[AFRI-Discuss] Exit of Baudouin Schombe

[Raymond Mamattah]

Thanks a lot Mawuena for the consoling poem.

Regards,

Raymond Mamattah
Accra, Ghana



On Fri, Jul 29, 2022, 3:58 AM Lavish Mawuena Mensah via AFRI-Discuss <
afri-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I write this poem to comfort and sympathise with all and sundry. And it is
> dedicated to the family of the late Baudouin Schombe.
>
> Death's Dirge
>
> We all wait in line for a time which we know not.
> When we'll be but a lingering memory to the living.
> Such moments are heartbreaking yet it's man's lot.
> This is evident now even as we are all mourning.
>
> Death, Death, Death!
>
>
> He feels and knows nothing about sympathy.
> He breaks the bond cherished between loved ones;
> His visits are saddened and he has no empathy.
> His touch is cold, and cruel and nothing can be done.
>
> Death, Death, Death!
>
> We all might not feel the heat of this loss;
> But, we can make a ‘partial‘ sense of death.
> Yes, only a partial sense of this life's cross.
> To what end is death when we lose our breath?
>
> Death, Death, Death!
>
> We were created to live and to live forever.
> But a simple act of disobedience got us here.
> It brought Death's cold and dark clouds to hover.
> But soon, we'll know no sickness, death, and tears.
>
> Death, Death, Death!
>
> Yes! Soon, death will be no more;
> No more of this life's headaches;
> No pain, fear, sorrow and no war.
> We'll be in bliss; there, no heartache.
>
> There will be a great reunion of all nature;
> Reunion of all dead and alive; the obedient ones.
> There's hope beyond death for every creature;
> Though we cry now, we shall soon sing in joyful tones.
>
> And we will sing about our stories;
> Oh! Where is death's victory?
> Grave will lose hold of its captives;
> This will be the end of Death's story.
>
> May we be comforted by these words.
>
> Thank you.
> ...
>
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> On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 12:30 AM Seun Ojedeji via AFRI-Discuss <
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>
>> Dear Members,
>>
>> I have just received the sad news of the exit of one of our own within
>> AFRALO.
>>
>> Baudouin Schombe was one of the early contributors to AFRALO, At-Large,
>> ICANN and the Internet Governance(IG) space as a whole.
>>
>> Death is an inevitable debt that we all will have to pay at some point.
>> On behalf of AFRALO, I express our condolences to his family, the internet
>> society community in DRC and entire IG community.
>>
>> May his soul rest in peace.
>>
>> Regards
>> Chair AFRALO
>> Sent from my mobile
>> Kindly excuse brevity and typos
>> Every word has consequences.
>> Every silence does too!
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