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Daswa, born Tshimangadzo, took the wholesale rayban sunglasses name Benedict when he became a Catholic. A village catechist who inspired him to convert from traditional beliefs was named Benedict. St. Benedict the African, who lived in the 16th century, was the son of slaves brought from Africa to Sicily. Pope Benedict XVI last year called on African Christians to identify African saints to inspire them. But Rodrigues said the Daswa campaign evolved not because of orders from above, but because his predecessor, Bishop Hugh Slattery, had heard how Catholics in Nweli revered Daswa. Daswa founded a soccer team for Nweli. He started a vegetable garden where youngsters could grow food for their families and sell produce to pay for oakley sunglasses mens 2012 on sale 640 school fees and uniforms – this at a time when the apartheid government did little to help the nonwhite needy. He was seen as a man who lived by his principles and his religion. "This school is my home," said Alicia Nembambula, who taught there when Daswa was its principal. "Wherever we look, we have his memory. If he is looking at us, he can see his fruits." But he also made enemies with his opposition to superstitious practices and his defense of people accused of witchcraft. He had already had to cut his ties with the soccer team he founded, because he wouldn't let the cheap oakley sunglasses clearance players carry lucky charms.