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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lamiat Sabin

Patrice Lumumba’s gold tooth returned to family by Brussels after six decades

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A gold-capped tooth belonging to Patrice Lumumba, who fought for the independence of Congo, has been returned to his family by Belgium 61 years after he was murdered.

The move to return the tooth to Lumumba’s children was made by the former colonial power as part of its recognition of its bloody exploitation of the central African nation that went on for decades.

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