Saramago novel6/23/2023 ![]() So the above described celebration just won’t do. Well, this beloved novelist was not Ghanaian. I donate the amount of …Ghanaian cedis to his wife Pilar”. So if he has died and indeed a year has since passed, then I cannot help but come and mark this afenhyia with his family. He was, and remains, one of my favorite authors. Since then, I’ve been an avid reader of his works. I promptly run out, bought and read Blindness. “I first heard of José Saramago when he won the Nobel Prize in 1998. These announcements will elaborate on the nature of the donor’s relationship to Saramago or his immediate family. There would be donations to his wife Pilar, publicly announced so we know who gave the most money. The church would be Methodist, so I could sing my heart out. Frankly, some people will look their best on the day. We would wear styled outfits sown from black and white materials. ![]() We would go to church, visit his grave or burial site, and then gather at a public hall that can accommodate the expected huge crowd. ![]() In Ghana, we just don’t let the dead rest, we continually mark their death until we pass on! If he was Ghanaian, we would hold a one-year “celebration” of his life and passing, called afenhyia, to mark the day. José Saramago, the Portuguese writer and Nobel Laureate, passed away one year ago this week. ![]()
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