A century and two years ago on July 18, 1918, in a small South African town of Mvezo, the God of our Fathers sent a precious gift to the world. Instead, it was a culmination of decades of groanings, sufferings, dehumanization, including 27 consecutive years of incarceration on an isolated island. Certainly, he was not the first black South African to study law, but unlike others, he decided to put his knowledge and wisdom at the service of his people. Fiercely consumed by his ardent desire to serve his people, he joined the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1940s. Not only that Mandela was opposing white domination, but equally so, he rejected black domination.

Source: Front Page Africa July 16, 2020 09:45 UTC