[1_Rain_Drop]

so it was a party after all!

".....while tens of thousands of people were celebrating in the stadium."

Wouldn't "mourning" be a more appropriate word?

[BarnacleCenturion]

“Wouldn’t mourning be a more appropriate word?”

He was a communist and a terrorist. Mourning is wrong, celebration is right.

[Moltke]

Wouldn't "mourning" be a more appropriate word?

"Somber" does not seem to be part of the African emotional makeup. It's either "happy" or "angry."