It’s been seven years since the world lost Africa’s finest journalist, Komla Afeke Dumor, who died on January 18, 2014, at the age of 41.
Nicknamed “The Boss Player”, the revered Ghanaian broadcaster was likable and carried along his Africanness wherever he went and in whatever he did, even at the BBC. It will be an understatement to describe Dumor as a rising star because he was already etched in the galaxy of the world’s big names. He was also a role model and an inspiration to many young African journalists.
Dumor’s moments with the BBC were timeless and Africans loved their stories being told in the best light with a balance, which is exactly what he stood for. He was listed among the top 100 most influential personalities in Africa in 2013 by the New African magazine.
In Dumor, Ghana had a powerful voice at the highest level. His professionalism, poise, intelligence and skill coupled with his ever-ready smile meant he was a thoroughbred yet affable. Little wonder then that at the time of his death at 41, Dumor was the only West African newsreader on BBC World News.
To celebrate his legacy, Face2Face Africa shares with you some of his thought-provoking quotes:
Ace Liam, a one-year-old Ghanaian, has clinched the Guinness World Record for the Youngest Male…
Latonya Johnson and her 21-year-old daughter Laila Birchett are celebrating their graduation from Rutgers School…
Tributes have been pouring in from boxing greats for Sherif Lawal who passed away after…
Jordan Benston is the founder, owner, and operator of The Oracle Media, a black female-owned…
Cameron Robinson has attained a significant milestone at the age of twelve. He received an…
Legendary singer Stevie Wonder had one of his wishes fulfilled when he celebrated his 74th…
Baldwin Richardson Foods is a global manufacturer of custom ingredients for the food and beverage…
Loretta Mack has fulfilled her lifelong dream of becoming a registered nurse at 69 years…
A community in eastern Ethiopia buried twelve lightning survivors up to their necks and also…
Da'Kyah, a Minneapolis kindergartener, had to be hospitalized after suffering a mysterious illness as a…
Eritrean-American comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish recently opened up about a period in her childhood…
Steven L. Reed is the first black mayor of Montgomery, Alabama. The state of Alabama…
Chef Tobias Dorzon, an ex-NFL player turned chef and restaurateur, has been selected Chef of…
Tamiah Brevard-Rodriguez welcomed her son in the passenger seat of her wife’s Maserati, then seamlessly…
An aspiring doctor, who nearly drowned after being pushed into a Louisiana lake, has indicated…