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Ominous Developments Surround Lumumba | Andrée Blouin
“On the eve of independence, this great country had to undergo such things—to write its history in letters of tears and blood. Poor Congo!”
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“On the eve of independence, this great country had to undergo such things—to write its history in letters of tears and blood. Poor Congo!”