Africa Memorial Day Fit Make Public Holiday, Rev. Father Talk

Lagos, Nigeria — Rev. Father Anthony Aleakwe Odior, wey be the Convener of the Correct Connect Africa Foundation (CCAF), don call on Nigeria and African Union (AU) to make Africa Memorial Day (AMD) public holiday for all di continent. Dis go show commitment to remembrance, unity, and pride among Africans.

Odior, as e dey speak for di Africa Memorial Day celebration organized by CCAF on May 25, 2025, talk say amd dey important for all African people to reflect on wetin don happen in di past and renew dem commitment to forgive history but never forget to honor di memory of heroes and heroines wey don contribute to Africa.

“Na event wey remind us of our duty towards a more just and equitable future,” he talk. According to am, Africa dey struggle with development because e no connect di rich past with di present. Di theme for dis year, ‘Historical Consciousness and Human Justice,’ dey call on Africans to wake up and develop mindset wey go challenge and transform to fit shape di future.

“Na no say we go just know history, but we go interpret am, understand di present, and boldly shape di future. We must get historical consciousness for di existence of an awakened Africa.” Odior emphasize say without dis consciousness, we no fit truly honor di legacies of influential figures like Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Queen Amina of Zaria, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Chinua Achebe, Thomas Sankara, Kwame Nkrumah, Harriet Tubman, and Queen Nzinga of Ndongo. Dem be people wey don fight and imagine for a free, just, and united Africa.

Di Rev. Father also talk say schools suppose teach history and train our children to prepare for am, as di idea for Africa Memorial Day come from eight years ago, when group of students for di Diaspora feel say dem get duty to honor di ancestors, commemorate, and celebrate di heroes and heroines wey fight for Africa’s liberation.

Femi Falana, wey be activist, also speak for di event, e talk say until di African continent know di history wey don come before, Africa no fit claim say e don arrive.