I feel very sad tonight! One of my heroes just passed today. I expected the entire Africa to fly their flags at half mast for this great man, but I'm not really feeling the air of such.
Well, for those who may not know Fidel Castro was a major factor that weakened the segregative strength of appertheid South Africa. Single Handedly brought down colonial Marxist supremacy in Africa. Angola can tell the rest of the story. DRC can tell their own story. In all, an estimated 4000 Cuban soldiers died on the African soil.

Although Castro did this to spite the United States and all their allies who have always supported anything that destabilises Africa, his action saved a lot in Africa and he should be remembered for it.

We should no longer be afraid to tell Clinton and Obama that they helped Boko Haram to fester by blocking almost all avenues to get weapons thereby delaying the purchase of weapons for several months. If only Fidel was still as young as he was or he was still in power!
Constructive Comments are welcome

Its our nature and datz one of d reasons y africa is undeveloped.rip castro

ToySoldier2:
I feel very sad tonight! One of my heroes just passed today. I expected the entire Africa to fly their flags at half mast for this great man, but I'm not really feeling the air of such.
Well, for those who may not know Fidel Castro was a major factor that weakened the segregative strength of appertheid South Africa. Single Handedly brought down colonial Marxist supremacy in Africa. Angola can tell the rest of the story. DRC can tell their own story. In all, an estimated 4000 Cuban soldiers died on the African soil.

Although Castro did this to spite the United States and all their allies who have always supported anything that destabilises Africa, his action saved a lot in Africa and he should be remembered for it.

We should no longer be afraid to tell Clinton and Obama that they helped Boko Haram to fester by blocking almost all avenues to get weapons thereby delaying the purchase of weapons for several months. If only Fidel was still as young as he was or he was still in power!
Constructive Comments are welcome

Fidel Castro, by any stretch of the imagination, is not an African hero. Africa, generally speaking, does not have genuine individuals who can be called heros in the true sense of the word. Fidel was a dictator; a cold hearted authoritarian, who brooked no dissent and routinely jail oppositions. As you rightly pointed out, his support for decolonisation in Africa was not borne out of love for the people, but a calculated undertaking to undermine the US government and promote socialist ideals. As a proxy of Russia during the Cold War, Castro was a willing tool in sabotaging western interests anywhere in the world. Therefore, your call for African countries to mourn his passing in a special way is seriously misguided. Even more appalling is your claim that he single handedly put an end to the infamous Apartheid government of South Africa. Nothing can be further from the truth. You seem overly read to give Castro more credit than he truly deserve. Can you in good conscience compare Castro's string-attached revolutionary activism in Africa to Nigeria's altruistic and selfless contributions to Africa? Castro's assistance has a price tag, while Nigeria's was given in the spirit of true African brotherhood. Thus, African leaders have done what is diplomatically acceptable by issuing statements expressing condolences to the people and government of Cuba. Flying the flag at half-mast is not only pointless, but an overreach.

We do, igbo celebrate ojukwu, south africans celebrate mandela

mrblessed:
Fidel Castro, by any stretch of the imagination, is not an African hero. Africa, generally speaking, does not have genuine individuals who can be called heros in the true sense of the word. Fidel was a dictator; a cold hearted authoritarian, who brooked no dissent and routinely jail oppositions. As you rightly pointed out, his support for decolonisation in Africa was not borne out of love for the people, but a calculated undertaking to undermine the US government and promote socialist ideals. As a proxy of Russia during the Cold War, Castro was a willing tool in sabotaging western interests anywhere in the world. Therefore, your call for African countries to mourn his passing in a special way is seriously misguided. Even more appalling is your claim that he single handedly put an end to the infamous Apartheid government of South Africa. Nothing can be further from the truth. You seem overly read to give Castro more credit than he truly deserve. Can you in good conscience compare Castro's string-attached revolutionary activism in Africa to Nigeria's altruistic and selfless contributions to Africa? Castro's assistance has a price tag, while Nigeria's was given in the spirit of true African brotherhood. Thus, African leaders have done what is diplomatically acceptable by issuing statements expressing condolences to the people and government of Cuba. Flying the flag at half-mast is not only pointless, but an overreach.

you seem to have gone to the extreme! While I agree with in that you pointed out that Nigeria as a country has contributed more to Africa than any Castro anywhere! May I remind you that a good deed is always a good deed to the recipient whether the intents were otherwise motivated or not. Moreover, Nigeria is not dead yet, so you can not write an eulogy for a living giant like Nigeria. Come to think of it circumstances threatened Nigerias survival a few years back, and you could clap for all your western 'friends for the shame Nigeria suffered. Any intervention in Boko haram conflict at the height of 2014 would not have been forgotten in history whether borne out of pure intention or not. So credit should be given to whom it is due.
And my friend, you may go and find out the inner technicalities that suddenly made the white government in South Africa willing to negotiate with the ANC. Find out SA and US role in Angola and you would know what made SA feel threatened.