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| Kwansema Dumor |
“Eighteen years ago, I met a remarkable young man who was
intelligent, knowledgeable, confident, eloquent and charming. His name
was Komla Dumor. He became the love of my life and one of the best gifts
God gave me.”
Those were the words of Kwansema Dumor, widow of the deceased BBC broadcaster,
Komla Dumor, recounting how she met her late husband as she delivered
her tribute at the burial service held at the forecourt of the State
House in Accra last Saturday.
Speaking publicly for the first time since the death of Komla in
London, Kwansema said, “Saturday January 18, 2014 started like a normal
Saturday for us; a day the children and I could check the world out and
have Komla to ourselves; a day when he was simply ‘Daddy’ and my
husband. But now that day marked the beginning of a painful and aching
void that we still cannot come to terms with.
“How can Komla be gone? How can he be forever silent? How can he come
over walking through the door of our home in the evenings, when the
kids and I would trip over ourselves to be the first to hug him?
“And yet that morning, when I woke up my prayer was this: ‘I will
trust in the Lord with all my heart and lean not on my own understanding
in all my ways, I will acknowledge Him and He will direct my path. Lord
I commit my husband and my children into your hands this day.
“It will never be the same without you. I will carry with me forever
the many precious lovely memories of our journey together. My only
consolation now is that you are with the Lord”, Kwansema sadly noted in
the tribute that drew tears from mourners’ eyes.
Tracing their love life to their days at the University of Ghana,
Legon, Kwansema said she was blown away by the knowledge and eloquence
of the late BBC broadcaster when they first met as students during a group discussion some 18 years ago.
“The first time I interacted with him was at a Sociology group
discussion and Komla absolutely blew me away with his knowledge and
eloquence. I sat and listened to him in awe. In the end, I felt so
intimidated that I decided not to participate in any study he was
involved in.
“And yet over time, Komla drew me in and gradually won me over. He
wooed me with his baritone, velvet voice; he mesmerized me with his cool
gait and air of supreme confidence; he continually made me shake with
laughter with his great sense of humour and wit.
“But above all, Komla won me over with his intellect and his dream to
pursue an extraordinary life. With his words, he painted for me a
vision of the future that sounded so glorious, so exciting and
fulfilling that I yielded and eventually vowed to him, ‘till death do us
apart’,” she recounted.
Kwansema said Komla was a good and loving husband and companion to
her and a wonderful father to their three children, namely, Elinam,
Elorm and Araba.
“In his unselfish way he encouraged and supported me to pursue
graduate studies at Harvard as he had done. As he was so much in the
limelight, I remained less visible in order to preserve some privacy and
normalcy for the family.
“Komla was such a great presence in our lives and my heart aches for
my loss and for my children, who have lost a fantastic and devoted
father,” she added.
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| Komla Dumor |
Hundreds of people gathered at the funeral grounds could not hold
back their tears when Kwansema told the gathering how difficult it was
for her to bear the pain that the untimely death of her late lovely
husband had brought.
“Thank you for all you did to make the world a better place for us.
We love you and miss you terribly”, the mother of three said at the end
of her tribute.
By Cephas Larbi
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Your article has a completely misplaced caption please. I think you should do the dead man and his aggrieved family some good by being 'straight' with subsequent publications (if any at all). How did she (the wife) reveal that Komla (her husband) died on the face of this write up?
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ReplyDeleteWhat type of unprofessional write up is this?
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