It is not too late for African leaders to show resolve by collectively giving a deserving monumental honour to Commandant Fidel Castro and the people of Cuba at the headquarters of the African Union (AU).
Fidel Castro
Close bonds between the people of the African continent and the Caribbean island-nation of Cuba have been centuries in the making.
A recent trip to Cuba by this author inspired the following letter. It is directed to the Cuban people.
Many people will never hear about how at the end of 2016 on December 19, 38 medical professionals from Cuba’s Henry Reeve Brigade returned home after more than two tireless months of treating Haitians.
Tagged under Human Security Cuban medica internationalism, Fidel Castro, Cuban Revolution
Cuba’s efforts to roll-back racism offer valuable lessons for South Africa, where racism, because of the legacy of colonialism, slavery and apartheid, is deeply ingrained within institutions, social relations and everyday behaviour.
Tagged under Human Security Racism, Fidel Castro, Apartheid, Cuba, South Africa
The contribution he has made to the world socialist movement, to the Third World liberation struggle and to social justice has been monumental – especially when one considers that he has been the leader of a tiny country with roughly the same population as New York City.
Tagged under Global South South America Fidel Castro, Cuba
Few revolutionaries are as well known as the late and great Ernesto "Che" Guevara. In fact, in what is the most ironic bastardization of his legacy, the communist leader’s iconic image is plastered on to T-shirts, posters and other mass-produced memorabilia and sold worldwide.
Tagged under Democracy & Governance South America Che Guevara, Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro
Before leaving Montreal for Havana in March 2016 to cover the Obama trip, I wrote an article on Cuba–US relations. Referring to the cultural war to include, in the broad sense of the term, ideological and political aggression, I asked:
Tagged under Pan-Africanism South America Obama in Cuba, Raul Castro, Fidel Castro, Cuba
Dear compañeros,
In 2006, as a result of health issues which were incompatible with the time and effort required to fulfill my duties – which I myself assumed when I entered this University September 4, 1945, 70 years ago – I resigned from my official positions.
Tagged under Pan-Africanism Fidel Castro
Fight, don’t let pessimism win; it’s our duty’
“We have to fight. We can’t let pessimism win. It’s our duty”, Fidel Castro said.
Tagged under Pan-Africanism Fidel Castro