DEYDA HYDARA A NOBLE AFRICAN JOURNALIST
- John Samuel
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WHO KILLED DEYDA HYDARA
PAYING TRIBUTE TO DEYDA HYDARA
Gleaning the Signatures of Destiny, Sacrifice, and Truth
On the Month of December we celebrate the death (Killing) of Deyda Hydara, Africa remembers one of its bravest sons—a writer, journalist, and moral witness whose life and death became inseparable from the struggle for truth and press freedom. Born on 9 June 1946, Hydara lived not for comfort or power, but for conscience. His assassination on the night of 16 December 2004 was not merely the silencing of a man; it was an assault on truth itself.
Hydara was born under a horoscope marked by service, communication, and sacrifice. With Pisces rising, his soul was attuned to collective suffering. Pisces Ascendant individuals often feel the pain of society as their own and are compelled to respond, even at great personal cost. In an authoritarian climate where fear dominated public life, Hydara’s compassion translated into courage. Where insecurity in leadership manifested as repression, his sensitivity manifested as truth-telling.
A strong Gemini emphasis in his chart unmistakably marked journalism as destiny. Gemini governs writers, messengers, and defenders of dialogue. Hydara’s words were not weapons of hatred, but instruments of awakening. His now-famous address, “Good morning Mr. President,” was both respectful and fearless—a Gemini hallmark. Yet in regimes sustained by silence, honest communication becomes revolutionary. Astrology shows that such charts often place their natives in direct confrontation with power.
One of the most defining features of Hydara’s horoscope was a Grand Trine involving Venus–Saturn, Chiron, and Lilith. Venus–Saturn endowed him with dignity, discipline, and moral authority. Chiron, the wounded healer, revealed a man who transformed collective pain into social responsibility. Lilith, however—especially in Scorpio in the 12th house—signified uncompromising truth, hidden enemies, and karmic sacrifice. The 12th house has long been associated with persecution and martyrdom. Hydara did not seek danger, but danger sought him because he refused to bury truth.
His Neptune in the 10th house reflected public idealism and a vision of justice that clashed sharply with state power. Neptune dissolves false authority and exposes illusion. In tense aspect to Mercury and Chiron, it symbolized a life-long struggle between truth and propaganda, conscience and coercion.
The transits on the day of his assassination were tragically precise. Mars in Scorpio activated his natal Lilith, pointing to secret, deliberate violence. Saturn completing its second return in the 8th house marked the completion of a karmic mission. Astrology does not glorify death—but it recognizes when a life has fulfilled its purpose.
Who killed Deyda Hydara?Astrology answers symbolically: fear killed him—fear of truth, fear of exposure, fear of conscience. Yet he was not defeated. His death became a mirror held up to tyranny and a seed planted in collective memory.
Gambia salutes you. Africa salutes you.Your words did not die, they became eternal witnesses.
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