My namesake. I was teased as a kid. My friends would call me Patrice Lumumba as a joke. We didn't have any idea of who he was, other than he came from Africa (which back them was the dark jungle filled with savages), was in the news, and that he was somehow the bad guy, a Communist if I remember correctly.

What an amazing upbringing you had! Thanks for sharing some of it with us.

Amazing story! Thanks for sharing.