Tunde Jonathan Mark, 13 October 1971 – 21 October, 2022, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Tunde Jonathan Mark could be withering with word economy. As ill-fated United Kingdom Prime Minister, Liz Truss, prepared for her coronation last August as leader of the Tory Party, Tunde delivered his verdict in five words: “what a waste of cardboard….!” In response to a Nigerian governor who took to a weekly habit of releasing singles after losing presidential primaries, he asked: “who is this hirsute gremlin of a man, bawling like a sailor everywhere?” A little under ten years ago, I was exercised by an overwhelming curiosity to understand…

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