Category: Obituary

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In-Memoriam: Professor Fassil Nebebe
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By Paulos Milkias| borkena

An unsung hero, a great Ethiopian, Professor Fassil Nebebe, suddenly passed away in Montreal, Canada on August 23, 2022. As citizens of Ethiopia by far control,  Dr. Fassil and I started to teach at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada at the same time, in 1986: he in Statistics and I in Political Science. Because of his gregarious nature, it did not take me time to befriend him. He immediately became a trusted comrade, a brother in spirit, and a trustworthy advisor when I needed him. 

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Tony Eghan remembered as educator, athlete and proud Ghanaian-Nova Scotian
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Members of Nova Scotia’s Ghanaian community are celebrating the life of a leader.

Tony Eghan was born in Ghana and lived much of his life in Nova Scotia. He died in March. Long before Eghan moved to Nova Scotia, he’d made a mark in Africa. In 1978, he coached Ghana’s Black Stars to win the Africa Cup of Nations.

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Egyptian LGBT activist dies in Canada
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An Egyptian LGBT activist was found dead in her home in Canada where she had been living in exile since 2018.

Sara Hegazy, 30, took her life after leaving behind a note asking her family and friends to forgive her.

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Jonathan Adewumi, Who Made Everyone Feel at Home, Dies at 57
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Proud of his Nigerian heritage, he brought Africa to New York and, at his Brooklyn restaurant, united a community.

By Kim Severson | The New York Times

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Niara Sudarkasa, renowned anthropologist and Yoruba scholar takes a bow
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Professor Niara Sudarkasa, first female president of Lincoln University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and one of the foremost scholars of Yoruba culture and language has died at the age of 80 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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How Nipsey Hussle connected to his Eritrean roots  
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By Aanu Adeoye, CNN

Eritrean-American Rapper Nipsey Hussle’s death in a shooting near his clothing store was greeted with shock and disbelief by celebrities and fans alike.

The 33-year-old musician, real name Ermias Davidson Asghedom, was shot dead in an attack on Sunday that also left two others injured.

The city of Los Angeles where he grew up and dedicated his life to helping kids break out of the cycle of gang violence mourned his passing.

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Okwui Enwezor, Curator Who Remapped Art World, Dies at 55
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By Jason Farago

Okwui Enwezor, an influential Nigerian curator whose large-scale exhibitions displaced European and American art from its central position as he forged a new approach to art for a global age, died on Friday in Munich. He was 55.

The cause was cancer, said his partner, Louise Neri.

In ambitious, erudite, carefully argued exhibitions staged in Europe, Africa, Asia and the United States, Mr. Enwezor (pronounced en-WEH-zore) presented contemporary art against a backdrop of world history and cultural exchange.

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