Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy to Africa

BY LOU SIFA

January 20 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a national holiday in the United States to celebrate the memory of the iconic civil rights leader who was assassinated at the young age of 39 on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, in the middle of his heroic fight for human rights, a fight rooted in the philosophy of non-violence. The palpable fruit of the work done by the young minister–who rose from obscurity to the forefront of history–and his followers didn’t just benefit blacks in America.

In commemoration of this milestone in modern history, we put the following question to Africans from all walks of life: “As an African, do you think Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1963 ‘I have a Dream’ speech was of any significance to Africans?” This is a sampling of the answers we received.

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