Aurora Mizutani daughter of Olabisi Ajala

An African Abroad Part 1 Aurora Mizutani (born Dupelola Osaretin Ajala) is the daughter of the renowned Journalist Olabisi Ajala . Aurora’s father’s story began in North Africa, where Moshood Adisa Olabisi Ajala originated. We know that Moshood Adisa Olabisi Ajala travelled to America and succeeded greatly. Aurora always wondered how her father gained his notoriety. From articles in local newspapers to being cast for parts in Hollywood movies. The only answer Aurora could come up with to explain her father’s spurt in his exploits is by him having been given a leg up. Olabisi Ajala frequented Roosevelt University, in Chicago, USA. Aurora, the daughter of Olabisi Ajala, thinks it wouldn't be surprising if her father had been recruited into a fraternity. She is familiar with the impact of fraternity among peers. A brotherhood that goes beyond scholastic fleeting friendships and is an everlasting bond forged on Campus. The impact of having a fraternity support you...

The most disconcerting thing about a Japanese funeral, for foreigners to comprehend, becomes apparent when the time comes to handle the charred bones of the recently deceased. Teruo’s funeral service I attended one of these functions when my Japanese father-in-law Teruo died in 2017. A likeable man, who spoke very little, Teruo was a Second World War veteran. I was sorry to see him go, but at the venerable age of ninety-four years, I realised his time had come. Aurora Mizutani’s husband with father Teruo, 2017 Teruo’s son’s reaction to the passing of their father was pragmatic. My husband, who was sixty years old at the time, comes from a culture with an understandably resigned attitude to the passing of time and its inevitable conclusion. Teruo with his son and his daughter-in-law Aurora Mizutani On the day of Teruo’s funeral, I was at the ceremony with my husband. We arrived at the wake the night before. The wake and the funeral were being held in Kobe. Our aeroplane landed in Osaka ...