Kalonji, a Luba chief, was a leader (with Joseph Ileo) of a moderate faction of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba's MNC.
In the year 2000, a film called Lumumba portrayed him as being involved during his service in Congo in the murder of Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba.
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According to James Schlesinger, following the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the new Prime Minister of the Congo, Cyrille Adoula, began a meeting with President John F. Kennedy with the question "Ou est Carlucci?" (Where is Carlucci?), who first responded "Who the hell is Carlucci?'" and then sent Dean Rusk to find him.
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Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of independent Congo, was executed in January 1961 during the Congo Crisis.
His cultural commitment to the Congo led him to found and direct the Institute of Congolese Studies, a commitment which turned into political activism alongside Patrice Lumumba, future Prime Minister, who renewed many years later as an adviser of the first President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Laurent Kabila.
Back in Congo, he continued to work as a journalist; during this time he maintained contact to the politician Patrice Lumumba.
On Guard was active in a famous protest at the United Nations of the American-sponsored Bay of Pigs Cuban invasion and was active in support of the Congolese liberation leader Patrice Lumumba.
Patrice Lumumba | Patrice Chéreau | Patrice Rushen | Patrice Trovoada | Patrice Warrener | Patrice Mangin | Patrice O'Neal | Patrice Nganang | Patrice Munsel | Patrice Leconte | Patrice Bart-Williams | Heritier Lumumba | Patrice Wymore | Patrice Stellest | ''Patrice Roberts'' (left) and Machel Montano | Patrice L'Heureux | Patrice Halgand | Patrice Guers | Patrice Franceschi | Patrice de Plunkett | Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta | Patrice Brisebois | Patrice Baldwin |
All along its 4371 km, we discover places that have seen the turbulent history of this country, while archives remind us of the mythological figures that created its destiny: explorers such as Livingstone and Stanley, the colonial kings Léopold II and Baudouin I and leaders such as Lumumba, Mobutu and Kabila.
African revolutionaries like Patrice Lumumba, Amílcar Cabral and Agostinho Neto call on Cuban guerrillas to help them in their struggle.
Many of the street names reflect an African nationalist or anti-colonial theme, with names such as "Independence Avenue" or "Patrice Lumumba Road" being main roads.
In 1959, as the country approached independence, the MNC was split by internal conflicts between the left-leaning Patrice Lumumba and the moderate Albert Kalonji.
Exhibitions in Foam that fall under the category of documentary photography are for example Avenue Patrice Lumumba by Guy Tillim, The Hyena & Other Men by Pieter Hugo, and In the Shadow of Things by Leonie Purchas.