Madiba Is Dead at the age of 95

++Nelson Mandela,the conscience of Africa, died today. My regret is that we never got a chance to play chess. If you were in South Africa the day he was released from Robben Island,you felt the country levitate and explode with joy. Decades of repressed feelings and ideas were suddenly released. And with the first, free, post-apartheid election, Nelson Mandela became the voice of national reconciliation and a wise statesman navigating the treacherous road of continent-wide politics. His voice has been stilled but his vision remains.