We don’t want to have anything to do with any bloc; the Congo will never be French, Russian, or American

We don’t want to have anything to do with any bloc; the Congo will never be French, Russian, or American; we don’t want that. We don’t want to have anything to do with colonialism, ideologically, intellectually, or economically. We want to remain Congolese, Africans. But the imperialists are very powerful.”