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A paper written and delivered at a public lecture at the University of Makeni (UNIMAK) by Umaru Fofana

To the Chancellor, Principal, staff and students of the University of Makeni, I say good evening. I must express my profound honour and recognition for being invited here today to give a talk to students of this watershed university. I cannot express enough how happy and excited I am, personally, at the establishing of a university in this part of the country. It had been long overdue but certainly better late than never.

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