Nigeria, March 23 -- "As a child, I wished only to be relevant. I am now. I wished to have people pause and listen to me as I talked. They do now. I wished also to have people laugh at my jokes. They do now, even if it's out of politeness." - MEE Mofe-Damijo, 1993

This day, 30 long years ago, the sun abruptly set at noon somewhere in Surulere, Lagos, despite the spirited last-minute efforts and prayers to stop it from doing so. It was a shocking, painful, and highly unexpected ending for journalist, writer, publisher, and TV host, May Ellen Ezekiel Mofe-Damijo, fondly called 'MEE' by millions of fans and admirers. She was only 39 years old at the time, but looking back, this was difficult to believe, given the level of impact she had mad...