Bene Madunagu

Comrade Bene Edwin Madunagu, who died on November 26 last year, would have been 78 today, 20 March 2025.

Her family, comrades and others, therefore, used the occasion of her post-humous birthday commemoration to express gratitude for the phenomenal solidarity received during her funeral in January and in her last years while she was ill.

This is contained in a statement signed by her husband, Edwin Madunagu, Professor Biodun Jeyifo, Comrades Kayode Komolafe and Chido Onumah on behalf of the family, Socialist Library and Archives (SOLAR) and the Funeral Committee.

Below is the statement:

A Note of Appreciation and in Remembrance

Comrade Bene Edwin Madunagu, who died on November 26 last year, would have been 78 today.
We, therefore, elect to use the occasion of her post-humous birthday commemoration to express our heartfelt gratitude for the phenomenal solidarity received during her funeral in January and in her last years while she was ill.
This solidarity, in immense moral and material terms, came from comrades, friends, colleagues, associates, mentees, caregivers, neighbours, family members, funeral committee members etc.
We are eternally indebted for the love and care shown Comrade Bene in her life time and the huge honour done her memory at death.
We are consoled by the fact that the tributes paid to her memory sincerely testify to her life as a socialist revolutionary, scholar, feminist, mentor and a fighter for human progress. She was a great wife and mother.
On her 78th birthday anniversary we re-affirm that the mufti-faceted struggles to which Comrade Bene devoted her life will continue with a focus on a humane social order and genuine freedom.
May her dream come true.

Edwin Madunagu
Biodun Jeyifo
Kayode Komolafe
Chido Onumah
On Behalf of the Family, Socialist Library and Archives (SOLAR) and the Funeral Committee.