In as much as I never met you in person, I've heard and seen how the universe inspires you to be useful to the mankind through your...

(read by Akin Omotoso at the Memorial on 8th August 2023) Born on 21 April 1943 Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso (Kole for short) in Akure,...

(read by Yewande Omotoso at the Memorial on 8th August 2023) I was thinking of a part of my new work where I was writing about my father....

(read by Pelayo Omotoso at the Memorial on 8th Aug 2023) My dad used to say "Time flies. You can't, they fly too fast" Inside that play...

(read by Kai Mills-Tettey at the cremation on 4th August 2023) O Thou Provider, O Thou Forgiver! A noble soul hath ascended unto the...

Sincere condolences from Paula, Kemi, Kola and Kunle Owolabi (Toronto) Kole will rise again in the faces of Akin, Pelayo and Yewande......

(read by Mlingane Poswayo at the cremation on 4th August 2023) To consider that after the death of the body the spirit perishes, is like...

(read by Yewande Omotoso at the cremation on 4th August 2023) https://lithub.com/edwidge-danticat-a-prayer-before-dying/ Dear Lord,...

by Ladipo Adamolekun (read at the Memorial on 8th August 2023) Kole occupe mon espirit tout le temps et je parle de lui comme s’il est...

by Wole Soyinka (read at the Memorial on 8th August 2023) A DAWN THAT SET. Our friend and colleague was not content to be one more...

by Cortez Rice (read at the Memorial on 8th August 2023) Greetings to all. I am sorry that I cannot be there to help celebrate the life...

by Kwesi Prah Kole Omotoso was a colleague at the University of the Western Cape in the early 1990s, when the apartheid system was...

By Tunde Alabi-Hundeyin.(DUDU) I became a protégée of Prof Omotosho in 1973 , when I was admitted to UI and was taking elective courses...

By Wale Okediran More than 40 years have passed since I met Professor Bankole Omotoso, distinguished short story writer, novelist,...