f A word on Ken Harrow: Scholar extraordinaire

Kenneth Harrow, a distinguished scholar of African cinemas, was known to many through his exemplary works. This is, without doubt, a highly merited recognition given his prolific efforts and great labour in popularizing the study of African cinemas and spearheading its theoretical breakthroughs. I, however, have known him beyond his scholarly profile, having enjoyed a lengthy acquaintance at personal and professional levels. I have been in contact with him for many decades, sharing academic labours and maintaining a healthy and productive intellectual exchange. His passing on is thus a double loss to me. As I join the rest of his global community of friends in celebrating Harrow’s excellence and breakthroughs in African cinemas, I write this obituary as a note to a gone friend who generously lent me his hand throughout my academic sojourns.