WORLD GREATEST AFRICANS BLACK LEADERS

GINA WEEKEND COLUMN,
By
Habibu Gente
Date: Sunday,14th August 2016.

Of course there are many great individuals who lived on this earth with theirs memories still fresh in the minds of those who cherish their ideas. However, in some corners of the earth there emerged world greatest African leaders. Those black individuals who suddenly emerged from nowhere and inspired not only their black fork but the larger world with its vastness, these men made  history with their powerful oratory and sincere ideas they cherished so dearly. A great speech does not just capture the truth of its era, it can also capture the big lie. Men who left their footprints on the sand of history.The words and stories of their moments that made history.
What I did is to arranged them according to how in my convictions and subconscious think greatest they are and the scale of their individual difficulties and obstacles they have to amidst. And in the process if fall into err I will ever humbly stand to be corrected.
3.                             MOHANDAS  GANDHI
 BORN; October 2, 1869
 DIED;  January 30, 1948
 NATURE OF DEATH; Assassination
OCCUPATION;  Lawyer, Activist
ORGANIZATION; Activist of non-violence campaign for Independence
SPEECHS; There Is no salvation for India, I am laying my heart bare, Our languages are the reflection of ourselves.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Mohandas Gandhi born in India, his mother a keen follower of Jainist beliefs in the importance of non-violence and vegetarianism, as the influence on him. He studied law in England and once qualified worked in India and South Africa. Where he remained for 20years. Returning to India during world war I, Gandhi early thoughts on India’s need to gain independence from British rule. He entered politics. His beliefs led to his repeated imprisonment before independence was finally achieved in 1947. This, together with his self-sacrificing lifestyle, work for religious unity and championing of the rights of the poor, earned him the title ‘Mahatma’ [great soul].
Through reading Thoreau, Tolstoy, the new testament and Hindu scriptures, Gandhi developed the creed of non-violence resistance known as SATYAGRAHA [steadfastness in truth]. ‘He believed that truth was vindicated not by inflicting suffering on one’s opponent but on onself and that the opponent must be weaned from error by patience and sympathy’. This more passive resistance because it depended upon a positive and continuous interaction between the two parties with the aim of reconciliation. He also worked to hard to improve the status of the HARIJANS [ untouchables] and tried to create closer bonds between Muslims and Hindus. When independence was finally achieved in 1947.
Gandhi spent 2,338 days in jail and fasted on many occasions, he left a legacy of non-violence teachings that influenced political activists around the world, including Martin Luther King Jr.
One of his famous quote is ‘ our salvation can only come through the farmer. Neither the lawyers, nor the doctors, nor the rich landlords are going to secure it’.

4.         NELSON ROHLAHLA MANDELA
BORN; July 18, 1918
 DIED; December 10, 2013
 NATURE OF DEATH
OCCUPATION; Lawyer, Political activist.
ORGANIZATION; African National Congress [ANC]
SPEECHS; I am the first Accused, Free at last, It is an idea for which I am prepared to die.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Nelson Mandela born in Umtata. Transkei,  the eldest son of a Xhosa-speaking Tempu chief in Trenskei. He attended Methodist missionary school and later gained a law degree at Witwatersrand university, the only black student at the law school. In 1952 he opened the first black law firm in johanesburg with Oliver Tambo, later of the African National Congress leader in exile. In 1948 Mandela help found ANC youth league. In 1964 he was imprisoned for life for plotting violent revolution. During 1970s and 1980s world protest against apartheid grew, with increased demand for Mandela’s release. In 1989 newly elected president F.W de klex accelerated the dismantling of apartheid. In 1990 the ban on the ANC was lifted and Mandela was release unconditionally. Mandela became a symbolic figurehead for anti-aparthied and anti-racist campaign throughout the world. In 1994, four years after his release from prison, the ANC won the south African election and Mandela became president.
The most famous quote of his which of course embodied his sincerity of his ideas and the love he had for his people, is ‘ I fought against the whites domination and I fought against black domination, I cherish the idea of a democratic and free society in which all humans will live in harmony with equal opportunities. Its an idea I hope and  to live for, but my lord, if need be it is an idea for which I am prepared to die’.
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