Revolutionary icon Che Guevara was executed by the Bolivian army on this day in 1967.

According to Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella, the Argentine saw Africa as imperialism's weak link.

He not only cared about bringing change to his own country or his second home, Cuba but wanted the entire Global South to be freed from colonialism. And that saw him take up the fight in Congo. Che Guevara went to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1964 to support the Simba rebellion. Guevara's involvement was at the request of Congolese rebels seeking assistance against the Western-backed neo-colonial government in Kinshasa. He provided military training and guidance to the rebels, aiming to help them fight against the forces that executed Congo's first Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba, three years earlier.

After his time in the DRC, he moved to Tanzania, where he worked with the revolutionary government of Julius Nyerere, providing military training to Tanzanian forces to remove the remnants of the colonial and imperial influence in the region. Che invited revolutionary fighters from all over Africa to Tanzania to establish a revolutionary base for the continent's liberation.

He's a leader respected, revered and remembered in the hearts and minds of millions of Africans. Che saw the struggle in Africa as an integral part of the worldwide struggle against imperialism.

Here are some of his famous quotes, which are also unforgettable.