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Quentin Noirfalisse

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Biography

Quentin Norfalisse is a freelance journalist for numerous publications (Le Soir, L’Express, Notre Afrique, AlterEchos, Slate.fr, etc.) and co-founder of the Belgian investigative magazine Medor (medor.coop) since 2014. Since 2014, he has produced and directed investigative documentaries, particularly on the Congo, through his company Dancing Dog Productions. In 2017, he directed *The Minister of Trash* (75 min) for RTBF Arte Belgium and Al Jazeera, which was selected for FESPACO and DOK Leipzig. In 2022, he co-directed *Cobalt, the Other Side of the Electric Dream* with Arnaud Zajtman.

Known For

Lumumba, return of a hero

61 years after his assassination, Patrice Lumumba returns to his country. "Congo returns to Congo" as one of his children said. Lumumba was a nationalist leader who intended to use his country's enormous wealth for the benefit of his people. He became the first Prime Minister in the history of Congo on June 30, 1960, when the country gained its independence after 80 years of Belgian colonial rule. Seven months later, he was assassinated in Katanga province with two of his best political allies: Joseph Okito and Maurice Mpolo. Their bodies were dissolved in sulfuric acid and only one of Patrice Lumumba's teeth remained. This "relic" was taken from Lumumba's corpse and kept in secret by a police commissioner until his death in 2000. The assassination of the nationalist and anti-colonialist leader was followed by the advent of the dictator Mobutu, who was able to remain in place until 1997, thanks to Western support.

Lumumba, return of a hero

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