIA and Belgium orchestrated his assassination. In this video, we uncover the hidden truth about one of Africa's greatest independence leaders. Declassified CIA documents reveal that Allen Dulles personally classified Lumumba's "removal" as an "urgent priority." Pre

Patrice Lumumba, the first legally elected prime minister of D.R Congo was assassinated in 1961 following a military coup supported by U.S.A & Belgian imperialism which was admitted by the State Dept in 2013 authorized by president Eisenhower. For over 100 years, the US and Belgium have played key roles in shaping Congo's destiny. In April 1884, seven months before the Berlin Congress, the US became the first country in the world to recognise the claims of King Leopold II of the Belgians to the