Patrice Lumumba Pop Art | Organic cotton washed-out worker jacket

The character of workwear, the strength of committed creation. The washed-out Lumumba Pop Art worker jacket features Fred Ebami’s design in a piece for everyday wear. An artistic, militant, and elegant jacket that connects your style to the memory of Patrice Lumumba.

In Organic Khaki or indigo, its fitted cut creates a silhouette to pair with jeans or dress trousers. Its 340 g/m² 100% organic cotton fabric and washed-out look add character to a simple outfit, whether worn over a t-shirt or a shirt. At United Souls, style has meaning.

A creation by Fred Ebami

A Franco-Cameroonian artist, Fred Ebami signs a colorful and committed Pop Art portrait. Initiated on the occasion of the return of Patrice Lumumba's relic to the Congo, this creation carries an intention of reappropriation: symbolically returning to Lumumba the colors and emblems of his country that imperialism had confiscated from him. The Congolese colors and the symbolism of the leopard reaffirm his belonging to his country.

Permanently integrated into the United Souls collection, Lumumba Pop Art is a design distinct from Marie-Claire Laffaire's pencil portrait used for Lumumba Classic and Lumumba Color, and not merely a colorization of it. A different artistic expression to convey the same memory of resistance and sovereignty.

Jacket characteristics

Material: 100% organic cotton
Fit: fitted / Weight: 340 g/m²
Washed-out worker style
Colors: Organic Khaki and Indigo

THE MARTYR OF INDEPENDENCE

PATRICE EMERY LUMUMBA (1925-1961) - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

A major figure of Congolese independence, Patrice Lumumba became Prime Minister in 1960. His speech on June 30th denounced the violence and humiliations of Belgian colonialism. In a country beset by crisis and foreign interference, he defended the sovereignty of the Congo and a pan-African vision of emancipation. Arrested and then assassinated in January 1961 alongside Maurice Mpolo and Joseph Okito, he remains a figure of memory and resistance, a symbol of an independence that must be defended beyond its proclamation. In June 2022, Belgium returned a tooth of Lumumba to the Congo.

A creation by the artist Fred Ebami