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At the time of Lumumba’s death, Léonie Abo was an unpoliticized teenager grappling with the vicissitudes of life. Born on the banks of the Kwilu River in 1945, she had already learned midwifery and entered a marriage marred by domestic violence. Her life was enormously influenced by this figure she never knew, and her work contributed to keeping his political legacy alive.
A clamor can be heard all over Kikwit: “Lumumba is dead! They’ve killed Lumumba!” Who is this Lumumba? (Martens, Abo 55)
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© 2010 Karen Bouwer
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Bouwer, K. (2010). Léonie Abo: The Political Lessons of the Maquis. In: Gender and Decolonization in the Congo. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230110403_5
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