This DRC Football Fan Has Become An Icon For Posing As The Country’s Hero Leader At All Its AFCON Games

Mboladinga dresses like Patrice Lumumba and stands completely still for the entire match.

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A Congolese football super fan has become an icon in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after posing motionless in every DR Congo match as a statue of former Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba.

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