The President François-Xavier Verschave, is one of these rare Big People, honorable. Profoundly human, he was until the last breath, an engaged activist and fearless defender of the African, humbled continent, exploited and crushed by the French imperialism, the françafrique.
PRESS RELEASE OF THE ACTUS
CONDOLENCES OF THE ACTUS AFTER THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT FRANÇOIS-XAVIER VERSCHAVE.
The Action of the Chad for the Unity and Socialism (ACTUS) expresses its profound pain and sadness further to the death of François-Xavier Verschave, President of the Survival association, arisen this day June 29, 2005.
We send to his family, to its close relations and to all the activists of Survival our condolences, and share with you these historic moments of mourning which are also ours.
The President François-Xavier Verschave, is one of these rare Big People, honorable. Profoundly human, he was until the last breath, an engaged activist and fearless defender of the African, humbled continent, exploited and crushed by the French imperialism, the françafrique.
We, African peoples and activists of the whole world, who fight against injustices, arbitrary power, imperialism, neo-colonialism, dictatorships, have just lost a militating companion, a brother but also the best lawyer of a rare tenacity, which has never capitulated in front of pressures, and threaten dark forces which continue to schedule program the genocide of the African peoples. I still remember one of our conversations where he said this truth : " it is necessary to stop this invisible hand which commits with doggedness crimes against humanity in Africa ".
The irrefutable contribution of the President François-Xavier Verschave in the fight for the liberation of Africa, rest and will remain for ever memorized in gilt lettering collective African oppressed peoples. The fight which lasted more than 20 years, is crowned by an impressive biting literature against the oppressors of Africa, to whom it gives sleeplessness.
This literature engaged through all these works lives and will live a source of inexhaustible wealth of inspiration and of conscientisation for the present and future generations engaged in the fight of liberation.
The President François-Xavier Verschave, left us physically. However, the work, the fruits of the commitment will mark for the eternity the presence in our sides in our common fight of anti-imperialist liberation.
No word would know how to translate the depth of our pain. We have consequently the duty to immortalize the fight which is also ours until the realization of the ideal noble persons for whom it dedicated so many sacrifices and all its life.
This promise, we swear to hold he it to honor the memory of this humble and illustrious Man, who will mark unmistakably this beginning of the third millennium, and will enter the pantheon of the rare humanists and defenders of Africa.
For the Action of the Chad for the Unity and Socialism (ACTUS)
actus@club-internet.fr The General Secretary
Dr LEY-NGARDIGAL Djimadoum
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