Memorials

“Ebe”

1988 – 2025

First Bank relationship manager, Port Harcourt, and the daughter who kept the rhythm going

Port Harcourt, Nigeria

“Iya Alata”

1948 – 2022

Iyaloja of Mushin's pepper sellers who fed a neighbourhood and schooled sixty girls

Lagos, Nigeria

“Obi Guitar”

1942 – 2021

Highlife guitarist and bandleader who kept Enugu dancing for half a century

Enugu, Nigeria

“Malam Aminu”

1941 – 2025

Professor of Arabic, neighbourhood imam and teacher of Kano's gentlest Quran class

Kano, Nigeria

“Aunty Sosa”

1958 – 2024

Abuja barrister and former NNPC counsel who took on cases nobody else would

Abuja, Nigeria

“Prof. B.”

1938 – 2023

Plant pathologist, deacon and the professor who taught Ibadan to save its cassava

Ibadan, Nigeria

“Matron Tito”

1940 – 2019

Matron of UCH Ibadan who trained a generation of nurses and sang at every bedside

Ibadan, Nigeria