Opinion: The Last Disrespect, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
At death, the verdict of Nigerians and history will be harsh on most Nigerian leaders. They will be described as reckless, wasteful and purposeless, without any redeeming quality… We have the right to pay our last disrespect to anyone who did not respect us while alive.. The oft repeated and socially encouraged dictum that, ‘do not speak ill of the dead’ often feels emasculating. The required politeness feels grating and stifling, especially when the dead lived longer than s/he deserved to.
We cannot protect ourselves from history by ignoring it but by embracing it. How do we understand our lives and show consideration for the living if we sidestep the truth? What society are we building if in the name of not speaking ill of the dead, we pretend a lawmaker was all spice and candy, instead of the drug baron he was?
We cannot protect ourselves from history by ignoring it but by embracing it.
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