One of the greatest ambassador of goodwill known to mankind is Paul Robeson. Paul Robeson was a man of many firsts. He was a singer, actor, athlete and scholar, but his true legacy was as an international activist. Not only did he fight for his own people--people of African descent--he fought for all people! While studying the life of Paul Robeson, I was very surprised to discover the relationships he had with various people around the world. Paul Robeson had a very special relationship with the people of Russia! Russian and African people have a long and enduring relationship. I soon found out that Paul Robeson spent a lot of time in Russia studying and learning their culture and regularly performing concerts for the people in Russia. What was really surprising is that he performed the concerts in Russian! When asked how he communicated so well with the Russians, he stated that many of the Russian words where similar to some variants of African tribal languages. This makes sense, since the Russian alphabet was designed by Alexander Pushkin, a person of African descent!
This shows how closely we are related to one another. Who would have ever guessed that the great people of Russia and the great people of Africa were connected! This is why love, peace and unity are so important.
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