LUMUMBA

Before the European contact on the African continent, their intentions were strictly free trade through Africa’s rich land resources. They went there to rule the whole  African continent and nothing less. But when they met freedom fighters like Patrice Lumumba, their ruling and control was shattered because independence was the symbolized freedom for Lumumba and he never exchanged it for nothing more or less. Patrice Lumumba became the first National Prime minister of Democratic Republic of Congo. But prior to his appointment, he went to Stanleyville as a third class postal worker and there he spread the word of independence. He made the people believe in themselves so much. Lumumba escaped the obstacles set before him and was soon invited to the round table conference in Brussels.

            In the round table conference, Lumumba requested Congo’s declaration of independence to be finalized in June 30^th. Lumumba achieved his goal and this goal came with more obstacles. The Belgians were not ready to let Congo be an independent country but the freedom fighter Lumumba made sure it happened. After Congo gained their independence, the Belgians felt the Congo government wasn’t very experienced to handle its people because the Congolese were raping and killing compatriots therefore they were going to render aid to the Congo government by giving them a solution to regulate and control its people; but Lumumba refused. This was a form of contradiction because the Belgian government still wanted to some way somehow control the Congolese; in other words the people of Congo they felt must remain under their rule. An example was established when the Belgian ambassador visited Lumumba and offered him solutions to use to control his people; when Lumumba made it clear that he didn’t need their assistance, the ambassador stated, “If you decline my offer, we will consult our Atlantic partners” (Lumumba part 5). This was a clarification that the Belgians contradicted themselves when they granted Congo their independence.