Around the same time when Prof. Ali Mazrui was being laid to rest in his hometown of Mombasa, our Tanzanian brothers and sisters were remembering 15 years since the death of Julius Nyerere a man they fondly refer to as Baba wa Taifa. On Kenya, Mashujaa Day was celebrated. It is their Heroes' Day.
When I tweeted that October was a month that had claimed many big African names and I included Burundi's Prince Louis Rwagasore, many asked me who that was and what he had done to make it to a list that had Julius Nyerere, Ali Mazrui, Fred Rwigema, Thomas Sankara, Samora Machel, Milton Obote and Muammar Gadaffi.
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