Mpho Tsedu from the Star newspaper took part in the march of the living in Poland earlier this week. Tsedu is in awe of the respect paid to the Holocaust victims by Jews from around the world, thunderstruck by the solidarity and allegiance displayed by Jews to the state of Israel, and uncomfortable with the questions he poses "what would I do if my people had experienced such horror", and "what would unite my people in the same manner as the Jews were?"
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The reader who referred me to the article was concerned that Tsedu was almost equating the horrors of Apartheid with the horrors of the Holocaust. He wasn't, as this earlier article should make clear.
The questions that arise are: "What makes the Jews so successful after the horrors of the holocaust? What makes Africans struggle with various aspects of their lives despite suffering a lighter repression compared to that of the Jews? What are the Jews doing right which Africans cannot get straight?"
I think Mpho's questions in the above quote are unfair to Africa, but I was just pointing out that he does recognise varying levels of severity between the two horrors.
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