[TRIBUTE BY OJI ONOKO] Peace Anyiam-Osigwe: So long, my publisher | TheCable
The tears welled up. And then dropped. I did not bother to dab or wipe off. The same way it happened when I lost my junior brother, Gideon, three years ago. I had just confirmed her passing. “She was rushed to St. Nicholas hospital, slipped into a coma and unfortunately could not make it.” Was he talking about the ebullient, boisterous and resilient Peace Maria Ogechi Anyiam-Osigwe who I call my publisher? It was so surreal, so unnerving. Is that how it ends? I ask no one in particular.
For the next two hours, she regaled me with the life story of Chief Emmanuel Onyechere Osigwe Anyiam Osigwe, a doting father to an only daughter, caring to his seven sons and wife, respectful to women who he called, “salt of the earth”, business magnate, philanthropist, politician where he had his fingers burnt and community leader. As she spoke, the man loomed large before me even though I never met him.
Yet, when the typescript of my encounter with leading Nigerian artists ranging from Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Ben Enwonwu, James Iroha , Steve Rhodes, Ambassador Segun Olusola, Sam Loco, Femi Osofisan, RMD, etc. titled, ‘Glimpses of Our Stars’ was ready for publishing, I did not reach out to her. In retrospect, I guess, I felt she had so much on her plate to be burdened with the project.
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