History, sometimes a Mystery

It’s about half past six in the morning in Bonn, Germany and after staying awake all through the night tracking the results of the elections in the United States of America and then listening to the first speech of the President-elect, Senator Barack Obama, I am consumed by thoughts, reminiscences and the reality that an unbelievable epoch is here.

On one hand, the handwriting was daily becoming clearer particularly as the presidential debates and campaigns were intensifying but on the other, it still remains a mystery how the United States could open up so quickly that the number one seat will now be occupied by a black man, who a few decades ago would have being seen as a nobody no matter the competence or potential he possesses. It is a mystery how fast the wall of separatism and egoism has being broken.

History indeed has being made and transformation and emancipation is here for humanity. I believe never again would any form of barrier hold us back from advancing the course of progress and togetherness. Not Melanine or Keratin, not gender or class, not any potential-limiting constructions by human.

Congratulations to the United States, Congratulations to the world.