African leaders should emulate the selfless life of Fidel Castro

The curtains have finally folded for the charismatic Cuban revolutionary leader and longtime president Fidel Castro who died at 90. Fidel Castro staged a fierce battle that ended western imperialism not only in his own country but also inspired the same in Latin America and Africa where thousands of Cuban soldiers fought against western colonizers. On his state visit to Cuba, the iconic Nelson Mandela gave Fidel Castro a mammoth hug and appraised him for his role in ending the apartheid regime in South African.

In the past week, Western media in particular have labeled Fidel Castro as the worst dictator of our time. The same media nonetheless has not expounded on the impact of half a century American economic embargo on the South American state. Undisputed facts notably denote that Castro believed in absolute freedom of every nation to decide its destiny without interference from world powers or former colonial masters. He aspired to see a future where not only Cubans lived devoid of American massive control but also where poverty stricken and uneducated Africans developed their own strategies to grow their young post independent states.