Patrice Lumumba

Propaganda poster by Viktor Koretsky. First prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo Patrice Lumumba, who was killed in 1961. Inscription reads: “He carried Africa in his heart.”

RT has collection of Soviet era propaganda posters depicting the Soviet Union as a friend of Africa.

Patrice Lumumba was executed by the Belgians who were loath to relinquish their hold over the Congo.

Sixty years later and Africa is still a mess. All the aid the west has poured into that continent seems to have gone down the drain or into secret Swiss bank accounts. Now the Chinese and the Russians are making advances there. Maybe if we hadn't let dunderheads run things Africa might not be such a mess. Yeah, well, if wishes were horses and all that.