World Cup’s Most Beautiful Fan Moment Yet

This year’s World Cup has been serving more than football.
We’ve seen stunning artworks, a mother emotionally interpreting matches for her blind son, and now, a fan who has become a moving tribute to history itself. Meet Michel Kuka Mboladinga, better known as “Lumumba Lives”, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s most famous supporter and arguably the tournament’s most unforgettable fan.
Dressed in a suit and standing perfectly still with one arm raised throughout matches, Mboladinga transforms himself into a living statue of Patrice Lumumba, DR Congo’s first prime minister and one of Africa’s most revered independence heroes. “I am a living statue,” he says. “My job is to communicate e...