Mandela, the Madiba, by Dr. Tunde Oseni

Mandela, the Madiba
Mandela, the Madiba

If you want success out of struggle

Mandela, the Madiba represents a model

If you think it’s over when the chips are down

Study Mandela, the Madiba for a change of mind

If you think a people can forever be in chains

Mandela, the Madiba will let you think and change

If the world has no Mandelas in our midst

What for all will that be a great miss

Revenge is not for the strong in mind

Reconciliation is an article of faith for the large in heart

Mandela, the Madiba

Man with a thousand lives

It is to your memory and love

That South Africa and the world know more about peace

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By Tunde Oseni

Dr Tunde Oseni bagged a First Class Honours degree in Political Science from Nigeria’s premier University of Ibadan, where he was a MacArthur Foundation scholar at the University of Ghana, Legon in 2005. He did his National Youth Service as a Graduate Assistant at the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. He then got a scholarship to study for an MSc at the prestigious University of Oxford, United Kingdom, after which he got another scholarship to do a Doctorate and was simultaneously appointed as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Exeter, UK. Dr Oseni has participated in several international conferences and summer institutes across Africa and Europe and currently teaches Comparative Politics, Public Administration and Leadership Studies at Crawford University, Igbesa, Nigeria. He enjoys reading, meditating, and meeting people.

1 comment

  1. beautiful work, Dr. Tunde. Though as you share Mandela and nkrumah, we have to sadly remember that the ‘things have fallen apart’ for the continent.
    Thanks for sharing.

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