Legend has it that there was a man with huge popularity and cult following in a distant village
\ncommunity of old. He once thought to himself that he needed to ascertain the truth or falsity of
\nthe genuineness of his followership. A Sage warned him not to believe what he was seeing until
\nhe could see what he could not believe. And so, the sage then advised him to just make an
\nannouncement about a terminal illness he had been diagnosed with, and that it would require a
\nsmall amount of money in order for him to get over the debilitating ailment. He went all over the
\ncommunity, talking to his family members, friends, colleagues and all those admirers. He
\nappealed to them for support, but while everyone sympathized with him, not a single one was
\nwilling to come to his aid by donating the money needed to get him cured. He was disappointed
\nbut within him he still understood that people probably genuinely loved him, it was just that they
\ndid not have the material things to support him at this time. He returned to the Sage, who
\nprovided him another strategy to further measure the loyalty of those people that surrounded
\nhim. He instructed him to arrange with his doctor and announce to the same group of people that
\nhe had finally succumbed to the weight of the illness and eventually died, and that the funeral
\nhad been arranged at a stipulated place and on a particular date.<\/p>\n
On hearing this, the same group of people who had nothing to give to get this friend and relative cured came around to donate large sums of monies, and expensive materials \u2013 cattle, food, drinks, and other merchandise to celebrate his death. They purchased expensive clothing materials and called upon the best musicians far and wide to come and grace the occasion. They were dolling out bales of money to celebrate the dead man. It was during the people\u2019s festive moods at the fake funeral that the man entered the room with his hands full of whisks and bludgeons to pummel the hypocrites out of his sight and out of his life.<\/p>\n
This unique Festschrift honors the living legend Professor Adebisi Afolayan, unlike most that pay
\ntribute to the deceased. His \u201cvillage community\u201d genuinely reveres their popular man in both
\nwords and actions. This three-part book opens with writings by intellectuals on his interests, then
\nshowcases his prolific, versatile contributions spanning English language to musicology. This
\nreveals his relentless pursuit of impactful scholarship. Also, colleagues, family, friends and
\nstudents provide unfettered praise of this multifaceted nonagenarian – a religious family man,
\ncomedian, musician, accessible intellectual juggernaut. Overall, the book captures how \u201cthe
\nrubber hits the road\u201d in celebrating not the typical deceased honoree but a living versatile icon
\nwho richly merits this rare tribute from his admiring community.<\/p>\n
In all, this Festschrift is about a man of talent and ability about whom we can say, in the words of
\nWilliam Shakespeare, \u201cdoth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus . . .,\u201d and as one of his
\nextended children, Dr. Precious Afolayan, describes him, \u201can ordinary man with an extraordinary
\npersonality. This Festschrift snugly fits the model of what Francis Bacon said:
\n\u201cSome books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested;
\nthat is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few
\nare to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.\u201d This one is to be tasted, swallowed, chewed, digested . . . read curiously, wholly, and with diligence and attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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