Mwandawiro Mghanga

In this occasion, when we commemorate the passing on of Comrade Fidel, I have decided to reproduce a poem that I wrote in Kiswahil about two years ago about him. (Unfortunately, the English translation of the poem from its original in Kiswahili published below does not sound poetic.)

On 8 December 2014, I travelled to Caracas, Venezuela, on behalf of the Social Democratic Party of Kenya (SDP) and Kenya-Venezuela Solidarity Committee (KVSC), to attend and participate in a conference of artists, intellectuals and social movements.

The Cuban people, together with people all over the world who desire a peaceful, just and progressive new world, are celebrating fifty years of the Cuban revolution.