The Cubans’ defeat of the seemingly invincible Apartheid forces was so crushing that on 22 December, 1988, Apartheid South Africa signed a peace treaty committing to the independence of Namibia and South Africa.”8 January, 1959. Cuban youths, led by a 34-year-old bearded lawyer, Fidel Castro, drove in a convoy into Havana. For many, especially in highly spiritual Cuba, where traditional African faith intertwines with Christianity, it was a belief that Fidel was a chosen one. He told Fidel that the Apartheid regime had agreed that Namibia and South Africa would be freed and that Cuban troops should leave Africa. Owei Lakemfa, a former secretary general of African workers, is a human rights activist, journalist and author.