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Toyin Agbetu is a British African social rights activist and founder in 2000 of the Pan-African group Ligali. Agbetu emerged on the international stage on 27 March 2007, during a Westminster Abbey church service held to recognize the 200th anniversary of Great Britain's Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807. Queen Elizabeth II was in attendance at the commemorative event, which marked the British government's decision to end the Atlantic Slave Trade, although slavery in British colonies would continue until 1834.〔Amanda Kirton, ("Discontent voiced over slavery events" ), BBC News, 3 April 2007.〕〔("Protest disrupts slavery service" ), BBC News, 27 March 2007.〕 In a dramatic display, Agbetu slipped past security guards at the 2007 service and strode into the open area in front of the church altar, standing three metres away from the queen and shouting that the service was an insult to those of African heritage. In subsequent interviews he called the service a self-congratulatory exercise for those who promote oppression and those who continued to prevent the social and intellctual freedom of oppressed peoples. As reported in major media, he yelled at the queen: "'You should be ashamed. We should not be here. This is an insult to us. I want all the Christians who are Africans to walk out of here with me!'"〔David Smith, ("You, the Queen, should be ashamed!" ) ''The Guardian'', 27 March 2007.〕 He was wrestled to the floor by security guards and removed from the church. Subsequently, a storm of media interest erupted, much of it negative.〔Taylor-Hunt, R. (2007). ("Facing up to England's part in the slave trade" ), ''The Times'' (UK), 29 March 2007.〕 The Crown Prosecution Service advised that no charges be brought against him.〔("No charges for slavery protester" ), BBC News, 30 May 2007.〕 Agbetu himself later explained in ''The Guardian'' what happened from his perspective: I was moved to make a collective voice heard at the commemorative ritual of appeasement and self-approval marking the bicentenary of the British parliamentary act to abolish what they disingenuously refer to as a "slave trade". From late 2007, Agbetu wrote a weekly column called "Nyansapo" for the ''New Nation'' newspaper, and in 2009 started a weekly interactive community radio program called the ''Pan African Drum''.〔("The Ligali Founder" ), biography on Ligali website.〕 He is also the author of publications that include ''Ukweli - A Political and Spiritual Basis for Pan Africanism'' (2010), ''Revoetry - Poems from an African British Perspective'' (2010) and ''The Manual: The Rules for Men'' (2002).〔 Having founded in 2000 the Ligali Organisation, with the aim of challenging negative media representations of the African British community, Agbetu in 2010 resigned as the head of Ligali to become its curator-administrator.〔 while continuinges to strive for a Pan-African voice for the oppressed. Ligali is described on its website (ligali.org) as "a Pan African, human rights focused, non-profit voluntary organisation. We work for the socio-political and spiritual empowerment of African people with heritage direct from Africa or indirectly via African diasporic communities, such as those in the Caribbean and South America." Among Agbetu’s additional initiatives are "The Stuff You Should Know", a project aimed at informing young people of their rights, the "No N Word" campaign (focusing on stopping the rampant use and negative reclamation of the "n word" in media and social institutions),〔Agbetu, ("The N-Word & Insidious Racism Debate Position by Toyin Agbetu" ), britishblackmusic.com, 17 October 2006.〕 and support for establishing a national "African Remembrance Day".〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Toyin Agbetu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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