In Loving Memory of A Close Buddy: Emmanuel Wedam

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Photo: Emmanuel Wedam (B.A., MSc.)
“Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.” -Lucius Annaeus 

Emma, only a couple of days prior, I sent you a whatsApp message, awaiting a reply. Unknown to me, you were battling for your dear life - at the brink of exiting this life. The reality of your eventual exit dawned on me when my mum placed a call to me a couple of hours ago, bearing the heart-breaking news of your sudden demise in a hospice.

Even though we rarely met in our later years due to work schedules, our friendship remained true. There was so much to talk about and to reminisce whenever we met; our coincidental meet up a few months ago on the Legon campus (where you were continuing your PHD studies) wasn`t an exception. This was unfortunately going to be the very last time our paths will cross.

 It saddens my heart that my childhood friend, close buddy, former classmate, former evangelism team member, former fellow SU, brigade and YPG member, fellow church member, a rising scholar and one I can truly call a brother would exit this life at such a young age. I however find some consolation in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.`s apt statement: “It does not matter how long you live, but how well you live it.” Your life was well lived, and that I can attest to. 
Till we meet again, Rest Well, Emmanuel_Wedam  (Lecturer - University for Development Studies, Wa Campus)

Research article by Emmanuel Wedam: The Central Medical Store Fire Disaster: A Test for Institutional Compliance in Disaster Prevention in Ghana

Other research article [titles]:
Akrofi, M. M., Avogo, F. A. and Wedam, E. (2019). Sustainable urban development and the challenge of unauthorized buildings: assessing demographic drivers in peri-urban areas of Ghana. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 34(2), 571-598.

Avogo., F., Wedam, E. and Elvis Attakora-Ameingapong (2018). Development Control in Ghana: Experiences from a Low-Income Neighbourhood. Journal of Geography and Rural Development, KNUST.

Safoa Odame, F. and Wedam. E. (2018). Youth Outmigration from Male-female Dynamics. NOVA Publications.

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