Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem

Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem (6 January 1961 – 25 May 2009) was the general secretary of the Pan-African Movement, director of Justice Africa, the Deputy Director of United Nations Millennium Campaign for Africa, as well as a writer for newspapers and journals across Africa.[1]

Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem
Born6 January 1961
Died25 May 2009(2009-05-25) (aged 48)
NationalityNigerian
Occupation(s)General Secretary of the Pan-African Movement, Director of Justice Africa, the Deputy Director of United Nations Millennium Campaign of Africa
Known forgeneral secretary of the Pan-African Movement, director of Justice Africa, the Deputy Director of United Nations Millennium Campaign for Africa, as well as a writer for newspapers and journals across Africa

Childhood and studies

Abdul-Raheem was born in Funtua, Nigeria in 1961.[2]

Abdul-Raheem obtained an undergraduate degree in political science from Bayero University Kano and was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University, where he obtained his PhD in politics.[2] He also studied at Buffalo University.[3]

Activist and author

Mr. Abdul-Raheem (6 January 1961 – 25 May 2009) was the general secretary of the Pan-African Movement, director of Justice Africa, the Deputy Director of the United Nations Millennium Campaign for Africa, as well as a writer for newspapers and journals across Africa.[3]

Taju, as he was fondly called, dedicated his life to the Pan-African vision and the peaceful unification of Africa. He left behind a wife, Mounira Chaieb, and two daughters, Ayesha and Aida. [3]

A thinker and writer, but above all a mighty talker, he inspired and influenced a whole generation of Africans and Africanists with his mixture of passion and humor. It is considered ironic that he died on 25 May – Africa Day.[3]

Death

Abdul-Raheem died in a road accident on 25 May 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya, while on his way to the airport to catch a flight to Rwanda, where he had been scheduled to meet with the President of Rwanda.[2] [4]

He died at 48[3]

References
  1. "Pan-Africanist dies in car crash". BBC News. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
  2. "Dr. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, 1961-2009". Millennium Campaign. 25 May 2009. Archived from the original on 27 August 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
  3. Ebuka Onyeji (24 May 2017). "Activists remember Africanist, Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, eight years after". Premium Times. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  4. Tributes to a fallen giant Pambazuka News
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