The most important black man of the twentieth century in Africa must be Patrice Lumumba. History will probably never tell us what went of him. But we know a few things. That he was the first prime minister of Congo among them. You know, when you wield so much power and support from people, you start to kind of achieve the opposite effect on the people who think they would rather wield the power and support themselves. They will start to get scared of you, this being scared turns to horror and finally desperation as these people try to do anything in their reach to pull you down. The same story is what became of Lumumba. After negotiating independence for Congo in Brussels, he achieved a political status in his backyard that no black man had achieved ever. These were the days of the Cold war and everyone somehow alligned to one of the two aides even if it served him no purpose. Lumumba happened to like the east better. Quite predictably making enemies of the West. When Lumumba was capt