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GOAT OF OUR TIME

 All the hero moments that I have experienced and imagined I would experience were in superhero movies among  them the amazing Spiderman and Avengers.2020 proved me and a lot of people wrong.I saw a real superhero on a real quest to save a life.

Not in a million times would I have thought that I would see a statue dressed in real clothes breathing making demands for something important *Life*.I believe that we were all taken aback when Patience Namadingo decided to go and stand at the projected place where the Mahatma Ghandi statue will be built.  

Namadingo has already been mesmerizing us with his music and has our undivided attention since he rebranded, surprised us with the mash Ups and the  Cover challenges that saw even our Zambian counterparts jump in.But this quest is sheer genius. After his effort to seek permission from Blantyre city council to raise funds for a fellow ailing musician William Kachigamba proved futile Namadingo did the unimaginable. The saying desperate measures call for desperate times came to life as he decided to camp as a living statue refusing to eat nor leave until the BCC gave him permission to fundraise.

In distraught he posted his concerns on his Facebook page. Hemade the move to beam live what he was doing while asking people to make donations that would be used by Kachigamba to receive medical attention in Zambia. The support that poured in shows just how much influence Namadingo has. How much the faith can move mountains vere can materialize. What a powerful sermon he preached through this deed, so powerful president Chakwera was moved.

If  it was not for President Chakwera,Namadingo was determined to stay on till midnight. Such determination and grit., such power and influence to use your talent and position to help the less privileged is amazing. Commendable would be an understatement. If you should know, Namadingo has not only moved President Chakwera, he has also moved the minister of tourism Dr.Micheal Usi to donate 16 million kwacha to the Malawian artists welfare fund (MAWF).

Imagine such influence through social media alone. Namadingois sheer genius we might have misused the word GOAT before but Namadingo deserves to be crowned GOAT of our time!!!

 

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