On February 25, 2018, Rossy Mukendi was killed during a demonstration in Kinshasa.
His death quickly became a national symbol.
A committed civic activist, he represented a generation demanding more democratic space.
His death deeply shocked part of Congolese youth.
His name quickly became central in debates about public accountability and civic violence.
He was not an institutional figure.
He was an engaged citizen.
And that is what gave his story symbolic power.
In protest narratives, some figures disappear physically but remain politically permanent.
Rossy Mukendi belongs to that collective memory.