Voices on Obama: Felix

How do you feel about, now that you know the outcome of the U.S. election and what it means to you as a Zimbabwean, as a world citizen?

As a world citizen, okay, I would say, like, I mean.. it shows that life man, if you believe, you know, things can change especially if people come together.

Like you see the case of America, it's not about.. like, it wasnt the race issue. It's about people, come together as a nation and they believed in Obama and you know they want something for a change which is what has been happening.

What do you think that change is?

That change, like, basically you know people always thought that, like, you know America, it was mainly, eh, how can I say?, you know, the time of Martin Luther King, they came from a time where once Blacks were oppressed. Martin Luther had a dream that one day that dream would come true..so like in a way, this is the way I would say that dream of Martin Luther has become a reality.

I've been following Obama's profile. To me, it seems to me, it sounds like he has a very good education background...like in the senate most of those guys they used to oppose him. Like he's a republican is it?

Obama?

Obama, he's Republican?

Democrat.

Democrat, yeah, like but in his case he actually brought those two parties, Republican and Democrat together in the senate.

So like for him as a statesman, I think he'll do much better, its not about the political indifference with them but its about bringing all the people together, which if you want something to work you have to bring people together.

Felix is originally from Zimbabwe, working in South Africa. He bartends at Zula Bar on Long Street, Cape Town.