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]

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

External links

• He was to Africa what Che Guevara was to South America by Dimas Nkunda, The Observer, May 27, 2009
• Tajudeen Will Turn the Angels Into Pan Africanists by Nathan Byamukama, All Africa, May 31, 2009