Patrice Lumumba Centenary, 2025

July, 2025 marks the centenary of Congolese freedom fighter and icon of the world anticolonial movement, Patrice Lumumba.  In Bangalore, celebrations of his centenary will be held with a photo exhibition from the 14th-25th of July, 2025 at the Indian Institute of World Culture, discussions and film screenings. 

To honor Lumumba's legacy, we will examine the history of the African liberation movements, focusing on five figures; Patrice Lumumba, Oliver Tambo, Amilcar Cabral, Kwame Nkrumah and W.E.B. Du Bois. We will discuss India's relationship to the African liberation movements through figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, E.S. Reddy and Romesh Chandra.

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What: Inaguration of Photo Exhibition at the Indian Institute of World Culture, Basvanagudi, Bangalore; followed by talks by Dr. Suba Chandran and Dr. Deepti Navaratna from NIAS and a discussion.

When: 15th July, 2025 starting 5 pm (the exhibition will be up from the 15th to the 25th of July, 2025)

Where:  The Indian Institute of World Culture,   6, BP Wadia Rd, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560004