From “Anni” to “H.E.P”
02 Jan 2010, 6:53 PM
Ibrahim Didi
“You know, they said this day would never come. They said our sights were set too high. They said that this country was too divided; too disillusioned to ever come together around a common purpose.”
So spoke Barack Obama on the night that he won the Iowa caucuses. It was the night that he proved he could win the presidency by claiming victory in a largely white state.
These are words that could have easily been spoken by Mohamed Nasheed (Anni) when he won last year’s presidential election.
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