In memory of an educator H.E. Dr Richard B. Turkson

"The golden evening brightens in the west; Soon, soon to faithful warriors cometh rest; Sweet is the calm of paradise the blest;; Alleluia." [From Mfantsipim Hymn: "For all the saints who from their labour`s rest"] Before beginning the trek in mammy trucks from Kumasi to Mfantsipim, Cape Coast - in the early 1960s - we converged in the vicinity of the railway station at the bottom end of Bompata, near the Adum bridge. For each new academic year, that was how many new students met and greeted the senior boys. Here was where, I believe, I first saw Senior Turkson. My first impression of him revealed a youngster whose confident gait reflected a purpose, one not about to allow himself to ... read more »