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| Pan-Africanist dies in car crash | Pan-Africanist dies in car crash |
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| Renowned pan-Africanist Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem has died in a car crash in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. | |
| Born in Nigeria, he became best known for his role as general secretary of the Pan-African Movement. | |
| He was also a director of the UK-based campaign group Justice Africa and wrote prolifically for newspapers and journals across the continent. | He was also a director of the UK-based campaign group Justice Africa and wrote prolifically for newspapers and journals across the continent. |
| Firoze Manji, editor of online forum Pambuzuka News, told the BBC he had the ability "to see through hypocrisy". | Firoze Manji, editor of online forum Pambuzuka News, told the BBC he had the ability "to see through hypocrisy". |
| "He will be remembered for his humour, his warmth, his support and above all for being a strong pan-Africanist," Mr Manji told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme. | "He will be remembered for his humour, his warmth, his support and above all for being a strong pan-Africanist," Mr Manji told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme. |
| He was a wonderful person but an editor's nightmare Firoze ManjiEditor Pambuzuka News Your memories of 'Tajudeen' | He was a wonderful person but an editor's nightmare Firoze ManjiEditor Pambuzuka News Your memories of 'Tajudeen' |
| "I have met few people who have been so committed to that one ideal and for so long, despite all the setbacks that we've had in Africa." | "I have met few people who have been so committed to that one ideal and for so long, despite all the setbacks that we've had in Africa." |
| He said Mr Abdul-Raheem was "a wonderful person but an editor's nightmare". | He said Mr Abdul-Raheem was "a wonderful person but an editor's nightmare". |
| "His respect for deadlines didn't exist and he typed as he spoke and thought. | "His respect for deadlines didn't exist and he typed as he spoke and thought. |
| "He simply sent us copy that was unpunctuated, no spell checks - straight off the cuff - a nightmare and yet worthwhile because what he had to say was always pertinent." | "He simply sent us copy that was unpunctuated, no spell checks - straight off the cuff - a nightmare and yet worthwhile because what he had to say was always pertinent." |
| Mr Manji said it was poignant that he died in the early hours of 25 May, designated Africa Day. | Mr Manji said it was poignant that he died in the early hours of 25 May, designated Africa Day. |
| "He insisted it be called Africa Liberation Day, not just Africa Day, because that sounds like celebrating something in the past whereas Africa's liberation is a struggle still to be achieved." | "He insisted it be called Africa Liberation Day, not just Africa Day, because that sounds like celebrating something in the past whereas Africa's liberation is a struggle still to be achieved." |