The sad news of a great loss has just reached me; Prof Dani Nabudere apparently departed yesterday, at age 79. I don't know further details yet...

We mourn a Big Father of Knowledge and a Keeper of Traditions; a lawyer, a philosopher, a hard worker – having established several institutions of learning and many on-the-ground interventions for Afrikan empowerment.

His undying commitment to practical Pan-Afrikanism on grassroot level leaves us all with an enormous challenge in continuing his legacy and insist that all his sacrifices and achievements must never be in vain.

We respectfully pour libations as we call on ancient spirits to keep his soul resting in peace – and, although unwillingly, we open up our minds and hearts to follow his leadership as an ever-present Ancestor to guide our work and mission.

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