Lumumba Vea stood motionless in the stands, formally suited in DR Congo’s colors, turning World Cup spectacle into anti-colonial witness.
iPINIONS contends that his silent tribute to Patrice Lumumba shamed Belgium for its colonial crimes. His altered gesture, hand over mouth and fingers to his head, indicted the media’s screaming silence about the genocidal war still ravaging DR Congo.
Read my full take on Substack:
https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/lumumba-veas-silent-stand-shames
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