Afua Hirsch Instagram – I never, ever imagined writing this.
When we met in Ghana, people refused to accept we were not the same person.
They just could not tell us apart. You from Guyana and me Ghanaian British, looking actually pretty different in my opinion! None of it mattered, we were one.
And we were one. We travelled the world together – look at us here, the Alps, all the way to Germany for Renaissance, NYC, London, Norfolk… we missed flights together – never exchanging even a single angry word.
We raised our girls together, cried, laughed, literally climbed actual mountains together.
When you uncovered your illness, I was convinced we would solve it, like every other problem that came our way. I hoped jollof rice and kpapashitor salmon might help cure you. For a minute, it seemed to work: food, friendship, medicine, rest, love… you were so loved by so many, we all surrounded you, and we could laugh, and hope.
You are gone now, and I have to make sense of a world without you. Your beauty, your light, your kindness, your vision for a better future. Not just for us. Not just for our girls. For every black girl – this was the work to which you devoted your life.
I love you. I admire you. I miss you. I grieve for you. I laugh for you. I will never stop thinking of you.
Rest in power Feyi ✨ | Posted on 26/Oct/2025 20:47:41
