Belgian Congo
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The Belgian Congo was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. It is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Leopold II, King of the Belgians and de facto owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908
Children mutilated during King Leopold II's rule
Former residence of the Governor-General of the Belgian Congo (1908–1923) located in Boma
On the left hand side, the former Ministry of the Colonies, adjacent to the Constitutional Court, Brussels
Patrice Lumumba
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Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese politician, independence leader and revolutionary who served as the first prime minister of the First Congolese Republic from June until September 1960, following
Lumumba in 1960
Photograph of Lumumba, c. 1950s
Lumumba in 1958
Lumumba pictured in Brussels at the Round Table Conference with other members of the MNC-L delegation, 26 January 1960