Ethiopia played a crucial role in supporting South Africa's liberation movement during apartheid, providing sanctuary, training, and inspiration to Nelson Mandela and other freedom fighters, yet despite this historical solidarity, contemporary xenophobia and violence against African communities in South Africa represents a betrayal of the shared struggle for freedom and unity that Mandela fought for.
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Still on the issue of Ethiopians in South Africa. Ethiopians in South Africa, their life matters. I shared a video some days ago of how some Ethiopians were unalived in Ethiopia because they are doing businesses. So, today guys, I'm going to be sharing a particular video of Nelson Mandela. What he said about Ethiopia and the Prime Minister of Ethiopia as at that time, what he said about Nelson Mandela and how he actually helped him.
And how he saved South Africans. Without is today.
Let's take a look at the videos.
>> [music] >> Nelson Mandela once said, "Ethiopia always has a special place in my imagination.
And the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England, and America combined.
I felt I would be visiting my own genesis, unearthing the roots of what made me an African." This is how truly old this place called Ethiopia is, which brings about us using the term the mystery giant for it. Ethiopia was home to the most ancient kingdom in Africa, one of the first monarchies in the world.
>> [music] >> It is the sole African country to possess an alphabet more than 2,000 years old.
It is the only country on the continent to have maintained independence in the face of European colonize.
Since when is [music] death a game?
Since when is the deadline between dead and living a joke?
I am [music] a proud Ethiopian child that was born in South Africa, which is in [music] Africa.
>> [clears throat] >> But both my parents were born in Ethiopia, which is in Africa.
But you guys call us foreigners, >> [music] >> call us kwerekwere, call us makwerekwere, changane.
Actually, it really does not matter what you call me because I know who I am.
You guys say [music] we have taken your jobs, but the only thing we have taken is pain.
Our brothers and sisters come only to work and feed, to educate and grow. But here, apparently now, that's wrong.
No one ever [music] understand what these fellow citizens have gone through.
They come here hoping for a better future, hoping for a better life.
At the end of the day, we are all the people of one continent, Africa.
We are all human. We are all created the same way. And we are we all worship one God.
So, I don't understand why we are killing and hurting each other.
We have to put a stop [music] to xenophobia because it is absolutely wrong. We are treated differently just because I speak a different language, you speak a different language.
We have to be treated the same. Now, I'm treated differently because I have a different culture.
You have a different culture. Now, we have to be treated differently.
South Africa knows what it feels like to be treated unfairly. It's like we forgotten those 40 years of struggle, those 40 years of unfair treatment, those 40 years of pain, those 40 years of apartheid.
I'm Ethiopian.
And I speak a variety of languages, such as Xhosa, Afrikaans, etc. Because I was born here in South Africa.
But we are all one [music] nation. Even though we speak different languages, we are all one nation.
We are one nation united, as it says in Psalm 133, verse 1.
How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity.
Now, I'm here to stand for my people, here to stand for their [music] rights, here to stand for their humanity. Stop xenophobia.
This video is for South Africans, Nigerians, and Ethiopians that are living currently in South Africa.
I'm bringing awareness to what is going on in South Africa currently. I don't know if you guys have realized there's a lot of deaths that are going on. There were three people unalived the other day, two Nigerians and one Ethiopian. I would like to bring awareness to this and let's become one, guys. Let's unite.
Let's have peace. This is sad. This is unfortunate. This is wicked. This is jealousy.
Let's unite as Africans, as Africans.
Nelson Mandela did not go to prison for 27 plus years just for us to act like this in 2026.
So, let's respect his name. Let's respect what he done for South Africa and other nations.
Guys, let's unite. Let's have peace.
Let's have humanity in South Africa.
Please share, repost, comment, share this video. Let this message touch South Africans, Ethiopians, and Nigerians.
Let's unite, guys. We're better than this.
Hello, everyone. So, today I just wanted to share this message to all South Africans.
Listen.
When the world turned its back on you during the apartheid, we Ethiopians opened our doors for you.
In 1962, Nelson Mandela did not find his strength in Europe or America. He found it in Ethiopia, Africa.
He was trained by our soldiers. He carried an Ethiopian passport.
And most importantly, I will repeat it again. Most importantly, he was fueled by our spirit of freedom.
So, today, to see our brothers and sisters attacked in the same land that we helped liberate, it's a heartbreak for the entire continent.
We are not a strangers. We are the foundation for your struggle.
Stop the violence.
Remember history.
This is to me again thinking out loud about what is happening in South Africa right now. Because I have watched a lot of Ethiopians lying on social [music] media, justice for Ethiopian justice for Ethiopian citizens in South Africa. I have seen so many Nigerians saying justice for Nigerian citizens in Nigeria, justice for for Congolese citizens, justice for I mean, just like a lot of countries, you know, crying, asking for [music] justice. At the same time, I see so many South Africans saying that no, our kids are suffering.
No, our girls are being raped. No, there's a lot of scamming going on. The streets are littered. Like, it's a lot [music] of complaints from all angles.
Who will hear? Who will not hear? At at the end of the day, I personally believe like everyone is going through something [music] and these things need to be addressed and addressed appropriately.
So, I again, I'm just a [music] little quiet and I'm thinking out loud. I What I'm saying it might make sense, it might not make sense, but either ways, we are all going through something. South Africans have a valid point. The rest of the world have a valid point. Yes, we're not supposed to be claiming lives. But South Africans have literally been complaining for the longest time, eh? They have really been complaining that something is going wrong in their country. I don't know, but somewhere, somehow, in as much as they are committing, they are doing what they are doing, we are still stigmatizing them, we are insulting them, we are dragging them. Like, this is not how it's supposed to be in the first place. I mean, we are all Africans. We are all This is like this skin This skin has been through the most already. We have been through the most.
But I just see ourselves destroying ourselves. Man, this is It's wrong to destroy South Africa. It is wrong for South Africa to destroy us. But how how do we even solve this? How do we solve this? Great minds. I think great minds need to come to play. I don't know what our reverends, our pastors, men of God I don't know what the the the the government officials I don't know what the authority I don't Yo, we're just handling things.
Man, I'm just thinking. I'm just thinking. I don't know if what I'm saying is even making sense at the end of the day, but we are all going through something and this something needs to be addressed and addressed in the most appropriate way. Because the more we keep insulting and dragging South Africans, the more we're not helping situations. The more South Africans keep on unaliving and doing this, the more we're not helping situations. So, yes, I cannot tell what we are supposed to do, but something needs to be done. So, bye.
I think one day Africans will come to the realization that most of those people fueling this hatred among us, they are doing this for their own personal interest. There's a personal vendetta that these people have against Africa and their aim is to destroy Africa and make us hate each other.
Because I don't see any reason why as Africans we should be fighting ourselves, telling people to leave your country. As long as they're living in the country legally, legally, in quotes.
You can You allow them.
Allow them.
The [snorts] only thing I do not like is when people travel to people's country and they begin to commit crimes, begin to do all sorts of things, that is as in break rules and regulations of a country.
But Ethiopians are very calm, nice people.
They are.
And when you visit Ethiopia, it's one of the most hospitable country in Africa.
So, please Africa, this is not the time for us to start fighting ourselves. It is a time for us to wake up and love each other.
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