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Is Martin Luther King a hero in Africa?

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Today marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech. His legacy and contribution to the civil rights movement is being celebrated across the United States. So how do Africans view King? Achille Mbembe, a philosopher, professor of history, and public intellectual in South Africa, discusses the question. 

"I have a dream" speech by Martin Luther King on 28 August 1963
"I have a dream" speech by Martin Luther King on 28 August 1963 Library of congress
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