Whatever their own actions, they remain still, part of me. Howard's success is an American achievement as much as it is an endorsement of Africa and of Africans. Nelson Mandela is a remarkable leader, because he represents victory yet remains humble. He is what he chose to be. But he also is because he is Africa.
Every people deserves and needs a leader of exceptional moral courage.
A leader who will live forever. Nelson Mandela is such a leader. Yet Nelson Mandela is reflected also in Martin Luther King. The spirit and ethos of Nelson Mandela is also prevalent at Howard University. Howard is a University of black people, of African people whose forebears were demeaned through sale.