Kriss Akabusi's Blog

Hiya all!

Welcome to my blog site. It has been a long time in coming, in particular as I’m not exactly sure what I am going to post – whether to have this as a business site, charity station or personal info channel. So, in the best guise of the undecided, I have now decided for it to be all three. Basically with a little help with a few of my angels I will try to update those who have any interest in following what I am up to on a regular basis, (define regular) once a week I would suggest, but who knows!

I’m just back from California having visited my eldest daughter, Ashanti Akabusi, who now lives and works in Los Angeles, having initially gone out there for her undergraduate programme at USC.

Ashanti – I had a fantastic time with you in La-La land and really enjoyed having a glimpse of your world.

What did I learn? Time really flies, your children are not with you for long, they will find their way, and the things you invest in them when they are young will become the anvil in which they will test all things that come their way on their journey. The Jesuits used to say ‘give me the child and I will give you the man’ because the child is the father of the man.

As I looked into the world that Ashanti inhabits, I recognise that it is one so far removed from the one I entered. Information technology, Global Markets, and Multiculturalism, have ushered us into a converging market place which is lived at a fast pace, with everything in flux; yet I see she has manufactured a niche for herself and is able to hold the tension of the family and my conservative view of the world, juxtaposed with the liberal milieu in which she swims.

And it is great to see! I am proud of the work Monika and I have done over the twenty five years of her life, Ashanti is maturing into a good young citizen, a legacy I’m happy to leave.

I thank the Good Lord for that blessing

Kriss