Nigeria, March 29 -- With seven deaths in six months, three in the current month of March alone, an entire campus mourns, queries the frequency, and a student recalls.

"I pray you catch a wave That doesn't subside This for the nappy heads in heaven With a nappy head Christ by their side .May your streets be paved with gold. . I hope you make it home." ("Make It Home", Tobe Nwigwe)

I met Professor Olugboyega ObaFemi Omololu when I started my MSc project in the Department of Sociology at the University of Ibadan. Before that time, I knew him in class, in a way: he was our Sociological Theory and Social Policy and Planning lecturer. Before meeting him personally for my project supervision, I knew him as someone who tricked the entire class...