Happy 45th Independence: My Sons Are Coming

On a visit to Australia in 1963, Kondom addressed an audience at Canberra with these famous words:

“….In my village I am a chief among my people but today I stand in front of you like a child and when I try to speak in your language you laugh at my words. But tomorrow my son will come to you and he will talk to you in your language, and this time you will not laugh at him….”