"They Killed the Man, But They Could Not Kill the Dream” By PRINCEWILL ODIDI
They Killed the Man, But They Could Not Kill the Dream” My brothers and sisters, history has given us lessons written in the blood of our heroes. Let us start with Patrice Lumumba a son of the soil, a voice for the voiceless , he stood against the chains of colonialism. He spoke for Congo. He spoke for Africa. Yet, the same hands he fought to free became the hands that bound him. Betrayed, beaten, humiliated, and finally killed, his body was destroyed, but his spirit still marches across the African conscience. Next is Kwame Nkrumah, the visionary who saw a United Africa when others saw only tribes and borders, built Ghana not only for Ghanaians, but for all Africans. He spoke of one currency, one army, one destiny. But while he was abroad on a mission of peace, his own people tore down his government. They celebrated his fall, but they could not bury his dream. His voice still whispers through time: “Africa must unite.” Thomas Sankara , the Upright Man of Burkina Faso , he...