Garlands for Femi Osofisan at 80

By Olu Obafemi
Come July, it will be five decades since we met and rapidly grew a bond of friendship which has transformed into a sibling relationship. It is a relationship which, I must confess, has produced the greatest laughter sessions of my life,: a relationship which many of our younger friends, colleagues and students found covetable, because, as it were, we do not relate as friends who are fond of each   other.
We poke fun at each other in a way that produces marvel and wonder among onlookers but which, I have long come to understand, gives each of us cherished joy, internal satisfaction and fulfillment. I have benefitted, acquired tremendous, unquantified, unquantifiable...