Amidst the hype, trauma, media, tears and tweets… there is a man.
We should all take a moment, and ponder on this reality.
Before I continue, I just have to establish a view points:
- I have a whole heap of respect for Mandela.
- I do not idolise him.
- I do, however, believe that he could run South Africa better in his sleep than Zuma, Mbeki and Obama put together.
- I can do a mean Mandela-accent
Now that I have established the above points, let me tell you why I won’t blog about him.
- The media is already vulturing his personal life so much, and I wouldn’t like to add to the frenzy
- In my mind, above any of of his accomplishments, he is still a husband, father, grandfather etc. Heaven forbid that my dad end up in hospital, I would NOT like to be harassed like his family
- I do not want to turn Madiba into Bieber – Just another trending topic, popular hashtag, or icon-of-the-moment.
- I do not have to use Madiba to make a political statement. And yes, I do believe that that is exactly what a lot of the “concerned” people will do/are doing.
Why am I telling you this? Well, I have had quite a few people ask me in the last day or so whether or not I intend to do a Madiba-post. And I had to say no, and each time explain myself.
Now, for the irony part of it all, I suppose that I just did blog about Madiba. I apologise.
Amandla.
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Tags: bieber, facebook, hype, hypocrisy, icon, madiba, mandela, mbeki, media, nelson, obama, personal gain, politics, South Africa, twitter, zuma
I had the privilege of chatting to South African musical comedian, Deep Fried Man after his performance at the Old Mutual Theatre in the Square in Sandton. His latest solo show, White Whine is awesome, and you will thank me for making you go watch it.
