Cous Yero,
I think Ali is soliciting consideration for bereavement/mourning time. He extended his plea to the writers of the editorial (not you) to remind them of that African code of ethics and shared other areas of anxiety that could have been addressed, At This Time, instead.
Thanks for sharing.
Haruna.
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Sent: Sun, Dec 8, 2013 5:33 pm
Subject: Re: [>-<] Mandela's Divorse with Winnie
Ali:
I appreciateyour rejoinder and thoughts on this piece.
You asked whythe need to remind people of old information when the elder is not buried.
I canunderstand how that can make you react. Quite honestly, it is in line withcelebrating the great Madiba. Madiba's greatness doesn't only stem from hisstrength. If there was any weakness he had, it still made him great. A clearexample was the Prophet Muhammad's (SAW) household. I don’t know if youfollowed, but his household happenings (all of them) were put to people as alesson for others to follow. Besides, if what is reported in that news articleis accurate, it still makes the Madiba more heroic than anyone else would havethought. As to whether he should have forgiven Winnie, it is a matter ofopinion. Given that he was able to forgive and reconcile South Africa with allthe baggage that comes with Apartheid, there is nothing to say that his heartwasn’t big enough to forgive Winnie.
Yes, I am wellaware of the code of conduct of the dead and the ancestry as you opined aboveare long since gone in my view.
On what thisparticular news paper might have contributed or should have done, I honestlyhave no idea and I hope my ignorance on that would be excused. My comments weresolely centered on the divorce, why it happened and what the great Madiba couldhave done further about it. As nice or bitter that this divorce brought, it isa part of Mandela’s history; his greatness if you like.
Thanks againfor rejoinder.
Best always,
Yero
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Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 21:14:16 +0000
Subject: Re: [>-<] Mandela's Divorse with Winnie
Why the need to remind us of this old information before our Elder is yet to be buried ?
African cultural values have special codes as regards the dead.
We must drink deep in the well of africancentered traditional virtues before we offend the spirits of the herioc Ancestors
Yes,instead of writing about the accelarating process of the 1990`s economic and financial meltdown that was affecting the majority of chicago`s citizens,they had the sameful audacity to write about Madela`s family.
IF The owners of the chicagotribune a cabudo of the global financial elite had not created the racist south african regime and the oppressive system ,theie marriage would not have been subjected to great challenges.
just a humble reflection and advice
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Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 11:04:52 -0600
Subject: [>-<] Mandela's Divorse with Winnie
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-03-20/news/9603200243_1_dali-mpofu-judge-frikkie-eloff-winnie-mandela
I feel saddened to follow about Mandela's divorse with Winnie. Many are of the view that he should have had the heart to forgive Winnie. It is a complicated situation. It makes Mandela even more heroic to stay on principle even to his private life.
Best,
Yero
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