The youngest son of Democratic Republic of Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba has died in the capital, Kinshasa, at the age of 67 following an illness. An architect by training, Roland-Gilbert Okito Lumumba served as a Member of Parliament for nearly a decade. His father was the country’s first prime minister for a few months after independence before being ousted and then assassinated by Belgium-backed secessionists in 1961. Roland devoted much of his life not only to defending his father’s ideological legacy, but also to upholding the Congolese people’s right to know the truth. His death comes as legal proceedings related to the assassination of his father are still ongoing in Belgium.