Eby Badi Kaba

MAY 4, 1924 – DECEMBER 29, 2015

EBY KABA WAS BORN IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA, CUBA ON MAY 4, 1924. AT A YOUNG AGE THE FAMILY MOVED TO HAVANA WHERE HE WAS RAISED. BY THE AGE OF 12 HIS PARENTS – BADI AND AFRICA KABA – SENT HIM TO BOARDING SCHOOL AT SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY IN COLLEGEDALE, TENNESSEE. EBY WORKED FOR CUBANA AVIACION – CUBA’S NATIONAL AIRLINE - FOR 15 YEARS BEFORE COMING TO THE U.S.A IN EXILE FROM THE CASTRO GOVERNMENT.

EBY AND HIS WIFE OF 62 YEARS – ONDINA - RAISED THEIR CHILDREN, IBIS AND EBY “JORGE”, JR IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AND LATER MOVED TO MIAMI, FLORIDA WHERE THEY LIVED FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS. EBY AND HIS WIFE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA TO BE CLOSER TO THEIR CHILDREN IN 2012.

BEING A COMPASSIONATE AND CARING MAN DEVOTED TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, HE WAS ALSO A LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER.

EBY BELIEVED THAT THE WORLD HAD CHANGED AND IT WAS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CHANGE WITH IT. HIS VIEWS WERE EXPANSIVE HAVING AN ECLECTIC GROUP OF FRIENDS THAT HE ACCEPTED AND ADMIRED FOR WHO THEY WERE. HE ALWAYS WELCOMED A FINE CUBAN CIGAR, A GOOD COGNAC AND LIVELY POLITICAL CONVERSATIONS AROUND A GOOD CARD OR DOMINOE TABLE.

EBY WAS A MAN OF GREAT FAITH. HE WAS A CHRISTIAN MAN WITH SPIRITUAL VIEWS THAT FAR OUTPACED TRADITIONAL RELIGION. ALTHOUGH HE RAISED HIS CHILDREN IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HIS VIEWS WERE NON TRADITIONAL. HE BELIEVED IN THE METAPHYSICAL AND HAD A DEEP RESPECT FOR THE SPIRITUAL ENERGIES THAT WALKED HIS PATH ALONGSIDE HIM.

EBY WOULD GET UP AND DANCE ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. HE LOVED BRAZILIAN JAZZ AND WAS WELL VERSED IN WORLD MUSIC. HE LOVED MODERN TECHNOLOGY CRUISING THE MUSIC SCENE ON UTUBE BETTER THAN MOST AT THE AGE OF 91.

HIS PARENTS AND BROTHER, OVIDIO KABA, PROCEEDED EBY’S TRANSITION INTO ETERNAL LIFE. HIS WIFE ONDINA KABA, HIS CHILDREN, HIS SISTER VIOLETA PEREZ, AND HIS COUSINS, NIECES, NEPHEWS, GODCHILD AND FRIENDS WILL MISS HIM. WE PRAY HE IS WITH HIS MAKER AND BELIEVE WE HAVE A SPECIAL ANGEL WHOSE SPIRIT WILL LOVE AND GUIDE US FOR THE REST OF OUR DAYS.