SIR Toyin:
On my birthday, yesterday, I was reflectively pondering over the contention that some of us (aged 70 and above) are coronavirus-
vulnerable. Then, suddenly, I started getting tons of "happy birthday" messages by text, telephone, e-mail, etc! I did not know that
usa-africa-dialogue did it, indeed with your posting that I never anticipated. Beyond measure, I'm grateful to you as well as the many
Brothers/Sisters, colleagues, friends and family members, who followed your post and variously contacted me!
Brother Femi (of Amherst) sorry that I missed your kind phone call. Just like Brother 'Tony Akinola of Oxford, we all go way back during
our "old" Oxford years, when we were doing our individual stuff on that British campus; this makes me remember, with emotion, Comrade
Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, the Rhodes Scholar and our scholar par excellence! He should have been here to help me celebrate "7+4"!Thank you
very much, SIR Toyin, and all.
A.B. Assensoh.
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From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Anthony Akinola <anthony.a.akinola@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 7:57 AM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Subject: [External] Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Birthday: A. B. Assensoh
Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 7:57 AM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Subject: [External] Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Birthday: A. B. Assensoh
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May I join all men and women of good will in wishing Professor AB Assensoh a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
I have known him for decades, and I can proudly say he is one of the best species of human beings the
world will ever know. On behalf of my family, I wish him more productive post- coronavirus years to come.
Anthony Akinola.
Oxford, UK
On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 12:24 PM Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:
--Professor Assensoh is 74 today. He continues to live a great life. After his retirement from Indiana, he completed his law degree at the University of Oregon—he started it in the UK decades before but had to abandon it for circumstances beyond his control. And he continues to publish, working hard on his current project on Nkrumah, as if he is still preparing for his GCE A Level London.
With men and spirit like this, we can continue to say not just aluta continua but Forward Ever, Backward Never.
Onward, to 75, when all survivors of the raging Coronavirus will gather to honor both the dead and living. I am in charge of your 80th birthday!!!
TF
Toyin Falola
Department of History
The University of Texas at Austin
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