Words of Wisdom
Publish date: 28 September 2026
Issue Number: 1196
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: general
‘These divisions, which the colonial powers have always exploited the better to dominate us, have played an important role – and are still playing that role – in the suicide of Africa.’
– Patrice Lumumba, revolutionary and first Prime Minister of independent DRC, during his African Unity and National Independence speech in March 1959
