Kwasi Kyei Darkwah (KKD) eulogizes Komla Dumor

At the news of his sudden passing due to cardiac arrest, the world was stunned and so is ace Ghanaian presenter, friend and a colleague Kwasi Kyei Darkwa otherwise known by his abbreviations KKD.

Komla Afeke Dumor was born on 3 October 1972 in Accra and died in his London home on Saturday January 18 2014.

Check out the eulogy composed for him…

An illustrious Son of Africa has fallen

An intelligent citizen of the world is gone

A kind-hearted father, husband and son has left us

May his family and friends be comforted and be strong

A sociologist and psychologist by learning

A broadcast journalist and newscaster by choice

The nation that birthed him lives in mourning

The continent and the world will miss his fine voice

Your sudden departure is a heart-wrencher

The spirits must have called at the wrong door

But even though your heart surrender

Your spirit lives on in a resounding encore

You lit up the screens of people everywhere

As they rose to see an intelligent anchor

Handsome, dignified and determined to bring

The news to the world and so much more

I miss our jokes about Savile Row bespoke

& the darndest things our children spoke

The smiles in our faces and daggers in our backs

From mates who wished we’d blow away like smoke

We pray for the great family you left behind

On this journey on the stairway to heaven

We hold you dear in heart and mind

Komla Dumor will never be forgotten

Damirifa due, Komla Afeke Dumor

Nyame mfa wo nsie

Rest in peace, Urban Warrior.

God be with you till we meet again