Following the monumental event in Johannesburg yesterday that honored the passing of one of the most influential peace-makers of the 21st Century, I am inspired by the legacy in which this chosen son of South Africa, leaves for all the world to remember him in loving unison.
Nelson 'Madiba' Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom is a well documented journey charting the struggles for the emancipation of blacks living under the apartheid system for the best part of the last century, in South Africa. For his personal sacrifices and life long commitment to this cause, it invokes in me a sense that perhaps some people's lives are already determined, their time suspended and reserved to advocate an egalitarian, co-operative and tolerant philosophy, where moral necessity and racial justice are its governing principles.
Mandela, just as in life helped unite the world in racial equality and so in his death we join hands in the freedom of religion, in freedom of expression, in the freedom of opportunity, the freedom to an equal education, the freedom to represent your country in sport and the freedom of movement in one's homeland. Madiba's Long Walk to Freedom emancipated the rights to freedom not only for the people of South Africa but I think its only fair to say that his example inspired a catalyst for racial justice and social responsibility right across the globe.
Waving the S. African flag for 'Ubuntu' here in Swansea. Looking after our communities equally is the responsibility of all of us, is it not and as global citizens living in a digitalized age, because we are able to bang the drum for world peace ... probably we all should.
"I am who I am because of who we all are." Desmond Tutu on the 'Ubuntu' philosophy.
Farewell Nelson Mandela, thank you for making the world a better place than you found it!
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