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Patrice Lumumba: The First Democratically Elect Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo
In 1908, King Leopold then in his 70s handed control of Congo Free State to the Belgian government. In fact, the model of colonialism that Leopold set up in Congo would be duplicated by German and French colonies in other parts of Africa. This is the voice of Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo.