Few people in all post-modernist history epitomises the sheer resilience, valiant tenacity and magnanimous humility of our late iconic stalwart, Nelson Mandela.
In Mandela, we have proved that greatness is indeed tested in times of adversity and tribulations.
Mandela’s life resembles the finest kaleidoscope of the triumph of human courage and tenacity of spirit. In spite of deadly travails and dangers lurking around him, Mandela never retreated into the hallows of trepidation. Affectionately embraced as Madiba, his love for humanity was as precious as a golden crystal. He was a graciously humble human being who walked a path of extreme adversity. He was hunted, villified, persecuted and chained for 27 years for asking for freedom and equality. But the Apartheid regime perfectly failed to break Mandela’s revolutionary spirit. Against all odds and in the face of deadly monstrosities, Madiba persistently soldiered on and stayed true to his moral principles. Mandela always knew that someday the flames of freedom will brighten our horizons.
In manifold ways, Mandela is the bravest bearer of the tribulations, adversities and scars of our colonial history. On his shoulders, Madiba ferried the sorrows and weeps of an oppressed nation during colonial times. In divine ways, he was a godly saint that anointed our dreams and perfected our ideals. Mandela brought solace to our tormented hearts, healing to our infected wounds, and salvation to our crippled history. He was a shining megastar that brightened the universality of our shared humanity.
When the ferocious hand of death abducted Madiba from earth in 2013, then US president Barack Obama recalled in great admiration: “Through his fierce dignity and unbending willpower to sacrifice his own freedom for the freedom of others, Madiba transformed South Africa and moved the whole world. His journey from prisoner to president embodied the promise that all countries can change for the better.”
As the world of humanity, we feel amazingly blessed to have lived in the greatest times of Tata Mandela. We shall always cherish his godly humanity and saintly heart. He lived and struggled for us, he persevered for us, and he blessed our nation with the mantle of freedom and democracy. Mandela’s greatness is preciously divine.
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