Prof PLO Lumumba on Decolonization of Religion, Culture and Economy

Prof PLO Lumumba on Decolonization of Religion, Culture and Economy

From African in the Diaspora by Olubanjo Adigun

April 23, 2021 · 54 min · Season 2 · Episode 20

About this episode

Prof. PLO Lumumba delivers a keynote address on the decolonization of religion, culture, and economy.

6TH ANNUAL MEMORIAL LECTURE PROGRAMME THEME : Decolonization of Religion, Culture and Economy KEYNOTE SPEAKER :Prof. PLO Lumumba Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba (born 17 July 1962) is a Kenyan who served as the Director of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commissionfrom September 2010 to August 2011. Since 2014, Lumumba has been the Director of The Kenya School of Law. An eloquent lawyer, Lumumba earned his LL.B and LL.M degrees at the University of Nairobi. His LL.M thesis is titled National Security And Fundamental Rights. Additionally, Lumumba holds a PhD in Laws of the Sea from the University of Ghent in Belgium. Lumumba is a staunch Pan-Africanistand has delivered several powerful speeches alluding to or about African solutions to African problems. He is an admirer of Patrice Lumumba and Thomas Sankara, the assassinated revolutionary leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burkina Faso, respectively. Lumumba has referred to and quoted them several times in his speeches. Lumumba is also remembered for his emotion-laden and energetic speech in Uganda at the third Anti-Corruption Convention. On August 28, 2015, the PAV Ansah Foundation invited Lumumba to speak at the 2015 PAVA…

People in this episode

Guest: Prof Plo Lumumba

Topics covered

  • Decolonization
  • Religion
  • Culture
  • Economy

Keywords

  • Pan-Africanism
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Law
  • Kenya

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: LL.B, LL.M, National Security And Fundamental Rights, PhD

Places: Belgium, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burkina Faso, Uganda

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