Frederick Nanka-Bruce

Frederick Nanka-Bruce
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Accra, 9 Oktoba 1878
ƙasa	Ghana
Mutuwa	Conakry, 13 ga Yuli, 1953
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Edinburgh (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan jarida da ɗan siyasa
Kyaututtuka	gani Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Frederick Victor Nanka-Bruce (9 ga Oktoba 1878-13 Yuli 1953) likita ne, ɗan jarida kuma ɗan siyasa a yankin Kogin Zinariya. Shi ne ɗan Afirka na uku da ya yi aikin likitancin gargajiya a cikin mazaunin, bayan Benjamin Quartey-Papafio da Ernest James Hayford.

Rayuwar farko da iyali

Frederick Victor Bruce ya kasance shaharar manyan iyalai biyu na Ga; Mahaifiyarsa ita ce Christiana Reindorf kuma mahaifinsa, Alexander Bruce, ɗan kasuwa ne na Accra. Bruces sun fito ne daga garin James Town ko British Accra, yayin da Reindorfs suka fito daga Danish Accra ko Osu. Mahaifinsa zuriyar fitaccen ɗan kasuwa ne Ga mai suna Robert William Wallace Bruce, yayin da mahaifiyarsa ta kasance dangin Basel Mission catechist, daga baya fasto kuma masanin tarihi, Carl Christian Reindorf. Bruce ya saka "Nanka" don girmama kakansa, Robert William Wallace Bruce, wanda aka fi sani da Nii Nanka.

Nanka-Bruce ya yi karatu a Makarantar Gwamnati da ke Accra da kuma Makarantar Sakandare ta Wesleyan da ke Legas. Bayan koyan aiki ga mai ba da abinci a Accra, ya kasance memba na Balaguron Kumasi na 1900 - an kewaye shi a Kumasi Fort tare da Gwamna, Frederick Hodgson, har sai da balaguron ya sami nasarar tsallake layin Ashanti zuwa bakin teku. A cikin 1901 ya yi tafiya don yin karatun likitanci a Jami'ar Edinburgh, ya kammala a 1906 tare da MB ChB. Ya yi aiki a Asibitin London kafin ya dawo Accra a 1907.

Aikin Siyasa

Nanka-Bruce ya gina aikin likitanci mai zaman kansa a Accra, kuma ya kasance mai ba da shawara ga gwamnati kan lafiyar jama'a. A cikin 1918 ya kafa jaridar The Gold Coast Independent. An zabe shi a Majalisar Dokoki da ke wakiltar Ƙungiyar Masu Ba da Lamuni ta Accra a 1931, yana aiki har zuwa 1935 kuma daga 1946 zuwa 1950. A shekarar 1950, kungiyar masu biyan kuɗi ta zama wani ɓangare na National Democratic Party, inda Nanka-Bruce ya zama shugaban jam'iyyar. An ba shi lambar yabo ta O.B.E. a 1935. Daga 1952 zuwa 1953, ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Hukumar Gwamnonin Accra Academy. A cikin 1933 ya kasance mai haɗin gwiwa kuma Shugaba na farko na ƙungiyar ƙwararrun likitocin Gold Coast, kuma a cikin 1951 abokin haɗin gwiwa kuma Shugaban farko na ƙungiyar likitocin Biritaniya ta Ghana; bayan mutuwar Nanka-Bruce ƙungiyoyin biyu za su haɗa kai su zama ƙungiyar likitocin Ghana.

'Yar uwarsa Florence, kuma bayan mutuwarta ta farko wata' yar uwa Emma, ​​ta auri Thomas Hutton-Mills, Sr. Ya rasu ranar 13 ga watan Yuli 1953. Zuriyarsa har yanzu suna zaune a Accra kuma sun hada da dan wasan Ghana William Nanka-Bruce.

Matsayin Kafa Kwalejin Jami'ar Gold Coast (Jami'ar Ghana)

Lokacin da Dr. Nanka-Bruce yayi amfani da makirufo na Rediyon Zoy don yin jawabi ga mutanen yankin Gold Coast game da buƙatar kwalejin jami'a don Gold Coast a 1947 daga Accra, Dr. Fredrick Nanka-Bruce ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin kafuwar. na Jami'ar Ghana. A cikin kusan tarihin zamani game da kafuwar Kwalejin Jami'ar Gold Coast, F. M. Bourret (1949) ya bayyana cewa adireshin rediyon Nanka Bruce ya kasance babban kayan aiki wajen tasiri Sakataren Gwamnati na Ƙungiyoyin a ƙarshe don ba da yardarsa a farkon 1947, don kafa kwalejin jami'a ta Gold Coast, yana cewa:

".... Gold Coast yakamata ya sami kwalejin jami'a a wani shafi daban da Achimota, wanda zai ci gaba da makarantar sakandare,... Sakamakon matsalolin gini, duk da haka, zai zama dole a yi amfani da gine-ginen Achimota har sai an sami sababbi... (Shirye-shiryen ya kamata su zama masu mahimmanci)... don samar da ƙwararrun maza da mata na Afirka don aiwatar da babban aikin ci gaba wanda ke gaban ƙasar ” (F. M. Bourret, 1949).