‘’The history of a movement, The history of a nation, The history of a
race, Is the guide post, that movement destiny, That nation’s destiny,
That race’s destiny’’—Marcus Garvey
By Bello
Destiny Paul
E-mail: bellodestinypaul@rocketmail.com
UNDOUBTEDLY, the re-election of president
Barrack Obama is a fulfillment of a long term dream and a final burial cum
funeral of segregation and undue discrimination meted on Negroes in the past.
Honestly no amounts of words could quantify or fathom the expression of our
joy, to see Obama, our own Obama emerged from the tough electoral ring
triumphantly and joyfully.
But as we are basking in the euphoria of joy,
on Obama’s well deserved victory ,by cheering, jeering ,dancing ,celebrating
,praising and jubilating . I consider it expedient, for us to look at
Obama’s victory, beyond euphoria
level. And that his re-election is not
only a grand celebration, but also a great lesson ,a lesson for other race [s],
for other nation and for an individual.
A
LESSON FOR OTHER RACE[S] –that in spite of long years of suffering, injustice
,inhuman treatment undue discrimination, bully and exploitation of the highest
order ,yet a race of negroes, could still survive in a foreign land ,endured
,perserved, united and struggled
,refused to be cowed ,surrendered and frustrated . but still with a rare
courage ,uncommon tolerance ,inexpressible patience and unshakeable faith in
God ,still produce a personality ,a child of destiny ,a fulfiller of a dream, peoples leader and a ruler of the world .
It is a lesson, of which every troubled,
persecuted, discriminated, rejected and condemned race, must embrace .It is a
path to follow, and heroic deed, worthy of emulation. And history could still
repeat itself for any race, anywhere in the world.
A
LESSON FOR THE NATION—It
is a lesson that every nation ,should learn from ,that in spite of thick and
thin, twist and turns ,ups and downs ,a
nation, suffering from economic woes or retrogression, plague and
manacle with social vices ,struggling
out of stagnancy ,underdevelopments ,and backwardness etc could still survive
and attain her greater heights .
It is an eye opener ,for a nation that is
still looking ,praying ,hoping and eyeing for a leader ,who will take her to a
standard level ,a leader who can turn a
stone to bread ,an ordinary water to wine ,who can bring water from the rock,
who can led her people to the land flowing with milk and honey .
It is a lesson for such nation ,who still finds it hard, to
have such leaders ,like Kemal Atartuk,
Park Lee , Augustus Ceaser, biblical
Moses and Joshua ,Haile Selassie , Nelson Mandela , Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Abraham
Lincoln ,Bill Clinton , John Atta Mills, Martin Luther and Martin Luther
king jnr.etc ,never to lose hope, never
to give up and never to relent .
It is a lesson for such nations like ours
,that despite the inimical activities of our political gladiators, insurgencies
of cabal ,parochial attitudes of our leaders, selfishness ,inconsiderate ,and
inhumane disposition of our rulers ,in spite the apostasies of our activists,
religion founders and leaders ,blowing
hot and cold dispositions of our
electoral umpire ,coupled with cowardice exhibition of our
arbiters, , gullibility ,docility ,dogmatic, superficialities and frivolousness of our youth ,a nation like
ours, could still reach her Eldorado , by breaking the evil jinx and
choose a leader ,who ,who have the interest of the nation in his heart ,a
leader who will not let the labour
of our past heroes be in vain ,a
leader who will realize the dream of our
country as a peaceful, united and prosperous nation ,bound in freedom, peace ,
unity and justice .
As the dream of America negroes is being
realized ,with the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owner, are sitting down
together at the table of brotherhood
,and as the once heat of injustice ,sweltering
with the heat of oppression in Mississippi is being transformed ,into an
oasis of freedom and justice .
It is
also a lesson ,that our nation too ,could still bid adieu and say bygone is
bygone ,to inequality before the law ,infrastructural decay ,arbitrary widening
gap between haves and have not, electoral manipulations ,political imposition
,quagmire of secular underdevelopments ,abject poverty and persistence insecurity
of lives and property, this is a lesson, that ,it is not too late.
“Do not go where the path may lead [but] Go
where there is no path and leave a trail’’—Ralph Waldo Emerson.
THE
LESSONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL—And is that, the emergence of Barrack Obama ,from lower background to a upper level ,from being a stone rejected now
to a corner stone ,from a follower to a leader, and from nobody to somebody
etc, is a lesson for us, that we too
,can achieve the seemingly unachievable ,that we can break the perceived unbreakable, that we
can conquer the much talked unconquerable
and penetrate the impregnable . It is a lesson that, our lonely
background, our poor upbringing, our present challenges, the disappointment and
failure besetting us. The reproaches and mockery that stares at us, can never
be the yardstick or measure of what we will become.
‘’ one aim of an optimistic people is a
belief that one individual could make a difference” –James kouzes
It is a lesson ,that no matter what ,we must
be determined ,optimistic, focus and
persever ,it is a lesson to lay a larger
vision before us ,to run towards a tall dream, and to incubate ,and saturate a
bigger achievement and uncommon success for illumination. These
are lessons for us to learn, lesson we should work towards, lessons we should
all embrace, The great lessons indeed.
(Bello
Destiny Paul, the
1st Senior Advocate University of Ado-Ekiti, Faculty of law Judicial Council, and 1st Senor Advocate of Student Union Judicial
Council, and 2010 Human right activist of the year, resides in Lagos.)
Phone: 07036611633
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