WADE KOJO WILLIAMS

Condolences & Memories (13 entries)

• Wade's life as a committed and strong community activist has been a source of pride and strength for myself and others in Winnipeg. It was always good to know that someone like Wade was there for our community. He will not be forgotten. Rest in peace. - - Posted by: Joyce Graham Fogwill (Community member) on: Nov 13, 2012

• We extend our sincere thanks to Wade Kojo Williams for his words of support and community work on behalf of Canadians of African and Caribbean heritage. Wade not only talked about his racial pride but he also showed it with his constant presence at fundraising and other activites within the community. You will be missed Wade, but you planted the seeds of pride in being Black in a world where there is still a lot of work left to be done. Rest in peace. - Posted by: Antoinette Zloty (President, Congress of Black Women of MAnitoba Inc.) on: Nov 13, 2012

• WADE, it was a privilege to have you as a friend, also you were my former teacher in SVG. Since I heard you left us I am sad and always thinking of you. You were a wonderful person, you had a great and caring personality for humanity. You were a good listener very humorous at times. The Williams family have lost a great brother and the community a strong voice. Wade you will be missed terribly by family and friends and the ones who came in contact with you. Your memory will live on, gone but will not be forgotten. RIP my friend. Jacintha Oliver. - Posted by: Evelyn Emmanuel (Friend and my former teacher) on: Nov 11, 2012

• Wade has been an advocate for the black community in Winnipeg. Through his fight for employment equity in workplaces, he has been able to have employers change their hiring practices in creating a more representative workforce in Winnipeg. My Carlton Cricket Club fast bowler buddy, you will be missed. Rest In Peace. - Posted by: Steve Edwards (friend) on: Nov 11, 2012

• Wade has been an inspiration in my life. He has encouraged me with my studies and not to be afraid to go outside the box. Fight for the things I believe in and never stop fighting for human rights and justice for all. I grieve for the lost of a great Community Worker. - Posted by: Bernadette John-Da Silva (Family friend) on: Nov 11, 2012

• Please accept my most heartfelt sympathies for your loss.Rest in peace my friend. - Posted by: Sybil Khusi (Friend) on: Nov 10, 2012

• Sincere sympathy to the family from three of us. - Posted by: Mary Hendrickson and Jennifer Jackson and Paula Hendrickson (Friends) on: Nov 10, 2012

• Wade, I am going to miss you for your endless cricket talk. You and I went to Vancouver in 1983 on the Manitoba Cricket Team and you performed very well. You have always been a very good conversationist. Have eternal rest. - Posted by: Peter Barrow (Good Friend) on: Nov 10, 2012

• I met Wade through VPW Community Television when we were both doing television shows during the '80s. One of my fondest memories of Wade occurred in 1986, when Howard Pawlley, then Premier of Manitoba, called me a racist for saying that people were running for civic office who couldn't speak English - nor did they understand what social democracy meant. Wade had me on his television show and publically defended me, saying I was not a racist. You were a good man, Wade. - Posted by: Nick Ternette (Friend) on: Nov 09, 2012

• I thought of you with love today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday, and the day before that, too. I think of you in silence, I often say your name, But all I have is memories and your picture in a frame. Your memory is my keepsake, with which I'll never part. God has you in his keeping, I have you in my heart. Rest In Peace my friend - Posted by: Jean Frederick (Friend) on: Nov 09, 2012

• A very strong and committed Community activist, I always enjoyed our very thought provoking political discussions. My thoughts and Prayers are with the entire Williams family. May he Rest In Peace - Posted by: Rosemary Garraway (Friend) on: Nov 09, 2012

• Wade was a strong voice for the Afican, Carribean, Community, I rescently was reviewing a 1980 interview from the Videon programming, Wade was the first to bring the news and views of the community to the people, he was a vigilant strong voice, no one like him, and never to be forgotten. - Posted by: Celina Clements (Community Member, his cousin was my best friend Diane Wilson) on: Nov 09, 2012

• Wade I am going to miss you brother. I will always remember the endless hours we spent in my basement working on the Caribbean Websites. I am also going to miss chatting with you about the West Indies Cricket Team. Rest in peace my brother.. From Emanuel & Levetta Edwards... - Posted by: Emanuel Edwards (Very Close Friend) on: Nov 09, 2012