Isola

[Toyin Falola]

"Iṣọla was a deep-seated practitioner of the language, and he was never apologetic about narrowing his audience to just Yoruba people. By staying within the particular, he made Yoruba universal... He relentlessly campaigned for the Yoruba language to play a more visible role in our social life so that the culture, the history, and the beauty they harbour would not disappear."

https://opinion.premiumtimesng.com/2018/03/03/professor-akinwumi-i%e1%b9%a3ola-farewell-curator-of-yoruba-beauty-by-toyin-falola/



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[Assensoh, Akwasi B.]

SIR Toyin:

Thank you very much for the powerful and tear-gathering Tribute to Professor Akinwumi Isola! Hopefully, when I meet my own day either to join our Ancestors or to become
a Living Legend, please reward me with your powerful words to show, as you wrote, that the pen can be mightier than the sword! As Baba Ijebu often requested of some of us
close to him: "When I'm gone, please dress me up with your mighty pen for me to look as if I never sinned on earth!"

I am sure that the immediate and extended members of Professor Isola's family will appreciate your moving tribute, which has extensively been shared with all and sundry. As
many of us looked at his picture and also perused the wonderful tribute in "Premium Times", tears flowed on both virgin and wretched cheeks. Thank you, Sir Toyin, as some of us
will wait for our own moving tributes, hence we as well pray that you outlive us, maybe by a couple of years only, to do so! Amen!!

A.B. Assensoh.
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Sent: Saturday, March 3, 2018 8:25 PM
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Isola

"Iṣọla was a deep-seated practitioner of the language, and he was never apologetic about narrowing his audience to just Yoruba people. By staying within the particular, he made Yoruba universal... He relentlessly campaigned for the Yoruba language to play a more visible role in our social life so that the culture, the history, and the beauty they harbour would not disappear."

https://opinion.premiumtimesng.com/2018/03/03/professor-akinwumi-i%e1%b9%a3ola-farewell-curator-of-yoruba-beauty-by-toyin-falola/

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