Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Birthday: A. B. Assensoh

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 80^th birthday!!!

TF

 

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