... can people living in tumult see the repercussions of their deeds and realize what King Baudoin told the Congolese on Independence Day: “The eyes of the world are on you”. . Lumumba’s speech at the inauguration ceremony in the Parliament building on 30th ...

... take over, and it has, in face of interminable tribal, economic and personal rivalries—for which some Belgians after Independence Day may not have been altogether blameless—gradually restored order. The reoccupation of the port of Matadi was a singular ...