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David Webster (anthropologist)

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David Webster (anthropologist)
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Luanshya (en) Fassara, 19 Disamba 1945
ƙasa Afirka ta kudu
Mutuwa Johannesburg, 1 Mayu 1989
Yanayin mutuwa kisan kai (violence (en) Fassara)
Ƴan uwa
Ahali Edward Webster (en) Fassara
Karatu
Makaranta Jami'ar Witwatersrand
Jami'ar Rhodes
Harsuna Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a anthropologist (en) Fassara, political activist (en) Fassara da anti-apartheid activist (en) Fassara
Employers Jami'ar Rhodes
Jami'ar Witwatersrand

David Webster (1 Disamba 1944 - 1 Mayu 1989) ɗan Afirka ta Kudu malami ne kuma ɗan gwagwarmayar yaƙi da nuna wariyar launin fata. Ya yi aiki a matsayin masanin ilimin ɗan adam a Jami'ar Witwatersrand, inda ya kasance babban malami a lokacin da aka kashe shi.

Webster ya kasance memba na kafa Kwamitin Tallafawa Iyaye na tsare (DPSC) a cikin shekarar 1981, memba na Five Freedoms Forum, kuma mai himma a cikin United Democratic Front. Webster ya kasance mamba mai ƙwazo a ƙungiyar magoya bayan Orlando Pirates kuma ya taimaka wajen haɗakarwa da shirya mawakan Afirka ta Kudu lokacin gwagwarmaya a shekarun 1980.

Ya kasance mai binciken al'adun gargajiya na dogon lokaci kuma aikinsa a kusa da Kosi Bay a kan iyakar Mozambique ya haifar da wallafe-wallafen ilimi da yawa da ake bita.

Jami'an tsaron mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata ne suka kashe Webster a wajen gidansa a ranar 1 ga watan Mayun 1989.

Shekarun farko

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An haifi David Joseph Webster a cikin shekarar 1944 a Arewacin Rhodesia, inda mahaifinsa ya yi aiki a matsayin mai hakar ma'adinai a Copperbelt. Ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Rhodes a Grahamstown, inda ya shiga harkokin siyasa na ɗalibai. [1]

A cikin shekarar 1970, Webster ya fara koyar da ilimin sanin ɗan adam a Jami'ar Witwatersrand (Wits). An rubuta takardar shaidar digirinsa a kan wani batu na al'ada na ilimin halin ɗan adam ('yan uwantaka), amma an mayar da hankali kan filin fashe na siyasa, wato ma'aikatan ƙaura daga Mozambique. A cikin shekarar 1976, ya koyar a shekaru biyu tare da Peter Worsley a Jami'ar Manchester.[1]

Webster ya kasance mai fafutuka a harkar siyasa na yaki da nuna wariyar launin fata, musamman a shekarun 1980 na kwamitin tallafawa iyayen da ake tsare da su, ƙungiyar da ke bayar da shawarar a saki fursunonin siyasa da ake tsare da su ba tare da shari’a ba a Afirka ta Kudu.

Abokin aikinsa Eddie Webster, masanin ilimin zamantakewa ne a Cibiyar Kudancin Cibiyar Nazarin Rashin daidaito, Wits. [2] [3]

An harbe Webster a kofar gidansa da ke lamba 13 Eleanor Street a Troyeville, Johannesburg, ta hanyar masu kisan gilla a ma'aikacin Ofishin Haɗin gwiwar Jama'a, wata hukuma ce ta ɓoye na ƙasar mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata.[4] Dubban mutane ne suka halarci jana'izar Webster a St Mary's Cathedral, Johannesburg.[5]

An biya tawagar da aka kashe R40,000 (a lokacin, kwatankwacin dalar Amurka 8,000) don kashe shi. Ferdi Barnard, mutumin da ya ja bindigar da aka yi amfani da shi, an yi masa shari’a kuma aka same shi da laifi a shekarar 1998; An yanke masa hukuncin ɗaurin rai da rai guda biyu tare da shekaru 63 saboda wasu laifuka da suka haɗa da kisan Webster.[6] An saki Barnard daga gidan yari a ranar 2 ga watan Afrilu, 2019, bayan da Ministan Shari’a da Ma’aikatan Gyaran Jiki Michael Masutha ya amince da sakin sa a watan Maris 2019.[7] Ko da yake an saki Barnard, ba a sassauta hukuncin ɗaurin rai da rai da aka yanke masa ba. Don haka, zai ci gaba da cika sauran hukumcin da aka yanke masa a cikin al’umma, kuma ofishin kula da gyaran al’umma zai kula da shi.[8]

Rayuwa ta sirri

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Dr Webster ya kasance memba na kungiyar magoya bayan Orlando Pirates. Mambobin ƙungiyar magoya bayan ƙungiyar sun kafa jami’an tsaro a kusa da akwatin gawar sa a wajen jana’izar sa.

Gidan da ke Troyeville inda Webster ya zauna tare da abokin aikinsa Maggie Friedman an ayyana shi a matsayin wurin gado. A wurin da aka kashe shi a wajen David Webster House akwai wani mosaic wanda ya haɗa da kalmomin "An kashe shi a nan don yaki da nuna wariyar launin fata. Ya rayu don adalci, zaman lafiya da abota".[9] Wani wurin shakatawa na kusa a titin Clarence (wanda ake kira Bloemenhof Park) an sake masa suna David Webster Park a bikin cika shekaru 20 da mutuwarsa.[9] Akwai kuma wani mosaic a wurin shakatawa na Jacob Ramaboya daga Spaza Gallery wanda ke tunawa da rayuwarsa.[1]

A cikin shekarar 1992, Jami'ar Witwatersrand ta ba da lambar yabo ta Hall of Residence Webster. Gidan zama na David Webster yanzu yana gida ga ɗaliban Jami'ar Wits kusan 400.

Ayyukan da aka wallafa

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  • Webster, D; Hammond-Took, W D, eds. (1975), Agnates and affines: studies in African marriage, manners and land allocation, Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press.
  • Webster, D 1984. The reproduction of labour power and the struggle for survival in Soweto. (Carnegie Conference paper no.20) Rondebosch: Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit. ISBN 0-7992-0694-6.
  • Webster, D.; Friedman, M. (1989). Repression and the State of Emergency, June 1987-March 1989. Braamfontein: Ravan Press – via Southern African Research Service. (Published posthumously)
  • Webster, David (1991). "Abafazi Bathonga Bafihlakala". African Studies. Taylor and Francis. 50 (1): 243–271. doi:10.1080/00020189108707744. ISSN 0002-0184. (Published posthumously)
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "David Joseph Webster". sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  2. Houston, G. (2021-03-08). "Eddie Webster: advancing democracy through labour activism". HSRC Repository.
  3. "Staff - Wits University". www.wits.ac.za. Archived from the original on 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  4. "The night Ferdi Barnard told me he killed", Nov 21 1997, Mail & Guardian
  5. Sparks, Allister (7 May 1989). "Thousands at Funeral in S. Africa". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  6. "Ferdi Barnard is found guilty of killing Webster", sahistory.org.za
  7. "Ferdi Barnard: Apartheid-era hitman released from prison". The South African (in Turanci). 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  8. Evans, Jenni (7 March 2019). "Parole approved for apartheid hitman Ferdi Barnard". News24. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Webster's house now a heritage site". The Star. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.

Kara karantawa

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  • Frederikse, J 1998. David Webster. Cape Town : Maskew Miller Longman. ISBN 0-636-02255-2.
  • Stiff, P 2001. Warfare by Other Means: South Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. Alberton (South Africa): Galago. ISBN 1-919854-01-0.

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

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