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Ruth Sacks' new book Congo Style: From Belgian Art Nouveau to African Independence focuses on the fascinating development of the Democratic Republic of

City views of Kinshasa, DRC-

Patrice Emery Lumumba, "father of Congolese independence", was finally buried on June 30 in Kinshasa 61 years after his assassination- This came after former colonial power Belgium returned his tooth ten days earlier. But while the Belgian gesture allowed a rare moment of national unity, organized at great expense by the Congolese state, it also highlighted the lack justice and reparations for this colonial crime, half-confessed and far from being forgiven.