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| Kofi Annan |
NO HONEST HUMAN
BEING WOULD GAIN SAY THE UNRIVALED AND UNEQUALED LEGACY BEQUEATHED BY THIS
PEACE AND JUSTICE COLOSSUS WHO HAS PASSED AWAY LIKE A CANDLE IN THE WIND.
I
WISHED HIM MORE YEARS. THE ENTIRE WORLD MOURNS KOFI ANNAN NOT FOR THE WEALTH HE
AMASSED FOR HIMSELF BUT FOR THE LOVE AND CARE HE EMBRACED FOR HUMANITY.
EMBLEMATIC INDEED.
I SINCERELY ADMIRED THE TEMERITY AND HONEST MANNER IN WHICH
HE BROKERED PEACE IN THE POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE BAKASSI CONFLICT PITTING
CAMEROON AND NIGERIA. IT TAKES LOVE, JUSTICE, WISDOM AND SAVVY TO SETTLE SUCH A
COMPLEX AND VERY HIGH PROFILE CRISIS. THIS FOR ME WAS A LOCUS CLASSICUS TO BE
EMULATED BY OTHER NATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SHREDDED BY SENSELESS WARS.
I HAD EVEN
PRAYED THAT HE COULD SHOW CONCERN FOR THE ANGLOPHONE CRISIS AND APPLY THE SAME
WISDOM AND OBJECTIVITY HE DID IN THE BAKASSI PALAVAR BUT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN.
MAN PROPOSES BUT GOD DISPOSES. THE FIRST AFRICAN TO OCCUPY SUCH A HIGHLY
COVERTED OFFICE LEAVING BEHIND AN UNMATCHED TRACK RECORD. THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
CROWNED HIS COGENT ATTACHMENT TO PEACE AND RECONCILIATION.
THIS BREED OF HUMAN
BEINGS IS IN VERY SHORT SUPPLY. OH I WISH MORE OF KOFI ANNAN COULD BE FOUND IN
AFRICA AND THE WORLD FOR GOD'S PEOPLE TO LIVE IN PEACE. PEACE IS WHAT THE WORLD
BADLY NEEDS NOW. FOR PEACE TO EXIST THERE MUST BE GENUINE LOVE, JUSTICE,
EQUITY, RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW, TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, EQUALITY,
HONESTY, TRUTH, RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES, PATRIOTISM, TOLERANCE,
FORGIVENESS AND ABOVE ALL THE FEAR OF THE LORD WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF
WISDOM.
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| Ntumfor Nico Halle |
AS A PEACE CRUSADER IN MY SMALL CORNER I AM MOVED BY WHAT KOFI ANNAN
GAVE TO HUMANITY TO COUCH THIS SHORT HOMAGE FOR AN ICON I QUIETLY ADMIRED. MAY
HIS GENTLE SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE FOR HE LIVED AN ACCOMPLISHED AND
FULFILLED LIFE HERE ON EARTH. MAY THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB TAKE HIS
GENTLE SOUL.
A DIEU SIR.
BY NTUMFOR NICO HALLE
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