Chibesa Kankasa

Chibesa Kankasa
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	23 ga Maris, 1936
ƙasa	Zambiya
Mutuwa	29 Oktoba 2018
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan siyasa, freedom fighter (en) da Mai kare hakkin mata

Chibesa Chibesakunda Kankasa, wanda aka fi sani da Mama Kankasa (1936-2018) 'yar gwagwarmayar neman 'yanci ce kuma 'yar siyasa ta Zambiya.

Rayuwa

An haifi Chibesa Chibesakunda Kankasa a ranar 23 ga watan Maris 1936 a Ofishin Jakadancin Lubwa a Chinsali. Ita ce 'ya ta shida ga Yotam Chibesakunda, kafinta, da Chilufya Mununga Mutale Chibwe. Ta na da 'yan'uwa 10, ciki har da Jackson Ng'ona Chibesakunda, Jericho Ng'ona Chibesakunda, Smart Yasa Ng'ona Chibesakunda, Margaret Chibesakunda, Chanda Chibesakunda, Kunda Chibesakunda da Friday Ng'ona Chibesakunda. A cikin shekarar 1941 iyayenta sun ƙaura zuwa Chalimbana, daga baya kuma zuwa Kitwe. Ta halarci makarantar kwana ta 'yan mata ta Mingo, daga baya kuma ta yi karatu don zama ma'aikaciyar zamantakewa, ta kware a shari'o'in laifuffuka na aure da na yara. Ta yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar zamantakewa daga shekarun 1951 zuwa 1961.

Ta auri Timothy Kansasa a shekarar 1952. Kamar yadda daga baya ta tuna:

My husband and I used to host freedom fighters at our house when he was working for the mines in Kitwe. I used to cook for all of them, Dr Kenneth Kaunda and others, and so they started referring to me as the National Cook.

Kansasa ta zama shugabar Ƙungiyar Mata a cikin Jam'iyyar Independence Party ta United National Independence Party (UNIP). A shekarar 1972 aka naɗa ta a kwamitin tsakiya na UNIP. Ita ce mace ta farko da ta zama mamba a kwamitin tsakiya.

Mai himma wajen neman yancin mata, a zamaninta Betty Chilunga ta yaba mata bisa gabatar da hutun haihuwa ga iyaye mata masu aiki, da kuma tursasawa gwamnatin Zambia ta fara bikin ranar mata ta duniya.

Kansasa ita ce Babbar Kwamishiniya a Zambiya na farko a Kenya. Ta kasance a wannan muƙami a shekarar 1991, lokacin da aka hambarar da UNIP daga mulki. An tuno da ita bayan wata shida, kuma ta yi ritaya daga siyasa.

A cikin shekarar 2002 Kankasa an ba ta lambar yabo ta Eagle of Zambia, Division na biyu. Ta rasu a Asibitin Avrwyp da ke Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu a ranar 29 ga watan Oktoba 2018. Shugaba Edgar Lungu ya ba ta jana'izar ƙasa, kuma ya ayyana ranar Asabar 3 ga watan Nuwamba a matsayin ranar makoki na ƙasa.