Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Obituary: Abiola Irele

A sad day for us all! When you are woken by some sad news, you almost know not what to say. What I meant in the last posting was . . .

On Monday, July 3, 2017 7:28 AM, Michael Afolayan <mafolayan@yahoo.com> wrote:

Goodness! Another great tree suddenly taken out of the dwindling forest of African literary and intellectual circles!  One of the greatest and true multilingual literary icons of our time. This is no doubt a big vacuum so difficult to fill. Professor Irele will forever be missed. May all those the great thinker has left behind be comforted!

Michael O. Afolayan

On Monday, July 3, 2017 6:31 AM, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

Professor Abiola Irele has joined the ancestors.

Sent from my iPhone

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