- Superfan Lumumba Vea pays tribute to Congo’s history while protesting the eastern conflict’s silence during a DR Congo match, capturing global attention
- His powerful act highlighted the humanitarian crisis in eastern DR Congo, demanding global attention and awareness
- Fans praise Lumumba Vea for his commitment to raising awareness, calling him a significant figure in African unity
Congo football superfan Lumumba Vea has shared that he exercises very well before going to the field, where he stands for 90 minutes to 120 minutes and at some point, people thought he was a statue.
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During football matches between DR Congo and other countries, other fans are usually dancing, singing and celebrating. Michel Kuka Mboladinga aka “Lumumba Vea,” spends entire matches motionless with one hand raised, a tribute to one of Congo’s most important historical figures Dr Patrice Lumumba.
Lumumba not only celebrates his football team, but he also uses such opportunities on the global stage to send a message on the killings going on in his country while the rest of the world just looks on.
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During DR Congo’s match against Colombia, covered his mouth and mimicked a gun pointed at his head in a powerful symbolic protest against the perceived silence surrounding the conflict in eastern DR Congo. One of the globe’s most severe, yet least-covered, humanitarian crises has displaced millions and claimed countless lives through violence and massacres.
How did Lumumba’s fans react to the story?
Joseph Oulobe Agba Gbande:
“He knows his mission, and he has delivered it. He shall be remembered after African unification.”
Emia Kumi:
“Yes, the cameras had to focus on rare minerals.”
Keri Love
“The great “Lumumba of our time”. How long will we stop running from the truth.”
Micha Cook
“I’m very happy of the exposure “Lumumba Vea” is getting. He was one of the sensation at last AFCON in Morrocco. When DRC got eliminated, Moroccan officials offered to sponsor his stay till the finals but he said he had to go back with his team to their country.”
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Elisha Zachariah:
“He has been training his hand since 2013.This is what we called vision and mission; and it’s accomplished.”
Sunday Yve:
“I’m Haitian and I understand some of what he’s saying. Powerful.”
Francisco Azevedo:
“A real great man! God bless the man of reencartion of P Lumumba on the sports.”
Source: NGBREAKINGNEWS
