He set forth at dawn
That age marked the rage of the young. They fulminated against injustice. The thirst of democracy, or at least cooperative government, was hitting its stride. Paris stunned the haughty Charles De Gaulle and echoed the French Revolution, if not as savage. They didn’t need an English Poet like William Wordsworth to praise the protests as he did the event in 1789: “Bliss it was that dawn to be alive.
But even today, he is not the dynamo at 25, but he will not yield to the Chinese proverb that says, “When I was young I did not have the wisdom; when I was old I did not have the strength.” , apologies to Wole Soyinka. In his interview with me on TVC, he attributes it, the way all the modest do, to the grace of God. But it was that and more.
Adelusi-Adeluyi belongs to the Nigerian offering of the renaissance man. He is a writer, a humanist, an administrator, an entrepreneur, a teacher, a lawyer, journalist, philanthropist, democrat, student activist. He was a singer at church and teacher of the gospel, and was called oga dancer for his dancing prowess. But like all renaissance men and women, Adelusi-Adeluyi compressed his doings into one ensign: pharmacy. Just as Leonardo did his for painting.
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