By TANIFORM Peter Ngwa
Paper presented on the occasion of the celebration of the 19th anniversary of the death of Professor Bernard Nsokika Fonlon.
When on that fateful day August 26th 1986, God closed the page of the earthly walk for Cameroon’s illustrious son, Africa’s Socrates, the model and inspirer of his time, Dr. Professor Bernard Nsokika Fonlon, many thought that was the end of a great and genuine intellectual. Like Jesus’ two disciples on their way to Emmaus just after his death, despairing of what would become of them and what had become of their great teacher (Luke 24:13-35), so too were the sentiments during and after the funeral of Prof. Fonlon, among his family members, closest friends, followers and countrymen.
Little do we understand from history that what really matters is not how long one lives on this earth but how well that person lives out eternal values and how much he influences and inspires people during his pilgrimage here. “He was convinced that as long as there were genuine intellectuals like himself, invested with high principles, clear vision, transparent sincerity and unaffected humility, there would always be the hope that such individuals would continue to joust to defend the wealth of society.”
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