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Memorials
120 lives remembered from around the world.
Aisosa Iyobosa Idemudia
“Aunty Sosa”
1958 – 2024
Abuja barrister and former NNPC counsel who took on cases nobody else would
Abuja, Nigeria
Siti Rahmawati Chaniago
“Ibu Prof”
1941 – 2024
Universitas Indonesia professor who rescued hundreds of fading Minang proverbs
Jakarta, Indonesia
Wendell Arthur Hagen
1940 – 2024
Winneshiek County farmer, Army veteran and the neighbor whose coffee pot was always on
Decorah, United States
Rose Nakato Ssemakula
“Maama Rose”
1946 – 2024
Nakasero Market trader who kept a hundred vendors counting, saving and standing tall
Kampala, Uganda
Lourdes Pangilinan Santos
“Doc Lulu”
1944 – 2024
Pediatrician at the Philippine General Hospital who treated every child like her own
Manila, Philippines
Vasiliki Papadopoulos
“Yiayia Vicki”
1935 – 2023
Queen Vic Market olive-seller, Hellas supporter and Oakleigh's favourite yiayia
Melbourne, Australia
Alhassan Abdulai Suhuyini
“Gbalahi-Naa”
1944 – 2023
Headmaster and chief of Gbalahi who ate last and taught thousands of Tamale children
Tamale, Ghana
Meihua Chen
“Meihua-jie”
1952 – 2023
Wenzhou shoe-factory founder who began with one sewing machine and employed 300 women
Wenzhou, China
Bertil Gunnar Karlsson
“Berra”
1944 – 2023
Lysekil trawler skipper, sea rescue volunteer and a man who forecast fog with his knee
Lysekil, Sweden
Joaquim Alberto Ferreira dos Santos
“Quinzinho”
1938 – 2023
Bancário do Banco do Brasil, tesoureiro da Unidos de Cavalcanti e torcedor do Flamengo
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Isaac Wekesa Wafula
“Mwalimu Wafula”
1950 – 2023
Principal who taught Kakamega's children to read, to argue and to arrive on time
Kakamega, Kenya
Shyamali Mitra
“Shyamali-di”
1938 – 2023
Beloved Bengali teacher at Bethune Collegiate School and quiet poet of the monsoon
Kolkata, India
Beatriz Inés Rovira
“Beti”
1943 – 2023
UBA professor of Argentine literature, devoted River fan and the tango teacher's wife
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Grace Wambui Njoroge
“Matron Grace”
1946 – 2023
Matron at Kenyatta National Hospital who delivered thousands of Nairobi's babies
Nairobi, Kenya
Olufemi Babatunde Ajayi
“Prof. B.”
1938 – 2023
Plant pathologist, deacon and the professor who taught Ibadan to save its cassava
Ibadan, Nigeria
Odessa Pettway Thornton
“Dr. T”
1934 – 2023
Spelman College chemistry professor who sent two hundred women into medicine and science
Atlanta, United States
Mohammed Aslam Hussain
“Chacha Aslam”
1940 – 2022
Bus driver on the number 42, mosque treasurer and patriarch of a family of eighteen
Manchester, United Kingdom
Pauline Elaine Brathwaite
“Dr. P”
1959 – 2022
Sociologist at U of T Scarborough who learned her craft at her father's dances
Toronto, Canada
Sarojini Devi Govender
“Aunty Saro”
1935 – 2022
Durban teacher and Natal Indian Congress activist who hid freedom fighters in her kitchen
Durban, South Africa
Lucienne Marguerite Barbier
“Lucette”
1935 – 2022
Boulangère de la Croix-Rousse, reine des bugnes et grand-mère de tout un quartier
Lyon, France
Helena Cristina Moreira
“Dona Lena”
1946 – 2022
USP public-health professor who brought paediatric care to the edges of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Nicola Vito Lasorsa
“Nicolino”
1939 – 2022
Fiat Mirafiori assembly worker, union steward and Puglian son who made Turin home
Turin, Italy
António Manuel Ferreira
“Tonio”
1942 – 2021
Renault Flins worker, CGT delegate and Portuguese son of the Minho who made Mantes home
Mantes-la-Jolie, France
Emmanuel Kato Ssemakula
“Prof. Kato”
1941 – 2021
Makerere economics professor who taught three generations to ask one question: why?
Kampala, Uganda