Felicia Kentridge
 Felicia Kentridge | |
|---|---|
| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa | Johannesburg, 7 ga Augusta, 1930 |
| ƙasa | Afirka ta kudu |
| Mutuwa | 7 ga Yuni, 2015 |
| Ƴan uwa | |
| Abokiyar zama |
Sydney Kentridge (en)  (1952 - 2015) |
| Yara |
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| Karatu | |
| Makaranta |
Jami'ar Cape Town Jami'ar Witwatersrand |
| Harsuna | Turanci |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a |
lauya da anti-apartheid activist (en) |
Felicia, Lady Kentridge (née Geffen; 7 Agusta 1930 - 7 Yuni 2015) lauya ce ta Afirka ta Kudu kuma mai fafutukar yaki da nuna wariyar launin fata wacce ta kafa Cibiyar Albarkatun Shari'a ta Afirka ta Kudu (LRC) a cikin shekarar 1979. [1] LRC ta wakilci baƙaƙen fata 'yan Afirka ta Kudu masu adawa da mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata tare da soke dokokin nuna wariya da dama; Kentridge ta shiga cikin wasu hukunce-hukuncen shari'a na Cibiyar. [2] Kentridge da mijinta, fitaccen lauya Sydney Kentridge, sun ci gaba da kasancewa tare da LRC bayan ƙarshen wariyar mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata, kodayake sun koma Ingila na dindindin a cikin shekarar 1980s. [2] A cikin shekarunta na baya, Kentridge ta ɗauki zane-zane, kuma ɗanta William Kentridge ya zama sanannen mai fasaha. [2]
Tarihin Rayuwa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Rayuwar farko da ilimi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Felicia, Lady Kentridge Felicia Nahoma Geffen a Johannesburg a cikin shekarar 1930, 'yar ƙaramar dangin shari'ar Yahudawa; mahaifiyarta ita ce mace ta farko a Afirka ta Kudu. [3] Felicia ta yi karatun shari'a a Jami'ar Cape Town sannan daga baya Jami'ar Witwatersrand, ta sami LLB daga karshen a 1953. [3] A cikin 1952, yayin da har yanzu tana karatu, ta auri Sydney Kentridge, lauya wanda ya ci gaba da kare Nelson Mandela da sauran manyan masu adawa da wariyar launin fata a cikin Treason Trial na shekarar 1956. [2] [3]
Gwagwarmayar adawa da nuna wariyar launin fata
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Felicia da Sydney Kentridge duk sun kasance masu adawa da mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata, kuma Felicia ta nemi soke tushen doka na wariya da wariya a Afirka ta Kudu. A farkon shekarun 1970, ta ziyarci Amurka don nazarin ayyukan cibiyoyin shari'a na jama'a, kuma an yi wahayi zuwa ga samun irin wannan asibitin shari'a ga matalautan Afirka ta Kudu a shekarar 1973. [2] [3] A cikin shekarar 1979, a karkashin jagorancin lauyoyin kare hakkin jama'a na Amurka Jack Greenberg da Michael Meltsner, ita da wasu manyan lauyoyi masu adawa da wariyar launin fata, ciki har da mijinta Sydney da Arthur Chaskalson, sun kafa Cibiyar Albarkatun Shari'a (wanda aka tsara a kan NAACP Legal Defence and Educational Fund, wanda Greenberg ya kasance darektan-baƙar fata na Afirka) don yakin neman adalci da adalci. [1] [3] Kentridge ya yi tafiya zuwa ƙasashen waje don tattara tallafi ga LRC, kuma ya sami nasarar samun kuɗi daga cibiyoyi irin su Carnegie, Ford da Gidauniyar Rockefeller. [2] Ta gudanar da harkokin gudanarwa na LRC, kuma ta ba da gudummawa ga wasu muhimman nasarorin da ta samu a shari'a, tare da taimakawa wajen soke dokokin nuna wariya irin su tsarin ba da izinin baƙar fata na Afirka ta Kudu. [2] [3]
A farkon shekara ta 1980s, Kentridge da mijinta sun ƙaura zuwa London, kodayake ta ci gaba da tafiya zuwa Afirka ta Kudu akai-akai don taimakawa LRC. [3] Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin shugabar ƙungiyar Legal Resources Trust, kuma ta taimaka wajen kafa ayyukan ayyukan shari'a na Afirka ta Kudu da Ilimin Shari'a da kuma Ƙungiyar Taimakon Shari'a ta Burtaniya, wacce daga baya ta zama wani ɓangare na Canon Collins Education and Legal Assistance Trust. [3] Bayan kawo karshen mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata a cikin shekarar 1994, Kentridge ya ci gaba da kasancewa tare da LRC, wanda ke ci gaba da gudanar da ayyukan shari'a na buƙatun jama'a har zuwa yau. [2] Majalisar Lauyoyin Afirka ta Kudu ta ba da lambar yabo ta shekara-shekara mai suna a cikin girmamawar Kentridge, lambar yabo ta Sydney da Felicia Kentridge, don ƙwarewa a cikin dokokin sha'awar jama'a. [4]
Bayan rayuwa da mutuwa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A cikin shekarunta na baya, Kentridge ta zama mai zane, tana aiki mafi yawa a cikin ruwa. [2] A ƙarshe an gano ta da ciwon gurguwar ƙwayar cuta, wanda a ƙarshe ya sa ta gurgunce. Ta mutu a gida a Maida Vale, London, a watan Yuni 2015. [3]
Rayuwa ta sirri
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A cikin shekarar 1952, Geffen ya auri Sydney Kentridge (yanzu Sir Sydney), lauya ɗan Afirka ta Kudu kuma alkali na Kotun Tsarin Mulki sau ɗaya, wanda ya tsira daga gare ta. A lokacin da ta rasu a shekarar 2015, ta haifi ‘ya’ya huɗu, jikoki tara da kuma jikoki ɗaya. [3] Babban ɗanta, William, ɗan Afirka ta Kudu mai fasaha ne, mai magana da jama'a kuma mai shirya fina-finai. [5]
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rights campaigner Felicia Kentridge dies". Times Live. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Felicia Kentridge obituary". The Guardian. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 "STATEMENT FROM THE LRC ON LEARNING OF THE DEATH OF LADY FELICIA KENTRIDGE". Legal Resources Centre. 8 June 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "Pay the debt forward: Public Protector asks her peers". Public Protector South Africa. 21 July 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ↑ "William Kentridge: "In Praise of Shadows"". Harvard Magazine. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
Hanyoyin haɗi na waje
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- "South African who outwitted apartheid dies in London". Global South Africans. 12 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- "Felicia Kentridge: a most remarkable woman". South African Jewish Report. 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- Legal Resources Centre official website