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  Adamzy > 12-13-2013, 06:26 PM

  THE tributes are endless. They all agree
  that a great man has gone at 95.
  Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was
  extraordinary in his selflessness,
  generosity of spirit. The perspective,
  perception, and perspicacity he brought to all issues marked him out –
  they account for the endless
  panegyrics that have attended his
  transition. Here was a man who committed his life
  to the struggle from youth, spent 27
  years in prison, since he was unwilling
  to compromise his stand that all
  human beings are equal and that
  black South Africans should not be prevented from aspiring to their
  potentials because they were black.
  
  
  
  Madiba was the star in the cast that
  understood human rights, fought for
  them, when a moralistic world ran on
  the superiority of the white race. It
  was a paradox that world leaders,
  whose claim to their places on the global podium was defence of human
  rights, boisterously excluded South
  Africa. The hypocrisy has not ceased. They
  are not apologising for the
  mistreatment of South Africans during
  apartheid. They have no appreciation
  for the tenacity of African countries
  that sustained the struggle. Apartheid protagonists and their
  ardent supporters, who put Madiba
  away for 27 years, had no idea how
  their staid stand was engraving the
  man’s greatness on the conscience of
  the world. If they knew, they would possibly have applied other
  approaches. How would apartheid have run
  without Madiba? Who would have had
  the forgiving spirit of Madiba? If not
  Madiba, which South African would
  have given up power after a struggle
  that should entitle him to whatever he wanted in South Africa? Madiba’s was a life of sacrifice. He
  sealed his desires within the context
  of the common good of South
  Africans, whether black, white or
  coloured. He was Spartan. He
  exemplified the practical side of living simply so that others may simply live. With his transition, the Madiba
  challenge to leaders round the world
  has increased. Would they take up the
  task of improving the world, to match
  the tributes they keenly paid Madiba
  or would their enthusiastic applause of his greatness end with graveside
  orations? Preaching would not solve the
  challenges the world faces. The annual
  congregation of world leaders, in New
  York, at the United Nations, has failed
  to make a better world because their
  selfishness is evident in their postulations. Madiba stood against racism. He
  enlisted in the struggle to end it,
  succeeding against overwhelming
  odds, and haughty western views that
  rated his efforts futile, stating that
  apartheid was ordained. His life spoke volumes about the triumph of good
  over evil and the shamelessness of
  perpetrators of evil. Adieu Madiba, you left the world better
  than you met it.

• RE: Good Night Madiba (1918-2013)

  Elegbe Sarah > 12-14-2013, 12:04 AM

  Rest in perfect peace Mandela.
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