I write this as a 58th birthday memoir. More importantly, I write it as a tribute to my mum, Layoonu Hannah Arogundade, the Sapele babe who trained me and my siblings with love and discipline. And, I write it as a tribute to my maternal Uncle, the great Chief J. Ade Abu, the late high Chief Segbua of Iwoye-Ijesa. I still recall how excited he was to see me several years later in the late 1980s during a visit home. “That is my son, come and sit by my side. I like you. You fired them.
Lanre Arogundade, a former assistant editor/member of the Vanguard Editorial Board, is the executive dDirector of the International Press Centre , Lagos, Nigeria.
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