Not in the red hills of Georgia, the audience sat together for common humanity - with eyes that spoke a language of hope. With countenances and a silence that affirmed Obama's 'We Can' and no matter what circumstances the passage of birth presented - having a dream can catapult one to greater heights as in the case of the 'boy' with a funny name! "The election of an African-American to the US presidency is a great milestone to the Black community struggle," UB head of English Department Professor Arua Arua said.
Assassinated Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech was not read, but a short quiz administered by Dr Maude Dikobe of the UB English department proved that the iconic words delivered at the Lincoln Memorial in August, 1963 were deep and with a popularity that stretch beyond waters and mountains. As soon as she said, "One day on the red hills of . . ." the auditorium was covered with lowered voices that murmured Martin Luther King Jr, but the rules of the game did not allow that.
