Albert Geyser

Albert Geyser
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Mookgophong (en) , 10 ga Faburairu, 1918
ƙasa	Afirka ta kudu
Mutuwa	Johannesburg, 13 ga Yuni, 1985
Karatu
Makaranta	Jami'ar Pretoria
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	Malamin akida
Employers	Jami'ar Pretoria
Imani
Addini	Protestan bangaskiya

Albertus (Albert) Stephanus Geyser (10 Fabrairu 1918 - 13 Yuni 1985) malamin addini Afirka ta Kudu ne, masanin kimiyya kuma masanin tauhidin wariyar launin fata. Geyser ya zama wanda aka fitar a cikin fararen Afrikaner saboda adawar tauhidin da yake yi wa wariyar launin fata da kuma Broederbond, kungiyar asiri ta maza ta Calvinist wacce a ɓoye ta jagoranci siyasar Afirka ta Kudu a lokacin wariyar launinariya. Ya sami digiri na biyu da digiri na biyu Latin_honors" id="mwHQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Latin honors">cum laude, ƙwararre a Girkanci da Latin. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 27 an nada shi malami, kuma bayan shekara guda, farfesa a Kwalejin tauhidi na Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk a Jami'ar Pretoria . Geyser ya ba da gudummawa ga fitowar farko (1953-1958) na Littafi Mai-Tsarki a cikin Afrikaans, ya kafa Cibiyar Kirista, kuma shi ne na farko na Afirka ta Kudu da aka zaba a matsayin memba na Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas .

Tarihin iyali da farkon rayuwarsa

An haifi Albert Geyser ga Maria Johanna Albertina ("Nina") Lamprecht da Petrus Geyser a ranar 10 ga Fabrairu 1918 a wani gona kusa da Naboomspruit, lardin Transvaal (yanzu garin Mookgophong a lardin Limpopo). Petrus da Maria suna da 'ya'ya uku, ciki har da ɗan'uwan Albert, Hendrik Johannes Geyser . Kakannin Geyser ya yi hijira zuwa Afirka ta Kudu a cikin 1725, kuma kakan Albert da kakansa sun kasance daga cikin mambobin da suka kafa Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk (NHK).

Albert Geyser, shekarun 1930

Albert Geyser ya halarci makarantar firamare a Ermelo, kuma ya shiga makarantar Hoërskool (High School) Ermelo a 1935. Tare da ɗan'uwansa, Hendrik, an shigar da shi a Jami'ar Pretoria, tare da duka biyun suna da niyyar zama ministoci a cikin NHK. Albert ya sami digiri na BA a Girkanci da Latin cum laude a 1938, ya biyo bayan BD a 1940. Kamar yadda ka'idojin addinai ke buƙatar mafi ƙarancin shekaru 23 don nadin a matsayin minista, Geyser ya yi aiki a Cape Town har sai ya cancanci a shekara ta 1941. Daga nan aka gayyace shi ya yi wa ikilisiyoyi hidima a Heilbron da kuma a Parys a cikin Free State, inda aka naɗa shi kuma ya yi hidima daga 1941 zuwa 1943.

A farkon shekarun 1940 Geyser ya auri Cecilia Margaretha van der Westhuysen a Rustenburg kuma ma'auratan suna da 'ya'ya maza uku da mata biyu.

Geyser ya ci gaba da karatunsa a Pretoria kuMA ya sami MA a Girkanci da Latin a shekara ta 1943. Ya yi aiki a matsayin ministan ikilisiyar Pretoria ta Arewa maso Yamma daga 1944-1945 . Ya kammala ƙarin darussan a cikin Aramaic da Syriac a cikin 1945, yana ƙara waɗannan ga iliminsa na Afrikaans, Ibrananci, Girkanci, Latin, Faransanci, Jamusanci, Yaren mutanen Holland da Ingilishi; ma'ana cewa zai iya "karanta harsuna 10"

Ya sami digiri na Doctor Divinitatis tare da bambanci a 1946 a kan batun asalin Yesu, kuma a Jami'ar Pretoria. Geyser's ita ce digiri na farko da Faculty of Theology ta bayar.

Ayyukan ilimi

Ayyukan ilimi na Geyser sun haɗa da nadin farfesa a Jami'ar Pretoria (1946-1961) kuma, daga baya, a Jami'an Witwatersrand (1962-1983).

Ginin Tsohon Ayyuka a Jami'ar Pretoria inda Geyser ya ba da lacca. Kwalejin tauhidin ta kasance a cikin wannan ginin har zuwa 1980.

A watan Agustan shekara ta 1944 Ma'aikatar tauhidin ta zabi Geyser a matsayin farfesa na Sabon Alkawari kuma magajin Farfesa J H J A Greyvenstein a sashin NHK a Jami'ar Pretoria. Greyvenstein ya kai shekarun ritaya a 1943, [1] amma Faculty ya ba shi izinin ci gaba da koyarwa har sai Geyser ya sami digirin digirinsa. Geyser ya yi rajista a 1943 don digiri na biyu a Tarihin Ikilisiya, amma a watan Satumbar 1944 ya sauya zuwa karatun Sabon Alkawari tare da Farfesa Berend Gemser a matsayin Mai ba da shawara na digiri.

Naɗin Geyser a matsayin farfesa ya haifar da rikice-rikice tun daga farko, game da sauran membobin ƙungiyar, rashin digirinsa, zaɓin shugaban Jami'ar kuma, daga baya, fassarorin tauhidin da ra'ayoyin siyasa. An nada shi ne don kammala digirin digirinsa.

Tun daga shekara ta 1944 Greyvenstein ya so magajinsa ya zama ko dai ɗalibinsa, S P J van Rensburg, ko kuma Dr Adrianus van Selms na Holland, malami a cikin harsunan Semitic da Nazarin Tsohon Alkawari a cikin Faculty tun 1938. Amma a shekara ta 1945 Van Rensburg ba shi da digiri, kuma kodayake an ba Van Rensbourg irin wannan yanayin ga Geyser, ya fadi daga takaddama yayin da ya dauki lokaci mai tsawo fiye da Geyser don kammala jarrabawar digirinsa. Van Selms ya kasance fursuna ne na yaki a Indonesia da ke hannun Jafananci, kuma zai dawo ne kawai a shekara ta 1946.

A babban taron Mayu 1945 na NHK Greyvenstein ya nemi ya ci gaba da koyarwa bayan 1947 kuma ya tattara wasu tsoffin ɗalibansa don tallafawa. Greyvenstein ya yi jinkirin ba da gudummawa biyu daga cikin darussansa uku ga Geyser, ɗaya daga cikinsu ya ba da C H Rautenbach a cikin 1939. Wani rukuni ya karfafa a kusa da Farfesa S P Engelbrecht don tallafawa Geyser, wanda da an bar shi da hanya ɗaya kawai don koyarwa idan an yarda Greyvenstein ya ci gaba. Babban Taron NHK ya ki amincewa da matsayin Greyvenstein da kuri'un 70 zuwa 55, yana nuna cewa hawan Geyser ya yi nisa da haɗin kai. Rikici game da nadin Geyser ya ci gaba ta hanyar tarurruka daban-daban na hukuma har zuwa Satumba 1946, lokacin da Greyvenstein ya yi ritaya ba zato ba tsammani, ya sa ya zama abin ƙyama.

Game da cancantar ilimi na Geyser, Farfesa H P Wolmarans ya damu da cewa karatun Geyser ya yi watsi da tauhidin don tallafawa harsuna na gargajiya. Yayinda Geyser ya kammala jarrabawar baki da rubuce-rubuce da kyau a watan Agustan 1945, masu jarrabawarsa sun rabu game da ingancin rubutun digirinsa. Ɗaya daga cikin masu jarrabawarsa guda uku, Farfesa J. De Zwaan na Jami'ar Leiden, ya ba da shawarar cewa ya kamata a ba da digiri cum laude, amma wannan shine zaɓi da majalisar Faculty of Theology ta amince da shi a watan Maris na shekara ta 1946.

Bayan nadin farko a 1946, an nada Geyser har abada a watan Satumbar 1947 a matsayin farfesa kuma shugaban Sashen Kimiyya na Sabon Alkawari. Geyser ya nace kan ɗaukar dukkan batutuwan Greyvenstein, gami da ilimin tauhidi, ka'idojin Kirista, da kuma koyarwa, yana hana ɗalibai halartar aji na ka'idoji na Rautenbach. Rautenbach ya nuna rashin jin daɗinsa game da ayyukan Geyser a tarurruka daban-daban. A cewar Adriaan Pont, tsohon dalibi na Geyser kuma daga baya babban abokin hamayyarsa, Rautenbach ya yi adawa da nadin Geyser.

A shekara ta 1948 Geyser, tare da Gemser, sun shiga cikin gudanarwa da kiyaye mujallar ilimi ta hukuma ta Faculty, Hervormde Teologiese Studies / Reformed Theological Studies . [1] A halin yanzu, an tabbatar da Rautenbach a matsayin shugaban Jami'ar a watan Maris na shekara ta 1948.

Gidan Majalisar Dattijai a Jami'ar Witwatersrand, inda ofishin Geyser da Sashen Nazarin Addini suke a kusurwar arewa maso gabas.

Matsayin Geyser a Jami'ar Pretoria ya ba shi damar yin karatu a Turai da kuma fadada ra'ayinsa. Rijksuniversiteit na Utrecht ya gayyaci Geyser don yin lacca a cikin karatun Sabon Alkawari na watanni shida a cikin 1951 An bayyana amincewa da matsayinsa na ilimi ta hanyar zabensa a 1951 a matsayin daya daga cikin mambobi biyar na kasa da kasa a kwamitin Utrecht Theological Society. Ya yi aiki a kan allon edita na Novum Testamentum da na Ƙarin zuwa Novum Testamentam . Ya yi aiki na watanni shida a 1959 a Faculté de Libre du Protenstantisme a Sorbonne a kan manufar "Cocin a Sabon Alkawari". A shekara ta 1959 an gayyace shi zuwa Cibiyar Papal a Roma don ziyartar binciken da aka yi a ƙarƙashin Basilica na St. Peter.

A sakamakon rikice-rikice da abokan aiki kamar Pont, da wasu daga cikin ɗaliban Geyser suka tayar game da ra'ayoyin siyasa da fassarorin tauhidi, an tilasta Geyser ya yi murabus daga Jami'ar Pretoria a 1961. Rautenbach ya taimaka wajen korar Geyser.

A shekara ta 1964 Geyser ya zama farfesa na farko kuma shugaban Sashen Allahntaka (daga baya aka sake masa suna Sashen Nazarin Addini) a Jami'ar Witwatersrand, Johannesburg .

Kin amincewa da wariyar launin fata bisa ruhi

Shekarun farko na Geyser a Jami'ar Pretoria (wato daga 1946 zuwa 1952) sun ci gaba da nuna goyon bayansa ga manufofin wariyar launin fata na gwamnatin Afirka ta Kudu da kuma na addininsa, wanda hakan ya bayyana yayin hidimarsa na coci. Yayin da ya rubuta game da yadda ra’ayoyin Geyser suka canza, Pieter de Villiers ya bayyana cewa "Bai zama abin mamaki ba cewa Geyser yana goyon bayan wariyar launin fata a wannan lokaci, domin irin rayuwar wariya ta kabila ta zame jiki a rayuwar zamantakewar Afirka ta Kudu kuma an karɓe ta a matsayin al’ada ne." Manufar mishan na NHK ya samo asali daga matsayin cewa fararen fata kawai za su iya zama mambobi na wannan mazhaba, don haka aikin mishan ya kamata ya mayar da hankali wajen kafa majami’u daban-daban ga kowanne ƙungiyar jama’a ("al’umma"). NHK zai zama irin wannan volkskerk, yana ba da wurin ibada na musamman ga fararen fata Afrikaner tare da bin " 'ƙimomin kirista-milliyanci masu tsattsauran ra'ayi'" kamar yadda Hukumar Taro na Coci na NHK ta bayyana a watan Yuni 1967.

Dangantaka da Taron Cottesloe

Geyser ya samu goyon bayan kasa da kasa dangane da ra’ayoyinsa a lokacin da, bayan Kisan Sharpeville a shekarar 1960, Majalisar Cocin Duniya ta aike da wata tawaga domin ganawa da limamai a unguwar Cottesloe da ke Johannesburg. Taron Cottesloe ya haifar da shawarwari guda 17, uku daga cikinsu sun haifar da cece-kuce a kafafen watsa labarai na harshen Afrikaans:

• Coci bai kamata ya nuna bambanci bisa launin fata ko kabila ba.
• Babu wani hujjar Littafi Mai Tsarki da ke hana auren jinsi daban.
• Mallakar ƙasa da shiga harkokin gwamnati hakkoki ne da ba za a iya kwace wa ba.

Shawarwarin an ƙi su gaba ɗaya daga Broederbond, wanda shi ne babban jagoran Jam’iyyar National Party da Firayim Minista Verwoerd, wanda ya bayyana cewa ƙasashen waje suna tsoma baki a harkokin cikin gidan Afirka ta Kudu. Sakamakon wannan sabani, NHK da Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) suka janye daga WCC. Ko da yake Geyser bai halarci taron Cottesloe ba, ya goyi bayan shawarwarin sosai kuma ya ci gaba da sukar NHK da ƙarfi, musamman game da fahimtarta kan ma’anar “catholicity” da manufofinta kan aikin mishan.

Bayan Taron Cottesloe, Geyser ya zama mai adawa da Sashe na III na tsarin mulkin NHK, wanda ke hana bakaken fata zama mambobi. Wannan ya sanya ya zama dole ya yi takaddama da abinda ya kira da “tauhidiya ta falsafa” na cocin sa da sauran cocin Afrikaans. Wannan ya sa matsayinsa a matsayin Farfesa a Sashen Nazarin Addini na Coci ya zama abin ƙalubale, ga Coci da kuma kansa.

Zarge-zargen ridda

A watan Janairu na shekarar 1961, an shirya zanga-zanga guda biyu masu yawa da dubban Afrikanawa suka halarta, a kan marubutan Delayed Action. Wadannan zanga-zangar an shirya su ne ta hannun Pont, wanda a lokacin farfesa ne na tarihin cocin a sashen koyar da ilimin addini na Jami'ar Pretoria.

A watan Satumba 1961, shugabancin NHK karkashin ikon Broederbond ya mayar da martani ga koke-koke daga dalibai uku kuma ya zargi Geyser da ridda da rashin biyayya saboda fassarar sa na Filibiyawa 2:5–11. Takardar da ke dauke da tuhumar ta kunshi shafuka 13, tana zarginsa da cewa soyayyar Allah (agape) ba ta da iyaka dangane da bambancin jinsi; karya dokokin da suka haramta sukan hukuncin NHK; kin amincewa cewa bangaranci (apartheid) yana da tushe a Littafi Mai Tsarki; da kuma yunkurin shirya taro tsakanin dalibansa da daliban cocin Katolika.

An bukace shi da ya ajiye mukaminsa na Farfesa a fannin Karatun Sabon Alkawari saboda kujerar koyarwar tana karkashin tallafin NHK. Duk da an wanke shi daga zargin rashin biyayya, an same shi da laifin ridda a gaban Kwamitin Sinodi na NHK kuma aka kore shi a watan Mayu 1962. An yarda da cewa NHK ta yi amfani da zargin ridda a matsayin hanyar kora Geyser saboda adawarsa da Sashe na III na kundin tsarin mulkin NHK da ra'ayoyinsa "masu banbanci" dangane da al'amuran kabilanci. Geyser ya ji cewa an zarge shi ba daidai ba kuma ya kalubalanci sakamakon Kwamitin a kotun koli. A cikin shari’ar da ta biyo baya, NHK ta amince da sasanci a wajen kotu kuma an dawo da shi. Duk da haka, wadannan sabani sun ci gaba da zama tushen tashin hankali, kuma Geyser ya ajiye aikinsa a matsayin fasto na NHK a shekarar 1963.

Geyser ya bar Jami'ar Pretoria a shekarar 1962 bayan samun nasarar nema da samun mukamin farfesa na farko kuma shugaban Sashen Ilimin Addini (wanda yanzu ya koma Sashen Nazarin Addinai) a Jami'ar Witwatersrand.

Kafa Cibiyar Kiristoci ta Kudancin Afirka

A farkon shekarun 1960, Geyser ya yi abota da Beyers Naudé kuma ya bayyana masa ra'ayinsa na kafa wata kungiya da za ta haɗa Kiristoci masu ra'ayin haɗin kai a Kudancin Afirka domin bayar da shaidar hadin gwiwa kan akidar wariyar launin fata da illa da take kawowa ga coci da al'umma. An kafa Cibiyar Kiristoci ta Kudancin Afirka a shekarar 1963, kuma Geyser a matsayinsa na shugaban kwamitin daraktoci bai sha wahala ba wajen shawo kan Naudé, wanda a lokacin fasto ne a NGK, da ya zama darakta na farko.

Naudé da Geyser sun ci gaba da abota har na wani lokaci duk da hanyar da Naudé ya jagoranci Cibiyar Kiristoci. Amma bisa ga wani mai rubuta tarihin Geyser, lokacin da Naudé ya hada kai da Desmond Tutu wajen neman matakin kasa da kasa kan Afirka ta Kudu, hakan ya nisanta Geyser daga Naudé da kuma daga Cibiyar Kiristoci. Daga bisani, gwamnati mai mulkin jam’iyyar National Party ta haramta Naudé da Cibiyar Kiristoci a 1977. Ga Geyser, gazawar wannan cibiyar na daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da suka bashi bakin ciki a rayuwarsa.

Bayyanar Mambobin Broederbond

Naudé ya nemi shawarar Geyser domin matsayinsa na adawa da tsarin wariyar launin fata na cibiyar Kirista yana kara sabani da kasancewarsa memba na Broederbond. Don taimakawa Geyser fahimtar rikicin dake tsakanin wadannan biyun, Naudé ya ba shi wasu takardun sirrin Broederbond wanda suka hada da mintuna na tarurruka da sunayen mambobin kungiyar Broederbond. Ba tare da sanin Naudé ba, Geyser (wanda ke da sha’awar daukar hoto) ya yi photostat na takardun kafin ya mayar da su. Shawarar Geyser ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a matakin da Naudé ya dauka daga baya na fita daga Broederbond.

A watan Nuwamba 1963, jaridar Ingilishi, The Sunday Times ta wallafa takardun Broederbond kuma Naudé ne aka fara zargi da fitar da bayanan. A gaskiya, Geyser ne ya fitar da su zuwa ga wani dan jarida a jaridar. A cikin jawabin da ya bayar a ranar 20 ga Nuwamba 1963, Geyser ya ce ya yanke shawarar bayyanawa jama’a takardun ne domin ya hana Broederbond cimma burinta. A cewar Geyser, takardun sun bayyana babu tantama cewa Broederbond na amfani da coci wajen biyan bukatun siyasa: "Abin da na lura da farko shi ne cewa wadannan mutane na mai da Cocin, matar Kristi, baiwa ta siyasa".

Kungiyar Broederbond ta bada rahoton cewa takardun an sace su kuma ofisoshin Naudé da Geyser an kai musu samame da ‘yan sandan tsaro. Gaskiyar cewa wannan aiki bai gudana ta hanyar aikin ‘yan sanda na yau da kullum ba, amma ‘yan sandan tsaro ne suka aiwatar da shi, ya nuna cewa ayyukan shugabannin cibiyar Kirista yanzu ana kallonsu a matsayin batun tsaron kasa. Cibiyar Kirista ta ci gaba da fuskantar samame daga ‘yan sandan tsaro da kuma hare-hare daga kafafen yada labarai na Afirkaans.

Shari'u kan zargi da bata suna

A cikin shekarun 1964 da 1965, Pont ya rubuta jerin makaloli a cikin Die Hervormer, wata mujallar wata-wata ta NHK, inda ya zargi Naudé da Geyser da wasu laifuka masu yawa, ciki har da:

• Goyon baya da inganta komunisma da manufofinta
• Ƙarfafa tayar da ƙayar baya da shirya juyin mulki
• Yin kamar Kiristoci ne, alhali da gaske suna ƙoƙarin lalata addinin Kirista
• Goyon bayan kashe mata da yara fararen fata
• Yin sabo da adawa da cocin Afrikaner

Pont ya kuma zargi Christian Institute da zama wata kafa ta ayyukan komunisanci. Naudé da Geyser sun kai Pont da editan Die Hervormer kara saboda bata suna. Editan ya amince da wuri cewa makalolin da ake magana a kansu sun ƙunshi "zarge-zarge marasa tushe, na ƙarya da cin mutunci" kuma ya bayyana "nadamarsa mai zurfi da gaske", amma Pont ya ƙi janye kalamansa. An yanke hukunci a gaban Naudé da Geyser a watan Fabrairu 1967, inda aka umarci Pont ya biya kowannensu diyyar R20,000 da kuma kuɗin lauya (R150,000). A wancan lokacin, wannan ita ce babbar diyyar da aka taɓa bayarwa a Afirka ta Kudu saboda bata suna.

Tunda NHK ba ta taɓa hukunta Pont ba, sai ma ta fitar da wasiƙar goyon baya gareshi ga majami’unta, Geyser ya nemi ganawa da jami’an NHK inda ya nemi su tuba, kafin ya sanar da su cewa shi da matarsa za su bar cocin.

Sakamakon kishiya da mutuwa

Geyser ya yi murabus daga aikin farfesa a shekara ta 1983 bayan shekaru 20 yana aiki a jami’ar Witwatersrand. Ya ci gaba da sukar tsarin wariyar launin fata a bainar jama'a ta hanyar wallafe-wallafe da hirarraki duk da tsananin radadin da iyalinsa suka sha, wanda ya hada da kora daga al’umma da barazana ta jiki. Geyser da kansa ya tsira daga yunkurin kisan kai lokacin da ake zargin an lalata birkin motarsa. A wata hira da jaridar Sunday Express a watan Janairun 1983, ya gargadi cewa: "Coci da ke kadaita kanta ba ta da amfani. Ba ta da wani aiki, sai ta zama abin adana tarihi, domin mafificin ma'anar coci ita ce ta duniya baki ɗaya". Shekaru 20 na ƙarshe na rayuwarsa ba ya cikin kowace coci da hukuma, amma yana halartar ibada a cocin Anglican, Presbyterian da Nederlands Hervormde (Cociyar Dutch Congregation).

An kai Geyser asibiti a shekara ta 1985 bayan ya samu karamin bugun zuciya. Yayin murmurewa a asibiti, ya rubuta wasika zuwa ga Shugaba P. W. Botha yana kiransa da ya nemi gafara game da irin rawar da ya taka shi da jam’iyyar National Party wajen kafa tsarin wariyar launin fata bayan 1948. Wasikar da aka rubuta da harshen Afrikaans na dauke da taken: "Yarda, sulhu, dogaro, furuci" kuma ta bayyana cewa ko da yake Geyser yana jin daɗin wasu daga cikin gyare-gyaren da Shugaba Botha ke yi, har yanzu yana da shakku na addini. A cikin wasikar, Geyser ya ce "Ina bakin ciki Shugaba, ko da yanzu kana ƙoƙarin janye baya da karfin da tsoron jam’iyyar Conservative Party ke barinka, kai ne ɗaya daga cikin tsofaffin mutanen da suka fi kowa da alhakin haka. Kada ka ɗauka abin ƙasƙanci ne ka yarda kuma ka furta laifinka a lokacin da kake cikin majalisa da lokacin Broederbond... Za a iya cewa babu gyara a Afirka ta Kudu muddin har kana barin wannan ƙungiyar arna da ba ta da hurumi da ke ƙirƙirar kanta da kanta ta ci gaba da tabarbarewar tsarin dimokuradiyya a Afirka ta Kudu". A lokacin da yake sharhi game da rawar da Broederbond ta taka wajen tsara manufar wariyar launin fata, ya rubuta: "Yayi musu sauƙi wannan mummunan 'tashar tunani' su yi nasara da ƙarfafa juna a ma'aikatar gwamnati, majalisar gwamnati, ilimi da coci, saboda sun kauce wa sahihin matakin tantancewa da cin gajiyar tattaunawa a bainar jama’a".

Geyser ya sake bugun zuciya wanda ya yi sanadiyyar mutuwarsa kafin ya kammala wasikar, amma jaridar The Sunday Star ta buga abinda ke ciki a ranar 23 ga Yulin 1985. Duk da rashin kusanci tsakaninsa da cocin NHK, burinsa na ƙarshe shi ne a yi masa jana’iza a cocin Nederlands Hervormde (Cociyar Dutch Congregation) a Parktown, Johannesburg. Cocin ta amince da wannan bukatar tasa na ƙarshe. Geyser ya bar matarsa, guda uku daga cikin ‘ya’yansa, da jikokinsa guda takwas.

Gado

Wasu daga cikin wadanda suka yaba da irin rawar da Geyser ya taka a siyasa a lokacin rayuwarsa sun haɗa da Alan Paton, shugaban jam’iyyar Liberal Party (LP). A jawabinsa na bude taron kasa na jam’iyyar LP a watan Yuli 1965, Paton ya bayyana Geyser (tare da Beyers Naudé) a matsayin "jarumai" saboda kasancewarsu masu shirin shan wahala don gaskiyar da suke bi, kuma wadanda suka fahimci cewa ci gaban bambance-bambancen kabilanci wata almara ce ta fari. A shekarar 1988, fitowa ta 64 ta mujallar *Journal of Theology for Southern Africa* ta sadaukar da gaba daya fitowarta don tunawa da Geyser, tare da gudunmawar tsofaffin abokan aiki da ɗalibansa.

A kwanan nan, an yi kokari sosai wajen dawo da tarihin gudunmawar da Geyser ya bayar wajen adawa da wariyar launin fata. Ayyuka da dama da marubuta suka rubuta shi kadai ko tare da wasu kamar A. G. van Aarde da abokan aikinsa (1992, 2014) da Van Eck (1995) sun bayyana tasirinsa a fannin addini, coci da al'umma. Muhawarar Geyser da taƙaitaccen hujjarsa akan halascin addinin wariyar launin fata – kamar yadda abokinsa Adrianus van Selms a Jami’ar Pretoria ya yi – ta zama tubalin da daga bisani ya kai ga kin amincewar NHK da tsarin a shekarar 2010. Van Selms, tare da Berend Gemser, sun kasance daga cikin wadanda suka saba wa matsayin NHK dangane da halascin addinin wariyar launin fata.

Fassarar da Geyser ya yi wa addini, wacce ta kai ga nasarorin da ya samu a kotu akan NHK da Pont, ta rinjayi salon da kuma abun da malaman NHK ke koyarwa har tsawon kusan shekaru ashirin. Maganganun cocin, da nufin mayar da martani ga Geyser, suka kara jaddada goyon baya ga tsarin wariya.

A cikin laccar tunawa da aka gudanar a Leeuwarden a shekarar 2011, Casper Labuschagne ya jaddada cewa Geyser ne ya fara kafa cibiyar Christian Institute kuma ya kafa jaridar 'Pro Veritate' tare da Ben Engelbrecht. Labuschagne ya rasa aikinsa a Jami’ar Pretoria a 1967 saboda goyon bayan da ya bai wa Geyser, kuma daga baya ya yi hijira zuwa Netherlands. A 2014, Kwalejin Addini ta Jami’ar Pretoria ta kafa laccar tunawa da Geyser a kowace shekara. Lacca ta farko an gabatar da ita ne daga James Loader, wanda Kwalejin ta ki dauka aiki saboda kin amincewarsa da ra’ayoyin wariya na NHK.

Dan jarida Benjamin Pogrund ya bayyana Geyser a matsayin mutum mai "karfin kwakwalwa da zuciya" saboda yadda ya sake nazari kuma ya yi watsi da akidar addini da ke goyon bayan wariya, ko da kuwa hakan zai haifar masa da illa. Mai sharhi a jaridar *Sowetan* kuma masanin siyasa Prince Mashele ya rubuta cewa: "‘Gaskiyar ƙima ba ta bayyana lokacin da mutum ke kare kansa ba, sai lokacin da ya sa rayuwarsa cikin haɗari don kare wasu. Wannan ne dai abin da Geyser ya aikata. Lokaci ya yi da mu baki za mu fara fafutukar 'Geyser dole ya tashi' domin kare gado na farar fata wanda ya ce bakake mutane ne a lokacin da hakan haramun ne a idon duniya.'"

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