Abu-Abdullah Adelabu

Abdul-Fattah Abu-Abdullah Taiye Ejire Adelabu (Arabic: عبد الفتّاح أبو عبد الله تَائيي أيجيري أديلابو) or simply Sheikh Adelabu (الشيخ أديلابو), also known as Al-Afriqi (الإفريقي) or Shaykh Al-Afriqi (الشيخ الإفريقي) is a Nigeria-born British Muslim scholar, writer, academic, publisher and cleric from Osogbo, capital city of Osun State, Nigeria.

He also founded and published in the United Kingdom 1998 Delab International - an African-Asian Middle East magazine and journal covering religion, politics, sociology, and literature.

[4] Da’wah activities of the African academic include serving as an Imam Khatib previously as Kuwaiti cultural attaché London, working as Islamic columnist for the Libyan Arabic daily newspaper Al-Arab International in London,[5] and serving as the first Chief Imam and Chief Missioner for the Islamic Youth League of Nigeria, Abuja.

[2] Horrified at the number of unknown or unclaimed dead among the immigrant prisoners and their wounded countrymen, women, and children in the hospitals, Adelabu formed a group of volunteer African students to help[citation needed].

[2] Adelabu called for wider adoption of Islamic values which he claimed would bring about lasting and positive changes while learning from the effects of colonization, slavery, and power struggles.