Melina Abdullah

**Melina Reimann Abdullah** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1972) shugabar ilimi ce ta Amurka kuma shugabar al'umma. Ita ce tsohuwar shugabar sashen nazarin Afirka ta Tsakiya a Jami'ar Jihar California, Los Angeles, kuma ita ce ta kafa reshen Los Angeles na Black Lives Matter da Black Lives Matter Grassroots, wanda ita ma take aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar darakta. 

A matsayinta na asali memba na ƙungiyar da ta haɗu don kafa Black Lives Matter, tana aiki a matsayin babbar jaruma ga ƙungiyar da ke Los Angeles a yanzu. Baya ga shirya aiki tare da BLM Los Angeles, ta ɗauki nauyin shirye-shiryen rediyo guda uku na gida, "Move the Crowd" da "Beautiful Struggle" akan KPFK da "This Is Not a Drill" akan KBLA .

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Melina Rachel Reimann a yankin Gabashin Oakland na Oakland, California . Mahaifinta, John Reimann, "mai shirya ƙungiyar kwadago ne kuma ya yi ikirarin cewa shi ɗan Trotsky ne ." a cewar *LA Weekly* .  Kakanta na uba shine Günter Reimann (an haife shi Hans Steinicke), masanin tattalin arziki na Jamusanci-Yahudanci Marxist kuma memba na Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Jamus wanda ya yi adawa da Adolf Hitler da Third Reich .    Mahaifiyarta ita ce Linda Fowler Blackston; daga baya ta sake auren Oji "Baba" Blackston (ba za a gauraye ta da Baba Oje na ƙungiyar mawaƙan da aka kama da laifin ci gaba da mulki ba ).

Abdullah ta kammala karatunta daga Jami'ar Howard, inda ta sami digiri na farko a fannin Fasaha (BA) a fannin Nazarin Afirka ta Amurka .  Daga baya ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin Fasaha (MA) da kuma digiri na uku a fannin Falsafa (Ph.D.) a fannin Kimiyyar Siyasa daga Jami'ar Kudancin California . 

Ta canza sunan mahaifiyarta daga Reimann zuwa Abdullah saboda aurenta da mai shirya fina-finai Phaylen Abdullah kuma ta ci gaba da sanya sunan bayan rabuwarsu. 

## Sana'a
Abdullah farfesa ce mai shekaru 10 kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar sashen nazarin Afirka a Jami'ar Jihar California, Los Angeles .  An yi mata hira a wani shirin gaskiya *na 13th*, wanda aka yi a shekarar 2016 game da tsare mutane da yawa a Amurka.

Abdullah ta yi aiki a Hukumar Hulɗa da Dan Adam ta Gundumar Los Angeles tun daga shekarar 2014.  Ita ce wacce ta kafa reshen Gidauniyar Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation a Los Angeles, California,  kuma tana rubuta labarai akai-akai ga *LA Progressive* . 

Ita memba ce a cikin ƙungiyar Alpha Kappa Alpha .  

## Ƙungiyoyin fafutuka
Abdullah kwararriya ce a fannin fafutukar mata . Ta ce rawar da take takawa a fannin ilimi tana da alaƙa da rawar da take takawa wajen fafutukar 'yantar da waɗanda aka ci zarafinsu sau da yawa.  Tana aiki a hukumomi da dama, ciki har da Al'ummar Baƙar fata, Ƙungiyar Malamai da Ƙungiyar Ma'aikata (BCCLA), Ƙungiyar Ayyukan Al'umma ta Los Angeles (LA-CAN), da kuma Dabaru na Dabaru a Tsarin Tsara da Ilimi kan Manufofi (SCOPE).  Abdullah ta kuma yi aiki kafada da kafada da Rabbi Brous a Los Angeles, tana magana a kan batutuwa da dama da Brous game da fifikon fararen fata da kuma kawance da Ƙungiyar Adalci ta Baƙar fata/Jewish (BJJA).   An nuna ta a kakar wasa ta biyu ta shirin Rabbi Heather Miller mai suna " *Keeping It Sacred* ". 

A wani ɓangare na fafutukar da take yi, an tsare Abdullah sau da yawa. Ta zargi birnin Los Angeles da gabatar da ƙara don kawai a dakatar da fafutukar da take yi, wanda galibi ya haɗa da haɗuwa da abokan hamayya a tarurrukan Hukumar 'Yan Sanda. 

An kama Abdullah bisa zargin yi wa wani jami'in 'yan sanda duka, bayan wani lamari da ya faru inda aka yi zargin ta kama hannun jami'in yayin da ake tsare da mai zanga-zanga Sheila Hines-Brim a zaman sauraron karar hukumar 'yan sandan LAPD. Ana zargin Hines-Brim da jefa wani abu mai kauri da ba a san ko waye ba ga Shugaban 'Yan sandan Los Angeles Charlie Beck, wanda ta yi ikirarin cewa tokar 'yar uwarta ce Wakiesha Wilson (wadda ta mutu a hannun 'yan sandan LAPD a shekarar 2016).  An tuhumi Abdullah da laifin dukan yara, da kuma wasu tuhume-tuhume guda bakwai: wadannan tuhume-tuhumen sun hada da tsoma baki a wani kamfanin kasuwanci na gwamnati da kuma halaltaccen harkokin Hukumar 'Yan sanda a lokacin wasu taruka daban-daban a shekarar 2017. Daga karshe an yi watsi da tuhumen laifukan da ake yi wa Abdullah.  Daga baya birnin ya amince ya biya iyalan Wilson kusan dala 300,000 don su sasanta karar da suka shigar kan mutuwarta. 

A yayin muhawarar da ABC7 ta yi a Cal State LA don zaben magajin garin Los Angeles na 2022, 'yan sanda sun kori Abdullah, da sauran masu zanga-zanga, daga ɗakin saboda ba su da tikitin zuwa taron. 

## Takaddama
A watan Fabrairun 2024, an soki Abdullah saboda wani rubutu da ta wallafa a shafinta na Twitter wanda ya bayyana imaninta cewa sakamakon Super Bowl LVIII "makircin masu ra'ayin mazan jiya ne na 'yan ra'ayin mazan jiya".  

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Tana da 'ya'ya uku,  ciki har da mai fafutukar kare hakkin jama'a Thandiwe Abdullah . 

## Littattafai

* Abdullah, Melina. "Fitowar tsarin jagoranci na baƙar fata na mata: matan Baƙar fata da fafutukar siyasa a ƙarni na sha tara." Al'adun ilimi na mata baƙar fata: Faɗin ra'ayinsu (2007): 328–345. 
* Abdullah, Melina, da Regina Freer. "Bass zuwa Bass: 'Yanci mai alaƙa da shugabanci na mata a cikin Black Los Angeles." Black Los Angeles (2010). 
* Abdullah, Melina, da Freer, Regina. 2008. "Zuwa ga Jagorancin Mata: Tarihi da Alƙawarin Tushen Baƙar fata/Haɗin gwiwa a Zaɓe a California." A cikin *Siyasar Kabilanci da Ƙabilanci a California: Ci gaba da Canji*, wanda Cain, Bruce da Bass suka shirya, Sandra, 95–118. 
* Abdullah, Melina. "Abin da Ƙungiyar Baƙar fata ke Bukatar Masana Nazarin Ƙabilu." *Bitar Nazarin Ƙabilu* 37.1 (2014): 5–9. 

## Lambobin yabo da nadin mukamai
A watan Oktoba na 2021, Melina ta sami kyautar Chatham House Centenary Diversity Champion Award. 

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