Founder and president of All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) Mike Dada has written a tribute to his late wife Modupe Dada on what would have been her 50th birthday.
In a post on Instagram on Tuesday, Mr Dada shared a photo of his late wife and a message reflecting on her life and their time together.
He wrote, “My Modupe,
Today, you would have turned 50.
When I had the conversation with you exactly 2 years ago on how you would like to celebrate your 50th birthday to enable me plan and execute it excellently well as a way of expressing my gratitude to you again, little did I know that it would be your second posthumous birthday. God knows best.
This is your second birthday in heaven, and yet, in my heart, time has not learned how to move on without you in spite of the numerous advise and counsel from therapists, pastors, coaches,friends, family members and associates.
I remember your laughter, your good nature,
kindness,faithfulness, quiet but unshakable compassion and genuine love that never asked for recognition and applaud.
You were light in its purest form-steady, warm, and life-giving. To know you was to experience unconditional affection in motion, grace in human form.
You were a loving, loyal and dependable wife, peaceful partner, selfless mother and destiny accelerator. You had everything,yet humble and respectful to a fault.
Fifty would have looked so good on you with that effortless beauty that came not just from your looks and smile, but from your spirit. You would have celebrated surrounded by love-because you gave so much of it, so freely, so genuinely to people regardless of their socioeconomic status.
But even in your absence, your presence remains.
It lives in every memory that refuses to fade, in my thoughts daily. Your light has not dimmed-it continues to shine in ways words cannot fully capture.”
Modupe died on October 19, 2024 at the age of 48 after a brief illness.
She was buried on October 24, 2024.
