Sometimes I just sit quietly reflecting for a while Imagining your voice, your face, your warm and loving smile. For it’s so lovely to recall the happy times we had When you played such a special role as both husband and dad. And now I only wish you knew That...
TRIBUTE BY CHILDREN IN HONOUR OF OUR FATHER MARLON P. ANIPA
Dads are someone you look up to, dads are someone to follow, dads are someone to admire, someone to be proud of and someone to brag about. They can also be someone to learn from, someone to respect, someone who listens, someone to talk to, someone to impress or sometimes...
TRIBUTE BY SIBLINGS
‘’O NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE US LET THEM NEVER BE FORGOTTEN SWEET THEIR MEMORY TO THE LONELY IN OUR HEARTS THEY PERISH NOT’’ Writing a tribute to you has been such a hard task because not one of us was prepared for this unpleasant and unexpected assignment. Marlon, the...
TRIBUTE BY UNCLE DAVID’S FAMILY
It feels surreal to write a tribute to Marlon. How can someone so full of life be no more? We could give a list of adjectives to describe Marlon and that list might include some contradictions or inconsistencies which is no surprise to the man Marlon was. For example, he...
TRIBUTE FROM NEPHEWS AND NIECES
Youthful! Enthusiastic! Exuberant! These and so many more energetic words characterise our dear "MP" Marlon Pee as we affectionately called him was very fond of his nephews and nieces. He related to us as if we were his brothers and sisters : an uncle who felt more like a school...
SHORT LETTERS FROM THE AKOTO’S TO THEIR DEPARTED BELOVED UNCLE MARLON
1. Uncle Pee. I miss mentioning that name in person. Uncle you were always a light in the midst of darkness, an encourager when we were stressed and a beacon of hope in dire situations. I remember when I started my medical journey, you clearly told me I could compete...
TRIBUTE BY COUSINS
When the day of toil is done, When the race of life is run, Father grant thy wearied one, Rest forevermore ~(Joseph Barnby) The death of our dear cousin Marlon came to us with cold waves and was indeed a real shock to us. As children growing up, cousins are...
TRIBUTE FROM RHODA
I did not know my cousin Marlon during my early years, because he left the shores of Ghana to the UK when I was a child. After the completion of my University education, I visited the UK for a 3 month holiday in March 2002 and that was when I...
TRIBUTE BY IN-LAWS
Where can I go from your Sprit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far...
TRIBUTE BY THE NPP
None of us lives to himself And none of dies to himself If we live, we live to the Lords, So then whether we live or die, We are the Lord’s. -Roman 14:4-8 (R.S.V) We, in the NPP received with shock and disbelief news of the passing of our...
TRIBUTE BY THE OTI REGIONAL COORDINATING COUNCIL
“ AFTER MY AWAKENING, HE WILL SET ME CLOSE TO HIM, AND FROM MY FLESH, I SHALL LOOK ON GOD. HE WHOM I SHALL SEE WILL TAKE MY PART: MY EYES WILL BE GAZING ON HIM ALONE….” (JOB 19:26-27) Those of you who knew the late Hon. Marlon will bear...
TRIBUTE BY NPP UNITED KINGDOM
Marlon's contributions to the NPP will fill a whole book, but then we dedicate this piece to him for now. Marlon joined the Danquah-Dombo-Busiah fraternity in the Hey days of the United Progress Party International (UPPI) in London after Dr Adu Boahen broke the Culture of Silence. Since the laws...
TRIBUTE BY MAXWELL TAKYI OFORI-ATTA ON BEHALF OF MILTON KEYNES CHAPTER, NPPUK
You are too young to be this conservative! That is what Marlon used to say to me all the time. And this, was, usually, after passionate debates we used to have. Obviously, they were political debates. However, that never stopped us from getting closer. He saw in me, a calmer...
TRIBUTE BY NPP OTI REGION
‘Fading Away Like the Stars in The Morning Losing Their Light in The Glorious Sun Thus, Would We Pass from The Earth and Its Toiling Only Remembered by What We Have Done’ Marlon Praises Anipa: The news of your sudden and untimely departure trickled in silently as it was unbelievable....
TRIBUTE BY OTI DCEs
TRIBUTE TO HON. MARLON PRAISE ANIPA BY MDCEs IN THE OTI REGION The year 2021 ended with a storm. A storm that swept away a colleague, a father, a friend and a dedicated Patriot from us. Our grief goes deep. Oh death! how cruel and callous can you be. This...
TRIBUTE BY JONAS KOJO MABE (GOVERNMENT APPOINTEE, GUAN DISTRICT ASSEMBLY)
“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that counts. It is the life in your years…” (Abraham Lincoln) It is difficult to believe, that I am writing this tribute in respect of an admirer I will no more see! I met the late Marlon Praise Anipa...
TRIBUTE BY THE JASIKAN DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
“He Will Wipe Away Every Tear from their Eyes, and Death Shall be no More, Neither Shall there be Mourning, nor Crying, nor Pain Anymore, for the Former Things have Passed Away” (Revelation 21:4) We have known the deceased to be a Humble, Committed, Law-abiding and a friendly person ready...
TRIBUTE BY B-HeCK Africa NGOs Alliance
TO OUR BELOVED BOARD MEMBER, GOVERNMENT LIAISON AND LEAD ADVISOR IN ALL COMMUNITY MENTAL AND SOCIAL HEALTH INITIATIVES. On Tuesday, 16th November, 2021, B-HeCK Africa NGOs Alliance lost a propelling force, a board member, a colleague and a friend. News that broke many hearts and halted all our operations. Marlon...
TRIBUTE BY OLD STUDENTS AWUSCO
OSUA’76 is saddened by the news that Marlon Praises Anipa (63) had passed on. His classmates have fond memories of Praises as a “true gentleman” who loved debating and was doing a great job on the political landscape of Ghana. We first met in September, 1971 in AWUSCO as...
TRIBUTE FROM KOSA 1976/78 YEAR GROUP
I personally met Marlon Praises Anipa, affectionately called, Sexy Marlon by his peers, at the Lower sixth form at Kpando Secondary School in 1977. He actually came from Awusco, Tsito. We both studied Economics, History and Government together through to upper sixth form. Per his contributions in class, and other...