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‘I am not a SICKLE CELL WARRIOR – I am a SICKLER!’ – (Wale Fanu passes away at 72)

A star has fallen in Nigeria as the sun sets on ace Nollywood film-maker, Adewale Fanu, seven weeks after his 72nd birthday. He always remarked that  both his parents passed away just after their 70th birthdays. Wale Fanu’s passing underlines a irony of a fact of life: that no branch – no leaf, no matter…

Nigerian SCD Warrior/Advocate Passes Away

Her last post was on June 3rd 2022, when health-conscious sexagenarian Ms Adebola Ayoola Odutola-Benjamin sought to encourage members of her support group to put SCD underfoot by eating principally from nature. Two days later, a pious Christian, she ‘joined the Saints Triumphant’. Born November 18 1958, Ms Benjamin was widely travelled. As Admin Secretary…