What Have We Done with Our Congo?

At the end of these first reflections, I can predict, as LUMUMBA did, without fear of being contradicted, that the future of the Congo is better. To achieve this, we need to start realizing our aspirations now, and get to work.It's time today, in the DRC as elsewhere in Africa, to break all the stereotypes associated with the Congolese and with Africans in general, and to root out the worm that lies within us, and which, in addition to gnawing at us from within, keeps us in underdevelopment.It's high time, dear compatriots, to learn to distinguish objectively and without complacency between our political and administrative leaders, those who, under the pretext of serving us, pursue the satisfaction of their personal interests, and those who, with passion and abnegation, give themselves to serving us.It's time, my dear Congolese citizens, to restore the image of our Congo, the heart of the cradle of humanity, to restore all its tarnished blazons and project its future. And as it's the little streams that make the big rivers, my dear brothers and sisters, one thing leading to another, we will have DONE SOMETHING FOR OUR CONGO.