Tall, Suave and confident. These were my first thoughts whenever I saw the Late Komla Dumor read the news on the BBC. For me, in many ways, he gave hope to Africans that achieving giant strides in the media especially in foreign news stations was actually possible.
I once met a woman who believe that only the BBC spoke the English language properly. While that may be a subject of a debate some other time, Komla represented for me a brand of young Africans not just for his native country Ghana but for all of Africa a man climbing to the top of their journalistic career internationally.
I have felt a greater sense of kinship to him especially when I found out he once studied in University of Jos in the northern part of Nigeria and his sudden demise, while it reminds us of the brevity of the human existence, his impact to inspire the millions in Africa who follow him tells us as always that no matter how short, we must strive to leave our mark positively in our world.
With tributes from Presidents and world renown industrialist from the Mandela family to President Kuffor and ever Africa's wealthiest man Aliko Dangote, this loving husband and father of three adorable children and his passing will surely be missed.
So my question is where are the next set of African's to break the glass ceiling and to excel internationally?
May his gentle soul rest in peace.Amen
I once met a woman who believe that only the BBC spoke the English language properly. While that may be a subject of a debate some other time, Komla represented for me a brand of young Africans not just for his native country Ghana but for all of Africa a man climbing to the top of their journalistic career internationally.
I have felt a greater sense of kinship to him especially when I found out he once studied in University of Jos in the northern part of Nigeria and his sudden demise, while it reminds us of the brevity of the human existence, his impact to inspire the millions in Africa who follow him tells us as always that no matter how short, we must strive to leave our mark positively in our world.
With tributes from Presidents and world renown industrialist from the Mandela family to President Kuffor and ever Africa's wealthiest man Aliko Dangote, this loving husband and father of three adorable children and his passing will surely be missed.
So my question is where are the next set of African's to break the glass ceiling and to excel internationally?
May his gentle soul rest in peace.Amen
