Yet almost 60 years after independence, African leaders have betrayed the aspirations and hopes he espoused. It was a lesson on Ghana’s first president Kwame Nkrumah, courage, Africa, colonialism, justice, and the evils of racism. At the end of World War II there were three independent nations (Ethiopian, Liberia and South Africa) in Africa, King stated and by 1963 they were more than 30. It’s time that African leaders revisited King’s “I have a Dream” speech. Portions of the speech need to be reread and implemented by African leaders: “Now is the time to make real promises of democracy.

Source: Ethiopian News January 13, 2018 04:52 UTC