OMG!
I am so sorry to hear this terrible news! Wow, so the gentle economic historian form Ila Orangun is gone! Professor Lawal was a good friend of my family. We hosted him a few times in Wisconsin and he and his wife hosted me while I came to Nigeria on the flag of UNICEF, using the UNILAG library barely two years ago, and that would be the last time we saw each other. O boy!
May the good Lord grant the family the fortitude to bear the loss, and may all of us who are his friends be comforted!
Michael O. Afoláyan
On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 7:57:29 PM CDT, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:
It is with deep sadness and sorrow that I announce the death of Professor Adebayo Lawal. He died yesterday, Monday. He had a very long career in the Dept. of History, the University of Lagos. He made his mark on the analysis of colonial Nigeria, training many generations of students who distinguished themselves in various walks of life.
You and I cannot escape death:
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
More on the funeral arrangement in due course.
TF
Toyin Falola
Department of History
The University of Texas at Austin
104 Inner Campus Drive
Austin, TX 78712-0220
USA
512 475 7224
512 475 7222 (fax)
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