Samuel Johnson (masanin tarihi dan Najeriya)

Samuel Johnson (masanin tarihi dan Najeriya)
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Freetown, 24 ga Yuni, 1846
ƙasa	Najeriya
Mutuwa	Lagos, 29 ga Afirilu, 1901
Karatu
Harsuna	Turanci Pidgin na Najeriya
Sana'a
Sana'a	Masanin tarihi
Imani
Addini	Anglicanism (en)

Rev. Samuel Johnson: (An haife shi a watan 24 Yuni,shekara ta alif ɗari takwas da arba'in da shida 1846 – 29 Afrilu 1901), Malamin coci ne na Anglican kuma masanin tarihin Yarbawa.

Tarihin Rayuwa

An haifi Samuel Johnson a birnin Freetown, Saliyo, a matsayin ɗa na uku daga cikin ’ya’ya bakwai na Henry Erugunjinmi Johnson da Sarah Johnson a ranar 24 ga Yuni, 1846. An haifi mahaifinsa, wanda ya ba wa kansa sunan Yarbawa Erugunjinmi a shekara ta 1810 a garin Oyo-Ile, babban birnin daular Oyo . Henry shi ne Omoba (sarki) na dangin Oyo, kuma jikan alaafin (sarki) Abiodun ne na ƙarni na 18. Daga baya an kama shi a cinikin bayin Atlantika amma aka yi sa'a aka mayar da shi Saliyo, kamar yawancin Yarabawa, kamar Samuel Ajayi Crowther (dan uwansa na nesa) da sauransu. Daga baya ya sadu da Samuel Johnson, wanda ya ba da sunansa ga dansa. Johnson yana da ’yan’uwa maza 2, Henry da Nathaniel, da ƙane mai suna Obadiya. Henry da Nathaniel dukansu sun zamo masu wa’azi na mishan kuma babban malami kamar Sama’ila, yayin da Obadiah ya zama likita ɗan asalin kabilar Yarbawa na farko. Ya kammala karatunsa a Cibiyar Koyarwa ta Cocin Missionary Society (CMS) sannan kuma ya koyar a lokacin abin da aka fi sani da yakin basasar Yarabawa.

Johnson da Charles Phillips, suma na CMS, sun shirya tsagaita tarzoma a 1886 sannan kuma yarjejeniyar da ta tabbatar da 'yancin kai na garuruwan Ekiti. Birnin Ilorin ta ki yarda ta daina, kuma yakin ya ci gaba. A 1880, ya zama diacon kuma a 1888 firist . Ya kasance a Oyo daga 1881 zuwa gaba kuma ya kammala aikin tarihin Yarbawa a 1897. An ce wannan lamari ya faru ne saboda tsoron cewa mutanensa na rasa tarihinsu, kuma sun fara sanin tarihin Turawa . Abin ban mamaki shi ne, mawallafinsa na Birtaniya sun yi kuskuren wannan aikin.

Bayan mutuwarsa, ɗan'uwansa Dokta Obadiah Johnson ya sake tattarawa kuma ya sake rubuta littafin, ta kwafar salon bayanan reverend a matsayin jagora. A cikin 1921, ya sake shi a matsayin Tarihin Yarabawa daga Farkon Zamani zuwa Farkon Tsarin Mulkin Biritaniya . Tun daga lokacin an kamanta littafin da Rushewar Daular Romawa ta Edward Gibbon .

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

• Hope Africa E-wallafa
• Shafin akan Samuel Johnson Archived 2017-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
• A takaice ambatonsa Archived 2006-05-18 at the Wayback Machine