MEMORIALIZING COMRADE FODAY MANSARAY

Amb Wilfred Leeroy Kabs-kanu

April 17

Foday Mansaray at the church during Christmas Eve service. Gone but will never be forgotten.
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We used to leave food at home and just go and sit in some restaurant to eat together. The bond between us was solid. Foday Mansaray, May God grant you eternal bliss

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COMRADE FODAY MANSARAY AND I WORKED ON MANY ANTI-POOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS. WE ARE SEEN HERE LOADING A HUGE CONTAINER WITH FOODSTUFFS FOR THE POOR IN SIERRA LEONE.

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Foday Mansaray attended our church Christmas Eve service on December 24 , 2019. He is seen here checking his phone while the program is going on.

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Yes, we will leave food at home and go to some restaurant to eat together and talk politics and community affairs. The late Foday Mansaray and I enjoying some sumptuous lunch at Asanka Delight in Somerset, New Jersey.

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The late Foday Mansaray – Second from left – with me and APC stalwarts during a big party function.
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Cherished memories of the late Foday Mansaray who will enter eternal rest today. He is seen here with me and APC stalwarts and of course his lovely wife, Patricia, during an APC event.

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Foday Mansaray and I traveling in train to New York to finalize a pro-democracy demonstration at the UN.

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Me en Foday travel tay we motorcar go breakdown nar Staten Island. Here is the car being lifted into the towing truck. Chairman Unisa had to catch his plane to Georgia within an hour. We were supposed to drop him there after performing business and having dinner. These were some of the strains we encountered working for the APC. How we made it was a testament to our resilience and God’s hands.

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Foday Mansaray and I enjoying dinner with former government spokesman Ajibu Jalloh in a Pakistani restaurant. We loved going out and eating out at various restaurants just to be together and strategize , leaving our cassava lif and tola or Palm butter soup home. We had to strategize and doing it while eating was satisfying.

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Foday Mansaray and I with the then government spokesman enjoying a heavy lunch in a Liberian restaurant at Newark. We enjoyed these meetings because we accomplished a lot but more importantly we just enjoyed being together. We had memorable moments.

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Foday Mansaray and I enjoying dinner with former government spokesman Agibu Jalloh in New Jersey, again to discuss politics and strategize. These are moments we all cherished. May God grant Foday eternal rest as he is buried this afternoon.

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Our engagements –Foday Mansaray and I –‘ were not just with Sierra Leone officials. We are seen here enjoying dinner in a top Indian restaurant in Somerset, NJ with the Deputy Mayor of Franklin Township.

The restaurant staff loved us so much they would pose fondly with us.

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Amb Wilfred Leeroy Kabs-kanu

Yes, we will leave food at home and go to some restaurant to eat together and talk politics and community affairs. The late Foday Mansaray and I enjoying some sumptuous lunch at Asanka Delight in Somerset, New Jersey.

 

Foday Mansaray addressing an APC New Jersey meeting.

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