Patrice Lumumba: Why Belgium is Returning a Congolese Hero’s Golden Tooth

Patrice Lumumba: Why Belgium is Returning a Congolese Hero’s Golden Tooth

By Damian Zane, BBC News A gold-crowned tooth is all that remains of assassinated Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba. Shot dead by a firing squad in 1961 with the tacit backing of former colonial power Belgium, his body was then buried in a shallow grave, dug up, transported 200km (125 miles), interred again, exhumed and […]