"O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done." These evocative lines from Walt Whitman's famous poem encapsulate the emotional weight many of us feel when confronted with the end of a life journey ...

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There is a sad irony in writing an obituary for a man who spent his adult life as a funeral singer. For decades, Mbabila "Small" Batoh led his trio, fra fra, in providing funeral music throughout ...