Conférence panafricaine de Léopoldville (25/08/1960)


En plien crise congolaise, Lumumba n'abandonne pas son idéal panafricaniste.
Dans son discours inaugural de cette conférence qu'il tient le 25/08/1960,
Lumumba dit:

«Tous ont compris que si le Congo bascule, toute l'Afrique bascule dans la
nuit de la défaite et de la servitude! (...) C'est ici en effet que se joue
un nouvel acte de l'émancipation et de la réhabilitation de l'Afrique!
Poursuivant la lutte dont l'objectif primordial est de sauver la dignité de
l'homme africain, le peuple congolais a choisi l'indépendance immédiate et
totale. (...) Entre la liberté et l'esclave, il n'y a pas de compromis!»

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Men and women of the Congo,

Victorious fighters for independence, today victorious, I greet you in the name of the Congolese Government. All of you, my friends, who have fought tirelessly at our sides, I ask you to make this June 30, 1960, an illustrious date that you will keep indelibly engraved in your hearts, a date of significance of which you will teach to your children, so that they will make known to their sons and to their grandchildren the glorious history of our fight for liberty.

For this independence of the Congo, even as it is celebrated today with Belgium, a friendly country with whom we deal as equal to equal, no Congolese worthy of the name will ever be able to forget that is was by fighting that it has been won [applause], a day-to-day fight, an ardent and idealistic fight, a fight in which we were spared neither privation nor suffering, and for which we gave our strength and our blood.

We are proud of this struggle, of tears, of fire, and of blood, to the depths of our being, for it was a noble and just struggle, and indispensable to put an end to the humiliating slavery which was imposed upon us by force.

This was our fate for eighty years of a colonial regime; our wounds are too fresh and too painful still for us to drive them from our memory. We have known harassing work, exacted in exchange for salaries which did not permit us to eat enough to drive away hunger, or to clothe ourselves, or to house ourselves decently, or to raise our children as creatures dear to us.

We have known ironies, insults, blows that we endured morning, noon, and evening, because we are Negroes. Who will forget that to a black one said "tu", certainly not as to a friend, but because the more honorable "vous" was reserved for whites alone?

We have seen our lands seized in the name of allegedly legal laws which in fact recognized only that might is right.

We have seen that the law was not the same for a white and for a black, accommodating for the first, cruel and inhuman for the other.

We have witnessed atrocious sufferings of those condemned for their political opinions or religious beliefs; exiled in their own country, their fate truly worse than death itself.

We have seen that in the towns there were magnificent houses for the whites and crumbling shanties for the blacks, that a black was not admitted in the motion-picture houses, in the restaurants, in the stores of the Europeans; that a black traveled in the holds, at the feet of the whites in their luxury cabins.

Who will ever forget the massacres where so many of our brothers perished, the cells into which those who refused to submit to a regime of oppression and exploitation were thrown [applause]?

All that, my brothers, we have endured.

But we, whom the vote of your elected representatives have given the right to direct our dear country, we who have suffered in our body and in our heart from colonial oppression, we tell you very loud, all that is henceforth ended.

The Republic of the Congo has been proclaimed, and our country is now in the hands of its own children.

Together, my brothers, my sisters, we are going to begin a new struggle, a sublime struggle, which will lead our country to peace, prosperity, and greatness.

Together, we are going to establish social justice and make sure everyone has just remuneration for his labor [applause].

We are going to show the world what the black man can do when he works in freedom, and we are going to make of the Congo the center of the sun's radiance for all of Africa.

We are going to keep watch over the lands of our country so that they truly profit her children. We are going to restore ancient laws and make new ones which will be just and noble.

We are going to put an end to suppression of free thought and see to it that all our citizens enjoy to the full the fundamental liberties foreseen in the Declaration of the Rights of Man [applause].

We are going to do away with all discrimination of every variety and assure for each and all the position to which human dignity, work, and dedication entitles him.

We are going to rule not by the peace of guns and bayonets but by a peace of the heart and the will [applause].

And for all that, dear fellow countrymen, be sure that we will count not only on our enormous strength and immense riches but on the assistance of numerous foreign countries whose collaboration we will accept if it is offered freely and with no attempt to impose on us an alien culture of no matter what nature [applause].

In this domain, Belgium, at last accepting the flow of history, has not tried to oppose our independence and is ready to give us their aid and their friendship, and a treaty has just been signed between our two countries, equal and independent. On our side, while we stay vigilant, we shall respect our obligations, given freely.

Thus, in the interior and the exterior, the new Congo, our dear Republic that my government will create, will be a rich, free, and prosperous country. But so that we will reach this aim without delay, I ask all of you, legislators and citizens, to help me with all your strength.

I ask all of you to forget your tribal quarrels. They exhaust us. They risk making us despised abroad.

I ask the parliamentary minority to help my Government through a constructive opposition and to limit themselves strictly to legal and democratic channels.

I ask all of you not to shrink before any sacrifice in order to achieve the success of our huge undertaking.

In conclusion, I ask you unconditionally to respect the life and the property of your fellow citizens and of foreigners living in our country. If the conduct of these foreigners leaves something to be desired, our justice will be prompt in expelling them from the territory of the Republic; if, on the contrary, their conduct is good, they must be left in peace, for they also are working for our country's prosperity.

The Congo's independence marks a decisive step towards the liberation of the entire African continent [applause].

Sire, Excellencies, Mesdames, Messieurs, my dear fellow countrymen, my brothers of race, my brothers of struggle-- this is what I wanted to tell you in the name of the Government on this magnificent day of our complete independence.

Our government, strong, national, popular, will be the health of our country.

I call on all Congolese citizens, men, women and children, to set themselves resolutely to the task of creating a prosperous national economy which will assure our economic independence.

Glory to the fighters for national liberation!

Long live independence and African unity!

Long live the independent and sovereign Congo!

[applause, long and loud]

My dear companion,

I write you these words without knowing if they will reach you, when they will reach you, or if I will still be living when you read them. All during the length of my fight for the independence of my country, I have never doubted for a single instant the final triumph of the sacred cause to which my companions and myself have consecrated our lives. But what we wish for our country, its right to an honorable life, to a spotless dignity, to an independence without restrictions, Belgian colonialism and its Western allies-who have found direct and indirect support, deliberate and not deliberate among certain high officials of the United Nations, this organization in which we placed all our confidence when we called for their assistance-have not wished it.

They have corrupted certain of our fellow countrymen, they have contributed to distorting the truth and our enemies, that they will rise up like a single person to say no to a degrading and shameful colonialism and to reassume their dignity under a pure sun.

We are not alone. Africa, Asia, and free and liberated people from every corner of the world will always be found at the side of the Congolese. They will not abandon the light until the day comes when there are no more colonizers and their mercenaries in our country. To my children whom I leave and whom perhaps I will see no more, I wish that they be told that the future of the Congo is beautiful and that it expects for each Congolese, to accomplish the sacred task of reconstruction of our independence and our sovereignty; for without dignity there is no liberty, without justice there is no dignity, and without independence there are no free men.

No brutality, mistreatment, or torture has ever forced me to ask for grace, for I prefer to die with my head high, my faith steadfast, and my confidence profound in the destiny of my country, rather than to live in submission and scorn of sacred principles. History will one day have its say, but it will not be the history that Brussels, Paris, Washington or the United Nations will teach, but that which they will teach in the countries emancipated from colonialism and its puppets. Africa will write its own history, and it will be, to the north and to the south of the Sahara, a history of glory and dignity.

Do not weep for me, my dear companion. I know that my country, which suffers so much, will know how to defend its independence and its liberty. Long live the Congo! Long live Africa!

Patrice

Emery-Patrice Lumumba is for sure the founder of the Congolese nation. After founding the nation, he was not given any chance to show and practice his leadership skills. He was killed less than one year after Congo's independance. He led effectively the country for 3 months. Lumumba has been killed but his legacy still alive!Hated and killed, his body did not have the luxury of being buried, the reason is that even dead, his body had to be dissolved in an acid!

I have met a lot non Congolese people named after Lumumba. Russia has an University called Lumumba. A street in Montpellier (France) has been named after Lumumba. examples are many.

What is the legacy left by Lumumba? To know it, I have decided to start collecting all the speeches given by Lumumba during his very short political carreer.

Nairobi, Kenya, 20/08 - Beaucoup de pays africains n`atteindront pas les Objectifs de développement pour le millénaire (ODM) durant la prochaine décennie, du fait des mauvaises stratégies et approches utilisées par les États africains, a constaté jeudi à Nairobi un haut responsable kenyan.

La mauvaise gouvernance est également un facteur important dans cet échec, d'après le vice-président kenyan Moody Awori.

M. Awori a demandé aux partenaires de mettre leurs ressources en commun afin que les ODM ne deviennent pas "un autre projet ambitieux destiné à éradiquer la pauvreté qui tombe à l'eau", un projet de plus.

Il a ajouté que: "l'Afrique est un continent riche, doté de larges capacités pour prospérer et dépasser les tigres asiatiques, mais aussi réaliser les objectifs de développement convenus".

Toutefois, pour atteindre ces objectifs, y compris ceux contenus dans la déclaration du millénaire, il faut impérativement un nouveau partenariat entre les pays développés et ceux en développement, selon lui.

"Nous devons nous engager dans des politiques saines, à respecter la bonne gouvernance à tous les niveaux et l'État de droit", a dit M. Awori lors d'une réunion régionale à Nairobi consacrée aux réformes de l'ONU.

La réunion de deux jours, organisée par Action Aid International, a réuni des responsables des organisations civiques, intergouvernementales et gouvernementales d`Afrique australe et orientale pour discuter des implications des réformes de l`ONU pour les pays africains.

La réunion devrait présenter des propositions spécifiques que les dirigeants africains transmettraient au sommet du millénaire de l'ONU prévu en septembre à New York.

M. Awori a en outre dit que les réformes de l'ONU offraient une tribune de choix à l'Afrique afin qu'elle exprime et fasse connaître ses points de vue et perspectives par rapport aux décisions internationales qui affectent le continent.

Le vice-président kenyan s'est, en outre, fait l'écho de ses pairs en disant qu'on doit accorder à l'Afrique deux sièges permanents avec droit de véto dans le cadre d'un Conseil de sécurité élargi.

Il a enfin dit que les gouvernements africains ont besoin d'une Organisation des Nations unies ancrée dans une démarche plus préventive, qui puisse faire face aux réalités du monde actuel et assurer un partage équitable du pouvoir au sein de l'organisation internationale.

Commentaires d'Afrology

Afrology s'interroge ici sur la contradiction dans les propos de Mr Awori: Faut-il laisser le ver entrer dans le fruit sain? Nous pensons que la saine gouvernance devrait être une condition sine qua non à l'acceptation de ces États brouillons au sein du conseil permanent. Le conseil de l'ONU fonctionne aujourd'hui beaucoup mieux que celui de l'UA. Après les dernières altercations au sommet de cette dernière, n'est-il pas préférable de les laisser face à leurs dissensions, sous domination permanente de l'ONU? Dans les conditions actuelles des sociétés africaines, une place au sein du conseil correspondrait à l'introduction de marionnettes téléguidées au gré de leur ventre. Toute passion écartée, nous pensons que l'Afrique n'est pas encore prête; elle a du travail à faire pour asseoir la crédibilité de l'UA et inverser les rapports de force. A moins que les États-unis et la France ne cherchent par ce biais à renforcer leur domination en acceptant des pantins, assurance pour les premiers d'une voix supplémentaire lors de votes décisifs...

Sur la question précise du partenariat, beaucoup de termes sont encore flous; il s'agit essentiellement de préciser l'intérêt des partenaires occidentaux dans une telle mission. Nous ne sommes pas dans une logique de partenariat; il s'agit d'une compétition dans laquelle l'Afrique ne représente RIEN. Demander à un État capitaliste de collaborer bénévolement au développement des pays africains relève de l'utopie. Il faut donc une monnaie d'échange et un discours unique face à la machine de la corruption mise en place et alimentée par l'occident. Mais si les États africains ne sont pas encore capables de parler d'une seule voix, si les dirigeants, égoïstes, ne pensent qu'à leurs comptes en banque, la communauté d'intérêts est encore loin. L'Union africaine est-elle l'expression d'une véritable unité du continent, sans la présence de pays phares comme le Maroc?

Source: AngolaPress