Angry Musings From Africa: Lynda Tilley - The Unsung Hero of African Humanism

This book is about a revolutionary Humanist leader, a human rights activist and defender and a Pan-African lady who touched upon the lives of many people in Africa in the brief time she graced the world.

It’s about Lynda Tilley, born in Rhodesia - now Zimbabwe - into times of liberation struggles and to a father who supported the independence movement of the Zimbabwean people against the Ian Smith government.

It’s about a life spent fighting for the rights of marginalised people across Africa.

It’s been quite a journey writing this book and I am thrilled to announce that the noble work is done.

Inside these pages lies the story of my friend, Lynda Tilley, her incredibly well-done work, her human rights activism and legacy.

From Zimbabwe to Tanzania, where she earned the "Mama Kelele" named so for going to police stations and raising her voice against a system that keeps innocent people inside the filthy jails of Tanzania, to Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa, Lynda‘s activism was felt.

I tell her story in these very pages and it’s a story she told me so passionately that I have shared it with love.

Lynda wanted to write as you will read in part 29. In fact, she wrote a summary of the chapters she wanted to feature in her book. It was a book about Africa.

I wrote this book without enough rest because it had been a promise that I made to Lynda. It was my fear of letting my best friend down that I took leave from MIND - an NGO in Newcastle, England, so I can concentrate on writing this book.

I’m sure I did justice to Lynda but certainly, I know she would have written more about her private life than what I have presented. However, I have captured and presented much of what she told me: the chaos, the uncertainty, and unique circumstances and details of her life that I am confident you will find this book fascinating.

I have not presented her life in a chronological order but rather as acts in a play depicting a revolutionary fighter.

In this book I unveil the hidden truths, life struggles, dreams and activism of Lynda Tilley and you will definitely be touched by her story. Enjoy.