tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48256402160793320882024-11-05T18:53:00.657-08:00Celebrate Kudirat AbiolaThis website is Kudirat's sacred site, dedicated to her memory and celebrating her life. It is a central location for all who love her and miss her to come together and pay homage to a gentle lovable spirit.Projekthopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379993832255755364noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825640216079332088.post-78304183804083705332011-05-14T18:17:00.000-07:002011-05-23T09:30:25.977-07:00<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: small;">Prof. Wole Soyinka</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">No bed of flowers bloomed for Kudirat<br />
She was not royal, white or glamorous</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Not one carnation marked the spot of death.</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Though undecreed, a ban on mourning spoke</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Louder than cold-eyed guns that spat</div></div>....for full text <a href="http://celebratekudiratabiola.blogspot.com/p/some-deaths-are-worlds-apart.html">click here</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Walter Carrington</span></td></tr>
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All of us who served in the diplomatic corps during the cruel years of the Abacha dictatorship, knew who the leader of the resistance was. As her husband languished in prison...for full text <a href="http://celebratekudiratabiola.blogspot.com/p/posthumous-recognition.html">click here</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Late (Cheif) Gani Fawenhinmi</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">I had never underestimated the lengths to which Abacha and his security operatives led by Hamza al-Mustapha would go. But this killing seemed beyond the pale even for them...for full text <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4825640216079332088&postID=7830418380408370533">click here</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Late (Chief) Bola Ige</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">I had never underestimated the lengths to which Abacha and his security operatives led by Hamza al-Mustapha would go. But this killing seemed beyond the pale even for them...for full text <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4825640216079332088&postID=7830418380408370533">click here</a></div><div><br />
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