Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem

Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem (6 January 1961 – 25 May 2009) was a Pan-African scholar and activistActivism. His most prominent function was as the General Secretary of the Seventh Pan-African Congress in 1994. He also served as 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajudeen_Abdul-Raheem Quotes Don't agonise, organise! https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/tajudeen-abdulraheem/1696517?hl=en-US#:~:text=izing%20the%20Millennium%20Development%20Goals%20for%20the,that%20every%20single%20African%20and%20friends%20of Our elite are embarrassed by the mass poverty that surrounds us but they are unwilling to provide leadership and appropriate policies to take our peoples to prosperity. They think they can lock it away from polite society. They engage in avoidance and denial mechanisms to pretend to visitors that 'everything is ok. https://www.pambazuka.org/Remembering-Tajudeen?hl=en-US#:~:text=Our%20elite%20are%20embarrassed%20by%20the%20mass,pretend%20to%20visitors%20that%20'everything%20is%20ok'. The irony of Africa being a very rich continent but Africans being some of the poorest peoples in the world is no longer lost on anyone... the fact remains that majority of our peoples remain in need amidst plenty. https://www.pambazuka.org/Remembering-Tajudeen?hl=en-US#:~:text=The%20irony%20of%20Africa%20being%20a%20very,our%20peoples%20remain%20in%20need%20amidst%20plenty. Decades of Aid, humanitarian intervention, prayers, activism, development plans, action plans, government declarations and so many other initiatives have not produced fundamental change for the poorest and weakest sections of our societies. Yet Africans remain one of the most optimistic peoples, perpetually believing that 'tomorrow go better.https://www.pambazuka.org/Remembering-Tajudeen?hl=en-US#:~:text=The%20irony%20of%20Africa%20being%20a%20very,our%20peoples%20remain%20in%20need%20amidst%20plenty It is not possible to root out corruption without every one of us willing to do our part. You may not be able to do something about it, but you can decide not to be part of it by refusing to give or take, and by refusing to respect or honour those who do.https://abovewhispers.com/2019/06/04/loud-whispers-remembering-tajudeen-abdulraheem/?hl=en-US#:~:text=Your%20constant%20refrain%2C%20'Don't%20agonise%2C%20organise'%2C%20will,the%20hot%20pepper%2C%20you%20were%20my%20senior. References