Happy birthday AB,
Abdul
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SIR Toyin:
--In the words of Baba Ijebu, "You don create wahala for me!" I just saw the kind words of Brothers Michael O. Afoláyan (MOA) and Agbo (whose last name is also found in Ghana).The wahala is for me to forget to acknowledge or thank the so many kind words, some of which appeared in the postings. Hopefully, all the kind words will translate into many, manymore years for me to survive corona in order to "challenge" my mother in age, as she turned 98 in January of 2020! I need 24 more years, Amen!!
Many thanks brothers and any others out there. In Akan, back in Ghana, we say: "Medaase beberee"; in Yoruba: "E se pupo".A.B. Assensoh.
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Subject: [External] Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Birthday: A. B. Assensoh
Dear Professor Assensoh,
A very Happy Birthday to you. "As thy days, so shall thy strength be".
Chukwuemeka
Chukwuemeka Agbo, M.A.
Doctoral Candidate in African History
Department of HistoryThe University of Texas at Austin128 Inner Campus DriveB7000 Austin, Tx, 78712-0220
USA
--On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 6:07 PM 'Michael Afolayan' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
--Cheers to Professor Assensoh. Anyone who has read A Matter of Sharing, the memo of this unrepentant pan-Africanist enthusiast, would appreciate "the grace that has brought him safe thus far", to borrow the words of the legendary hymn writer, John Newton. Brother AB would be an edifice without a foundation if we forget to mention Baba Ijebu, to whom he has become a lifelong protégé in wisdom and sound judgment. He would be a mansion without a roof if we forget to pay homage to Dr. Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh, his wife. To Dr. Assensoh and all the proverbial linens that have clothed him into this warping 74-year maturity, then, I say Happy Birthday! In the prayer of the Yoruba people, May 200 years be to you like the passage of a single year!
Michael O. Afoláyan(Behind the veil and spell of the frozen tundra of the Upper Midwest)
On Wednesday, April 1, 2020, 5:24:30 AM MDT, 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
104 Inner Campus Drive
Austin, TX 78712-0220
USA
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