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Toyin Agbetu, wanda kuma aka fi sani da Oluwatoyin Agbetu[1] ɗan Burtaniya ɗan Najeriya ne mai fafutukar kare hakkin jama'a, malamin al'umma, mawaƙa kuma mai shirya fina-finai, wanda ya kafa a cikin 2000 ƙungiyar Pan-African Ligali.

zanga-zangar Westminster Abbey

[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

A ranar 27 ga Maris 2007, Agbetu ya gudanar da zanga-zanga a wata majami'a ta Westminster Abbey da aka gudanar don amincewa da bikin cika shekaru 200 na kawar da dokar cinikin bayi a Burtaniya ta 1807. Sarauniya Elizabeth ta biyu ta halarci taron tunawa, wanda ke nuna matakin gwamnatin Burtaniya na kawo karshen cinikin bayin Atlantic.[2][3]

Agbetu ya wuce jami’an tsaro a hidimar 2007, ya zarce zuwa cikin budadden waje da ke gaban bagadin cocin, ya tsaya a nesa da sarauniyar mita uku yana fadin cewa hidimar cin mutunci ce ga al’adun Afirka. A cikin hirarrakin da suka yi a baya ya kira hidimar a matsayin taya murna ga masu yada zalunci da kuma wadanda suka ci gaba da hana yancin zamantakewa da tunani na al'ummomin da ake zalunta. Ya daka wa sarauniya tsawa: "Ya kamata ki ji kunya, kada mu kasance a nan, wannan cin mutunci ne a gare mu. Ina so dukan Kirista 'yan Afirka su fita daga nan tare da ni!"[4] Ya tsoratar da jami'an da ke yunkurin fitar da shi daga Sarauniya suna ihu "Zan buge ku!" kamar yadda aka cire shi daga coci.

Hukumar gabatar da kara ta Crown ta ba da shawarar cewa kada a gurfanar da shi a gaban kotu.[5]

Daga ƙarshen 2007, Agbetu ya rubuta wani shafi na mako-mako mai suna "Nyansapo" ga jaridar New Nation, kuma a cikin 2009 ya fara wani shiri na mu'amala da al'umma na mako-mako mai suna Pan African Drum. Shi ne kuma marubucin wallafe-wallafen da suka haɗa da Ukweli - Tushen Siyasa da Ruhaniya don Pan Africanism (2010), Revoetry - Waƙoƙi daga Ra'ayin Biritaniya na Afirka (2010) da Manual: The Rules for Men (2002).[6]

Bayan da ya kafa kungiyar Ligali a shekara ta 2000, da nufin kalubalantar wakilan kafafen yada labarai mara kyau na al'ummar Biritaniya na Afirka, Agbetu a shekara ta 2010 ya yi murabus a matsayin shugaban Ligali ya zama mai kula da ita. yayin da ake ci gaba da fafutukar ganin an samu muryar kasashen Afirka ga wadanda ake zalunta. Kamar yadda aka bayyana akan shafin yanar gizon sa (ligali.org), Ligali shine " Pan African, 'yancin ɗan adam ya mayar da hankali, ƙungiyar sa kai mai zaman kanta. Muna aiki don ƙarfafa zamantakewa da siyasa da ruhaniya na mutanen Afirka tare da gadon kai tsaye daga Afirka ko a kaikaice ta hanyar al'ummomin kasashen waje na Afirka, irin su na Caribbean da Kudancin Amirka. "

Daga cikin ƙarin shirye-shiryen Agbetu akwai "Abubuwan da Ya Kamata Ku sani", aikin da ke da nufin sanar da matasa 'yancinsu, yakin "Babu N Word" (mai da hankali kan dakatar da amfani da mummunar amfani da "n kalma" a cikin kafofin watsa labaru da cibiyoyin zamantakewa),[7] da goyon baya don kafa "Ranar Tunawa da Afirka" ta kasa.

A cikin 2014 ya yi fim ɗin Beauty Is ..., [8] wanda ke tattauna amsoshin tambayar "Mene ne kyakkyawa?" daga mahangar Afirka.[9]

A watan Fabrairun 2021, an nada Agbetu a matsayin Magajin Garin Landan Hukumar Kula da Diversity a Mulkin Jama'a. An sanar da murabus din nasa daga hukumar ne a ranar 25 ga watan Fabrairu sakamakon zarge-zargen nuna kyama a cikin bayanan da ya gabata. An ruwaito Agbetu yana cewa: “Ni da radin kaina na yanke shawarar yin murabus daga mukamina kafin a tambaye ni, domin in taimaka wajen rage kai hare-hare a kan muhimman ayyukan hukumar, amma ba ni da niyyar barin irin wannan muguwar karairayi ta tsaya min.”[10]

  1. "Beauty Is..." website
  2. Amanda Kirton, "Discontent voiced over slavery events", BBC News, 3 April 2007
  3. "Protest disrupts slavery service", BBC News, 27 March 2007
  4. David Smith, "You, the Queen, should be ashamed!" The Guardian, 27 March 2007.
  5. "No charges for slavery protester", BBC News, 30 May 2007.
  6. The Ligali Founder", biography on Ligali website
  7. Agbetu, "The N-Word & Insidious Racism Debate Position by Toyin Agbetu", britishblackmusic.com, 17 October 2006.
  8. "Beauty Is...", British Films Directory, British Council
  9. "‘Beauty Is…’ Defying Desirability Standards for Women", The British Black List
  10. "London mayor's diversity champion resigns over antisemitism claims". jewishnews.timesofisrael.com. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021