Belgium’s return of Lumumba’s remains is disingenuous and hollow

What happens when a former colonial power returns the remains of an assassinated anti-colonial fighter without an apology? Opinion | VavaTampa

In a step towards atonement for its racist and brutal colonial past, Belgium is returning DRC patron saint Patrice Lumumba’s two front teeth for reburial in his ancestral home — 60 years after assassinating him.

King Leopold’s statue was removed from a public square in Antwerp just a year ago after another was vandalised in Brussels following the Black Lives Matter protests. Put yourself in our shoes: would you take Belgium’s decision to return Lumumba’s remains as an atonement or form of restorative justice without an apology for the injustices of colonisation and without reparation for slavery and exploitation?

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