My tribute to the Great Man- Madiba

Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)
(Photo credit: The Huff's Post)

Just yesterday, Africa and the world lost a gem. Madiba to me represented truth; one who was not moved by the tides nor the fashion of the moment.Today the world pretend to celebrate him whilst nor telling the full truth in the media what exactly where Mandela's philosophy.

I have always posited that for Africa to be trully emacipated from political and economic slavery we need someone who would rise against some power that be, most especially Western Imperialist who seek to use International Institutions to undermine Africa's growth.  

It is important to share some of Mandela's ideologies just as we eulogise him in his passing away to Eternal Glory.

Great Madiba was a social critic and Anti-imperialist. Such stance made him romance with leaders with Marxist and communist ideas. It is no secret that Mandela was an admirer of Fidel Castro who Americans still see as a villain. Charged with the task of starting a guerrilla army, he took inspiration from the Cuban Revolution triumph in 1959.

Reports has it as written in his autobiography,  “I read the report of Blas Roca, the general secretary of the Community Party of Cuba, about their years as an illegal organization during the Batista regime. In Commando, by Deneys Reitz, I read of the unconventional guerrilla tactics of the Boer generals during the Anglo-Boer War. I read works by and about Che Guevara, Mao Tse-tung, Fidel Castro". Mandela never betrayed those who stood by him in his struggle against Apartheid.

Are you aware that the U.S. government, on the other hand, reportedly played a role in Mandela’s 1962 arrest and subsequently branded him a terrorist -- a designation they only rescinded in 2008? Are you also aware that in 1986, President Ronald Reagan vetoed the Anti-Apartheid Act?

"It came not as a surprise that Mandela remained sharply critical of the United States into his later life. When the George W. Bush administration announced plans to invade Iraq in 2003, Mandela said: “If there’s a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care"(The Huff's Post).

Madiba was a man who choose his path and jealously tolled that route with fear of rancour or intimidation. Today, hypocritically the World pretend to show in the media their dieing love for the man they never supported.

I don't wish to say much or bore you with some long article but there are some lessons we must as Africans from our gone Papa- the road to greatness is very unpopular. Its cost are enormous. Usually the tales of such journeys are don't always have a happy ending. One thing is sure, posterity would tell if we stood for what is just and fair.

I would rather not mourn but celebrate the great Man from Africa, for in his death I take solace that soon we shall be free and someday we shall sing the true song of freedom- "free at-last". Adieu Papa Madiba.