Aimé Césaire

by Mabogo Percy More, Hydrarchy

We the living shoulder the historical responsibility of ensuring that the deeds and words of the dead should not fade into oblivion unnoticed. Since the dead (ancestors) will always be there, confronting us directly or far off on the horizons of our being, our duty requires that we accept this responsibility with a clear consciousness. The death of Aimé Césaire - the Martinican poet, politician and revolutionary - last week calls on us to carry out the responsibility that we owe the dead.