DEATH AND THE SCHOLAR: Reminiscences on Kunle Lawal 1959 - 2013 By Professor Siyan Oyeweso, FHSN Introduction Kunle Lawal, distinguished Professor of History, former Dean, Faculty of Arts and former Honourable Commissioner for Education, Lagos State, would have been 57 today, May 9, 2016 but Angel Asarail, the messenger of death, snatched him away before his allotted time. The Holy Quran and Hadith contain several verses which indicate that the life span of a man is between the age of 63 and 70. Kunle Lawal changed mortality for immortality at the age of 54. Friends, Great LASUITES, Historians, Lagosians and Nigerian countrymen, lend me your ears. At exactly 2:00pm on December 25, 2013, Kunle Lawal was swallowed by the mother earth. However, his academic vision and mission, his good deeds and his influence on a generation of scholars remain with us to ponder upon and be inspired by. Professor Kunle Lawal earned for himself, national and international acclaim as a first class scholar...
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