The final moments of Patrice Lumumba

Lumumba's final moments

They were never afraid of man.
They were afraid of the idea.

Patrice Lumumba did not fall for a mistake, nor for an excess.
He was eliminated because he refused to give in.
Because he spoke of independence as a fact, not as a favor.

His final moments were not a trial.
These were procedures.
Decisions made far from Congo, executed in the shadows, without any free witnesses.

They wanted to humiliate him before silencing him.
It was believed that by destroying the body, the message would be erased.

Strategic error.

Lumumba knew that true power does not reside in survival.
but in the trace left after the fall.
He was denied a platform, not the truth.
Without breath, without meaning.

His assassination did not silence a voice.
He confirmed a fear.

Fear of an Africa that decides.
Fear of a people who no longer negotiate their dignity.
Fear of real independence.

BlackArtist Limited archive this moment not to mourn a man,
But to recall a fundamental historical fact:

We can eliminate a body.
You can't neutralize a just idea.

This work is a signature.
A reminder.
A warning.