Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem

Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem

human

Ein sex anaa gender	male
Ein country of citizenship	Nigeria
Name wey dem give am	Abdul Raheem
Family name	Abdul Raheem
Ein date of birth	6 January 1961
Place dem born am	Funtua
Date wey edie	25 May 2009
Place wey edie	Nairobi
Manner of death	accidental death
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign	French, Nigerian Pidgin
Ein occupation	human rights activist, academic, general secretary
Employer	Pan-Africanism, Justice Africa, United Nations Millennium Campaign
Educate for	St Peter's College
Eye color	brown
Award e receive	Rhodes Scholarship
Personal pronoun	L485

Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem (6 January 1961 – 25 May 2009) be Pan-African scholar plus activist. De main role wey e play be sey e be General Secretary for Seventh Pan-African Congress wey happun for 1994. E sana serve as director for Justice Africa, den Deputy Director for United Nations Millennium Campaign for Africa. E too dey write for plenti newspapers den journals across Africa.

Childhood den studies

Dem born Abdul-Raheem insyd Funtua, Nigeria insyd 1961.

Abdul-Raheem get ein undergraduate degree for political science from Bayero University Kano, den e be Rhodes scholar for Oxford University, wey e take get ein PhD for politics. E sana study for Buffalo University.

Activist den author

Abdul-Raheem move go London insyd 1989. As e dey live dea, e co-found Africa Research and Information Bureau (ARIB) for 1990. Later, e rise come be General Secretary for Seventh Pan-African Congress wey happun for Kampala insyd 1994. Na former Tanzanian politician A.M. Babu encourage am make e take dis position. E sana serve as director for Justice Africa, den Deputy Director for United Nations Millennium Campaign for Africa, plus e dey write for newspapers den journals across Africa.

Taju, as people fondly dey call am, dedicate ein life to Pan-African vision plus peaceful unification of Africa. E lef ein wife, Mounira Chaieb, den two daughters, Ayesha and Aida.

E be thinker and writer, but above all, e be mighty talker wey inspire den influence whole generation of Africans den Africanists plus ein mix of passion den humor. People see am as ironic sey e die for 25 May – Africa Day.

Death

Abdul-Raheem die wey ein age be 48 inside one road accident wey happen for 25 May 2009 for Nairobi, Kenya. E dey go airport go catch flight go Rwanda, wey dem bin plan make e meet plus de President of Rwanda. According to geographer Patricia Daley, de accident happen under some unclear plus maybe suspicious condition: "Dem wey see de body talk say de kind injury wey e get no match make person dey drive fast, plus no be say any oda motor dey involved."