LIGALI - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Founder
- Head of Social and Education Policy
- Writer
Toyin Agbetu is the founder of Ligali, a Pan African Human Rights Organisation that challenges Afriphobia and the misrepresentation of African people, culture and history in the British media
Toyin Agbetu is a father, writer, educator, artist-activist, anthopologist and Pan African community worker. He was born in London, UK and is an African of Yoruba heritage, Ogun spirit. As an independent film director his works include the award winning Beauty Is..., Maafa: Truth 2007, Maisha: Solutions and The Walk. He has participated in numerous panel discussions including the Oxford Unions' This house would make reparation for colonialism' debate and been interviewed for various TV, radio and film productions on community issues ranging from African history to home education.
During the 1980 - 90's he formed the record labels, Unyque Artists and Intrigue Records and became a prolific musician releasing numerous recordings on various major and independent labels. These previous works continue to be re-licensed and re-released across the world in vinyl and other formats. After his fathers passing in 1996, he founded the Ligali Organisation (2000) in his name, where as an educationalist and journalist he has published political, social and cultural media for African people worldwide.
His international profile increased when on 27 March 2007 he successfully challenged the British monarch, church and government at Westminster Abbey, London at their public ritual of disrespect to the millions of African people lost during Maafa.
Toyin is a published author, his books include Ukweli - A Political and Spiritual Basis for Pan Africanism and Revoetry - Poems form an African British Perspective.