Professor Adesanmi lived in many worlds, connecting, forging links, proving that Africans do not have to be competitors within Africa’s artificial boundaries.

We have learnt to accept war in the name of identity, religion or country, even when religions forbid killing. Historical texts lionise armies and weapons.

We desperately need a case study in this era where borders and walls are portrayed as solutions to refugees, yet ironically, technology has ensured we live in a borderless world.

The irony of traveling to “benchmark” after elections is that the campaign helps politicians, as they interact with voters, to develop a genuine understanding of what works in their contexts.