PATRICE EMERY LUMUMBA'S LAST WORDS

Patrice Emery Lumumba's last words before he was cut into pieces, poured acids on and burned into ashes.

I know you have been asked to kill me. But if you kill me, you will not be able to sleep next to your wives. Today you obey Kasa Vubu and Mobutu, but I warn you that after my death they will be your enemies. If you kill me I will not die. If you throw me into the river, the fish will eat my flesh. The Congolese will eat the fish, and then I will be in the belly of each people. I will be in the belly of each Congolese. You wear stripes today, but who gave you the stripes that you wear?

(Patrice Emery Lumumba 1961).