Dear Son: An Imaginary Letter from a Loving Dad

There is a point in time when the words of a father or father figure become very significant in a man's life. In an African setting, a father would gather his sons in the evening by the fireside and share life's essential lessons. In other settings, such a gesture would often happen over a dinner table or fishing expedition. All the same, the intent is to impart knowledge from the older man to the younger one. A father who is a role model would long for his son to preserve the legacy of the...