UDavid Dinkins wayengumphathi-dolobha weNew York City kusukela ngo-1990 kuya ku-1993 futhi wayengumuntu wokuqala omnyama waseMelika owabamba lelo dolobha. Wayengummeli one siqu sezibalo. Uhlangane noMadiba ekuqaleni kokuvakasha kwakhe emadolobheni ayisishiyagalolunye eMelika ngo-1990. Lokhu kwakuyingxenye yamasonto ayisithupha, okuvakashelwa kwezizwe eziyishumi nane lapho uMandela efuna ukwesekwa kwezezimali nokuqhubeka nezibopho zomnotho ngokumelene nombuso omhlophe eNingizimu Afrika. Kwacatshangwa ukuthi abantu abangu-750 000 eNew York beza kumbona lapho ehamba eNew York ehambela izindawo ezihlukahlukene ezinabantu abamnyama edolobheni.
UMeya uDinkins uthe: 'Saya enkundleni yamabhanoyi i-Kennedy ukuze simhlangabeze, futhi lapho ehla izinyathelo zalowo moya, kwakungenakuqhathaniswa. Uthola kangaki ukuhlangabezana nowodwa wamaqhawe akho? Uma ngabe ngisejele iminyaka engamashumi amabili nasikhombisa njengoba ayenzile, uma ngangihlukumezwe ngendlela ayenziwe, ngabe ngithwale intukuthelo ngaphakathi kwami. Noma kunjalo, into emangalisa kakhulu ngoNelson Mandela kwaba ukungabi khona kwakhe konke ukufutheka. Lapho siqala ukumgona, kwakungeyinye yezikhathi ezinhle zokuphila kwami. '
“Ngiphupha ngokubona kufezeka ubumbano eAfrica, lapho abaholi bayo behlangana kwimizamo yabo ukuxazulula izinkinga zakulenkabazwe.” ~Nelson Mandela
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