Late Biodun Jeyifo. By Jeff Godwin Doki ‘Sometimes only one person is missing and the whole world seems depopulated’. In these words, Alphonse De Lamartine (1790-1869), that French author, poet, statesman and critic, once captured the irreplaceability of great men when they take their exit on the stage of life. Lamartine’s statement has the terseness and cogency that we have come to associate with tragedy. But more than tragedy, the statement sets before us a truth about human life and the incalculable, almost immeasurable, achievements certain individuals could bequeath to…
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