"Freedom Fighters All Stars - Patrice Lumumba"

From the Freedom Fighters All-Stars collection by Embrace Boston E250 Living Archive featured artist and CBS Boston featured Dorchester native GBfree.

Each piece in this collection reimagines Black liberation leaders as the All-Stars they always were. Hand-painted on canvas using acrylic, oil and paint markers with no preliminary sketching, every piece is a one-of-a-kind original created in a few hours of focused work.

The signature yellow halo honors their sacrifice. The raised fist symbolizes the ongoing struggle. The silhouetted figures in the background represent the movements they built and the people who carried their work forward.

Hip-hop taught us history. Now we paint it.

24 x 30 inches | Acrylic on Canvas | Original Artwork

Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961) The first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Patrice Lumumba led his nation to independence from Belgian colonial rule in 1960 and dared to demand that Africa's resources belong to African people. For this, he was seen as a threat by Western powers during the Cold War. He served only 12 weeks before being overthrown in a coup backed by Belgium and the CIA, then brutally assassinated at age 35. His vision of African unity, economic independence and dignity for all African people made him a martyr for liberation movements across the continent and the diaspora. He showed the world what happens when Black leaders refuse to bow.

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