A HEROINE
by Engiwe Simfukwe | March 16, 2011 at 1:29 AM
I WISH TO REMEMBER A BRILLIANT AND REMARKABLE LECTURER/TEACHER/SISTER/MOTHER/WOMAN IN PROFESSOR PATRICIA McFADDEN WHEREVER SHE MAYBE NOW.
SHE WAS MY LECTURER IN A MASTERS PROGRAMME IN POLICY STUDIES. HER COURSE GENDER ECONOMICS WAS EXTREMELY WELL PRESENTED AND IT OPENED MY EYES TO SO MUCH IN THE AREA OF GENDER EQUITY. SHE COULD BE A BLESSING TO SO MANY PEOPLE IF ONLY SHE WAS GIVEN THE PLATFORM. COULD PULSEWIRE LOCATE THIS AMAZING WOMAN AND GIVE HER THAT PLATFORM?
ODE TO PROFESSOR PATRICIA MACFADDEN
TO BE A HEROINE IS NOT EASY. IT IS A NARROW ROUTE IN WHICH YOU OFTEN STUMBLE AND BRUISE YOURSELF. THE ROUTE IS NARROW INDEED BECAUSE COURAGE AND DELIGENCY ARE ROUGH WORDS NEEDING DEVINE INSPIRATION.
I SAY IF MANDELA HAD SAID APARTHEIRD IS TOO BIG TO FIGHT LET ME COLLABORATE. HE WAS GOING TO BE NO HERO.
I ALSO SALUTE THE GREAT CIVIL RIGHT ACTIVISTS WHO FOUGHT AN INCREDIBLY ENORMOUS SYSTEM "IWOULD RATHER DIE ON MY FEET THAN KEEP LIVING ON MY KNEES" WAS THEIR CRY.
FIGHT ON PATRICIA. THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT IS A FIGHT FOR JUSTICE!
