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"It is with such a heavy heart that we remember
Sam, his laughter, his words." – Lau
Kin Chi
- "No amount of word will describe
the contribution of late Sam. He was the shining
example of few African scholars left. We missed
today and always. So sorry and May his gentle soul
rest in perfect peace." -
Bunu Go
- "Much saddened by Sam Moyo's
tragic passing. All too brief was my only meeting
with him, at a 2014 conference in Cochin. But the
impression he made as scholar, as activist and,
above all, as a person, is etched deep in memory,
as we continued to share ideas via email. A great
loss to our community and to the world, he will
be much missed." - J.
Mohan Rao
- "Shocked and deeply saddened
to hear of Sam Moyo's tragic and untimely death.
Please convey my deepest condolences to the bereaved
family and all our comrades and friends on the IDEAs
network." - Venkatesh
Athreya
- "Shocking news indeed. May
his soul rest in peace." -
Kalyan Shankar Ray
- "As all the colleagues at
IDEAs and friends in the tasks of discussing ways
and means to have a better and just development
economics I read with deep sorrow about the accident
that tragically ended Sam Mojo´s life. He
was a real committed activist and a sound scholar.
He gave to us all light and joy. We will remember
and thank him for it." -
Alicia Puyana
- "I do not know Prof. Moyo
and the first I heard about him was through IDEAs’
mailer today. I read about him over the internet.
My heartfelt condolences on the passing away of
an intellectual giant....The reason I also wanted
to write is on account of the distress felt on reading
about the manner of his demise. He was a guest on
our soil. I do not know the full facts but surely
this is yet another painful reminder of the standards
of road safety for which we are already notorious......tragically
and perhaps by some stretch, a microcosmic representation
of the kind of development that it appears Prof.
Moyo did not stand for or endorse." -
Srivatsan Lakshminarayan
- "This is a so hard news...
so sad to hear it...Sam was a so wonderful friend-comrad-brother.
We will all continue his struggle, together. Fraternité,"
- Remy Herrera
- "Sad to hear the news a
death of Prof. Sam Moyo sadly to see it in the twitter
Sam Moyo was professor of the poor I met him in
Nairobi, and in 2009 Mwalimu Nyerere festival, He
was great down to earth organic intellectual the
father of study of peasant social movement and land
struggle, Prof. Sam Moyo ... son of Africa is dead
Africa has lost great intellectual fighter...."
- Gacheke Gachihi
- "I just saw the IDEAs message about Sam Moyo's
untimely and tragic death in a terrible accident
in Delhi. It is truly sad. Praveen had once invited
me to an agrarian studies meeting in Delhi where
I met Sam and Isa Shivji. They were both brilliant,
and gave lucid presentations on the agrarian question
in Africa. They were so persuasive that day that
I still recall their arguments when I teach anything
on Africa in my development classes. I also remember
that Praveen had organized a dinner at his place,
when I was able to spend some more time with Sam
and others. He seemed like a very warm human being
with an extraordinary ability to make friends. I
am truly sorry about this loss, and I know that
Sam has been associated with IDEAs for almost a
decade now. It must be very traumatic for all of
you. My deepest condolences"
- Vamsi
- "The tragic accident that took the life of
Professor Sam Moyo has deprived us of a great researcher
and enlightened political analyst on the agrarian
question in Africa that has contributed significantly
to the orientation of liberation struggles. I have
not been lucky enough to know him personally, but
reading his books and his many articles helped me
a lot to know and spread in my country, Ecuador,
and in several forums in Latin America, social unrest
and political conflicts in several African countries.
Sam has undertaken a great flight, but his departure
is only physical because his thoughts and expectations
of emancipatory political transformation will remain
an essential reference in all continents."
- Victor Hugo JIJON, Movement
Pachakutik from Ecuador
- "It is with great sadness that I learned
of Sam Moyo's tragic passing. Please accept my most
sincere condolences. I know how valued he was a
comrade and partner in your many ventures in contesting
neoliberalism and imperialism. I did not have the
privilege of knowing him but had read his work particularly
on the land and agrarian question and perhaps more
importantly learned from it. I had hoped that some
day I would meet him in person but that was not
to be. From all accounts he was also a very warm,
generous and charming person and a gentle persuader.
Truly then a great loss for his family, friends,
comrades and the left movement in general. Particularly
at a time such as this. I would be grateful if you
could please convey my condolences to his family
and say that even though i did not know him I learned
from him. And to both of you once again my most
sincere condolences." - Mritiunjoy
Mohanty
November 24, 2015.
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