When someone hears about Prof Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, commonly known as Prof. PLO Lumumba, the thought of a well-known scholar and Pan-Africanist pops out.
The 60-year-old lawyer has delivered several powerful speeches alluding to or about African solutions to African problems. Lumumba earned his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) and Master of Laws (LL.M) degrees at the University of Nairobi. He also holds a PhD in Laws of the Sea from the University of Ghent in Belgium.
The eloquent lawyer is well known for his art of well-mastering terminologies and complex English vocabulary. He is also well known for his famous quotes, especially when addressing students.
Here are seven famous quotes by Prof. PLO Lumumba that will disrupt your mindset.
- Corruption has killed more people than civil wars in Africa.
- Today’s young people in Africa are imprisoned by Arsenal, Manchester United, Barcelona, and Real Madrid. Our young ladies have imprisoned chips, South American Soap Operas, and Beyoncé Knowles. No wonder the Chinese are conquering us by the day.
3. One of the pains one must endure when confronting your typical African electorate is convincing them that ideas count for something. They will tell you, “We hear you, but I must eat in the intervening period.”
4. Africa will never know genuine peace, security, and sustainable development. Remember that conflict and poverty are multi-billion dollar industries.
5. Africa can be great, and Africa must be great, but Africa will only be great if we do that which is good and right.
6. Africa’s unity is our salvation. No amount of prayer and fasting will help us if we cannot go out and subdue the world. We must begin to act as one unit.
7. Beyond the lamentations, we must go out and make the road meet the rubber. The road meets the rubber when we recognize that when we seek to achieve the thing that will define our lives, we are going to make mistakes, but there is no comparison between that which is lost by trying and that which is lost by not trying
The scholar started the PLO Lumumba Foundation when he was 30 years to nurture transformational leaders across the African Continent through:
- Participate in various economic activities geared towards uplifting rural African communities’ underprivileged.
- To promote and restore the pride of African Culture, Identity, and Diversity through our collective activities.
