who will be the next "Barack Obama" of the world?

When President Elect Barack Obama takes to the stage on January 20, 2009 to be officially installed as the 44th American President he would be the first African American to assume the Oval Office.

This in essence represents the epitome of the vision of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his speech "I have a dream" when he told us of his dream of People being judged by the content of their character and not by the colour of their skin. Notwithstanding the intrinsic importance of this historical passage, Barack's ascendancy would have provoked a revolution, a youthful revolution of "catalysts for change."

He inspires and encourages, defiling the odds and proving the inevitable. In his mind it's not about political correctness but rather what's needed. At the pinnacle of this debacle that we face on the world stage, HOPE is the choice word uttered by many, yet assured by few.

But, whether it is David Miliband of Britain or Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica, we need to be the change we want to see. As Mr. Carl Duivenvoorden said "Maybe you can't change the whole world, but you can change your corner of it. And when you change your corner, you actually change the world."

I implore all humanity to do as President Kennedy asked: ask not what the world can do for you, but what you can do for the world and humanity.