In May of this year, I wrote the following. Madiba--Nelson Mandela--was already quite ill by then.
"Some people leave works of art, or dreams. Martin
Luther King, Jr. left a dream behind that, simply by us living it, keeps him,
to that degree, alive in the hearts and souls and minds of those who do live it.
"Madiba will, one day, be remembered not by the moment in
which he moves forward and becomes one of Africa’s great ancestral spirits, but
by his legacy, and the message he has given us. By us living that legacy, we
will be keeping him alive.
"If, after the sun sets, we mourn, and then fail to
celebrate its rising again the very next day, would the sun no less rise?
"[...]
"Because the sun never sets on Africa, my friend.
"Some people just fail to look at it."
R. D. Raven
To you, Sir,
I am honored to have lived in the country you shaped.
I am honored to have shared in your life's story as you told it through your autobiography.
I hope the sun is rising for you somewhere now.
We are listening...
