A la revista CeaseFire, Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, professor d'estudis africans i afroamericans de la Universitat de Carolina del Nord, i Jonathan Jacobs, un escriptor i activista londinenc, explicaven la importància del llegat de Lumumba :
In the magazine CeaseFire, Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, a professor of African and Afro-American studies at the University of North Carolina, and Jonathan Jacobs, a writer and activist based in London, explained the importance of Lumumba's legacy: