Hafsat Abiola-Costello who turned 45 today, shared the photo on her Facebook page. The photo shows the Nigerian civil rights and democracy activist and her six siblings, with their spouses and children, as she remembers their mother Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, who was assassinated three months to her 45th birthday. Sharing the photo on her official Facebook, she talked about how she has come to appreciate life more. Mrs Costello wrote;
“My mum was killed in June 1996, three months shy of her 45th birthday.I am 45 today. This year, more than ever, I am conscious of the gift of time. I am thankful for –
My larger-than-life father, MKO, who taught me the importance of being African, to recognize that my humanity is connected to yours.
My mother, who always said I should do ‘shuku,’ a traditional hairstyle that I later discovered is favoured by Yoruba queens. It was just one of the many ways my dearest mother nurtured the queen within me.
My siblings. All of them.
My husband and gentle angel children.
My elders, friends and aburos (people younger than me).
All shape the person I have been, am and will be.
May my use of what time remains honour the deposits made into my life.
Asé.”
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