KISIMA CHA MAARIFA: NENO LA MWISHO LA PATRICE LUMUMBA Akiwa korokoroni, chini ya udhibiti wa waasi, Patrice Lumumba aliweza kumuandikia mkewe barua kwa siri. Baadaye, Kwa kushirikiana na serikali ya Ubelgiji na Marekani, waasi hao walimuua. Mengi yameandikwa kuhusu ushiriki wa Mataifa ya kibeberu katika mauaji ya kikatili ya Lumumba. Kuhusu ushiriki wa Marekani, Adam HochsChild anaandika kwenye kitabu chake cha ‘’King Leopold’s Ghost’’(uk 301-2) ‘’Lumumba believed that political independence was not enough to free Africa from its colonial past; the continent must also cease to be an economic colony of Europe. His speeches set off immediate alarm signals in western capitals. Belgian, British and American corporations by now had vast investments in the Congo, which was rich in copper, cobalt, diamonds, gold, tin , manganese and zinc. …..Less than two months after being named the Congo’s first democratically elected Prime minister…CIA chief Allen Dulles authorized his death…The president (Dwight Eisenhower) regarded Lumumba.. a mad dog and wanted the problem dealt with. Altenatives for dealing with ‘’the problem’’ were considered , among them poison (a supply of which was sent to the CIA station chief in Leopoldvile), high powered rifle and freelance hit men. But it proved hard to get close enough to use these, so, instead, the CIA supported anti-Lumumba elements within the factionalized Congo government, confident that before long they would do the job. They did. After being arrested and suffering a series of beatings, the prime minister was secretly shot in Elizabethvile in January 1961.’’ Kabla ya kuuawa, Lumumba aliandika barua ifuatayo kwa mkewe. (Imenukuliwa kutoka Jarida la Chemchem linalotolewa na Kigoda cha Mwalimu Nyerere). Pauline My beloved companion, I am writing these words not knowing whether they will reach you, when they will reach you, and whether I shall still be alive when you read them. All through my struggle 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 I have devoted all our lives. But what we wished for our country, its right to an honourable life, to unstained dignity, to independence without restrictions, was never desired by the Belgian imperialists and the Western allies, who found direct and indirect support, both deliberate and unintentional, amongst certain high officials of the United Nations, that organization in which we placed all our trust when we called on its assistance. They have corrupted some of our compatriots and bribed others. They have helped to distort the truth and bring our independence into dishonour. How could I speak otherwise? Dead or alive, free or in prison by order of the imperialists, it is not myself who counts. It is the Congo, it is our poor people for whom independence has been transformed into a cage from whose confines the outside world looks on us, sometimes with kindly sympathy, but at other times with joy and pleasure. But my faith will remain unshakeable. I know and I feel in my heart that sooner or later my people will rid themselves of all their enemies, both internal and external, and that they will rise as one man to say No to the degradation and shame of colonialism, and regain their dignity in the clear light of the sun. We are not alone. Africa, Asia and the free liberated people from all corners of the world will always be found at the side of the millions of Congolese who will not abandon the struggle until the day when there are no longer any colonialists and their mercenaries in our country. As to my children whom I leave and whom I may never see again, I should like them to be told that it is for them, as it is for every Congolese, to accomplish the sacred task of reconstructing 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. Neither brutality, nor cruelty nor torture will ever bring me to ask for mercy, for I prefer to die with my head unbowed, my faith unshakable and with profound trust in the destiny of my country, rather than live under subjection and disregarding sacred principles. History will one day have its say, but it will not be the history that is taught in Brussels, Paris, Washington or in the United Nations, but the history which will be taught in the countries freed from imperialism and its puppets. Africa will write its own history, and to the north and south of the Sahara, it will be a glorious and dignified history. Do not weep for me, my dear wife. I know that my country, which is suffering so much, will know how to defend its independence and its liberty. Long live the Congo! Long live Africa! Patrice. Kwa habari kuhusu vitabu na maandiko mbalimbali, endelea kutembelea ukurasa wetu wa ‘’Kitabu Nilichosoma’’. Kaulimbiu yetu ni ‘’KITABU NI SILAHA’’.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:26:29 +0000
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