MAY HER SOUL REST IN PEACE. Wonderful sister with great words of wisdom shared over this platform. Never did we meet but nurture some of us she did. I believe her when she says she is now in communion and conversations with the Great ones. Please pass our regards to those who recently left particularly Tata Mandela. You will continue to inspire us in our work and leisure.
AK Segobye
On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 5:37 AM, Ikhide <xokigbo@yahoo.com> wrote:
--"Many never met her. They knew her by words, encouraging, discouraging, elevating, sweet, hurtful, sincere, "hit and run". We first knew her, and then later we met her. Her words are melted into a big mirror, now hanging on a wall as a text written on an Islamic tablet, fading but legible, script of time, only decodable with patience. We must unmask, we must reveal ourselves for that wall wants to show itself, with the text before us touching our hearts.
La Vonda's words turned into images, visible symbols, sometimes still, looking at us, gazing, shaking her head as in the always moving neck of Bolaji Aluko that comes with each declaration, minor and major. The images acquire multiple eyes, fixed. We stand still, unable to move forward, and our bodies become the lodging rooms of pain and agony. Our hearts bleed. La Vonda then begins to laugh at us, mockingly. Why?
Her history remains. You and I have a problem: we do not know where we are headed. La Vonda has a home, we have hearts. In that home lies joy and happiness, and in your hearts lodge pain. La Vonda's home tells stories, about you and I. We are welcome to listen, in our rainbow coalition."- Professor Toyin Falola- IkhideStalk my blog at www.xokigbo.comFollow me on Twitter: @ikhideJoin me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ikhide
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