Sophia Williams-De Bruyn
 Sophia Williams-De Bruyn | |
|---|---|
| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa | Port Elizabeth, 1938 (87/88 shekaru) |
| ƙasa | Afirka ta kudu |
| Karatu | |
| Harsuna | Turanci |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a | ɗan siyasa, trade unionist (en)  da anti-apartheid activist (en) |
Sophia Theresa Williams-de Bruyn (née Williams; an haife ta a shekara ta 1938) OMSS tsohuwar mai fafutukar adawa da nuna wariyar launin fata ce ta Afirka ta Kudu. Ita ce ta farko da ta karɓi lambar yabo ta mata don hidimar ƙasa ta musamman. Ita ce jagora ta ƙarshe mai rai ta Women's March.[1]
Rayuwar farko
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Sophia Theresa Williams-De Bruyn a cikin Villageboard, yankin da ke da mutane daga ƙasashe daban-daban. [2] Ita ce 'yar Frances Elizabeth da Henry Ernest Williams.[3] Ta ce tausayin mahaifiyarta ga wasu ya taimaka mata ta kasance da tausayi.[4]
Lokacin da mahaifinta ya shiga soja don yin yaki a yakin duniya na biyu, mahaifiyar Sophia ta motsa iyali zuwa wani sabon ci gaban gidaje, musamman da aka gina don masu launi, wanda ake kira Schauder. Ta ci gaba da karatunta a Makarantar Katolika ta Saint James. Ta bar makaranta ta fara aiki a masana'antar saka. Ma’aikata a masana’antar Tufafi ta Van Lane sun nemi ta taimaka ta “warware matsalolinsu da shugabannin masana’anta,” kuma daga baya ta zama ma’aikaciyar shago. [2] Daga baya ta zama memba mai zartarwa na kungiyar Ma'aikatan Tudu a Port Elizabeth. [2]
Aikin siyasa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Williams-De Bruyn ta kasance memba na ƙungiyar Kasuwanci ta Afirka ta Kudu (SACTU).[2] Bayan gwamnati ta gabatar da Dokar Rijistar Jama'a a cikin shekarar 1950s, an naɗa ta a matsayin mai shirya cikakken lokaci na Majalisar Jama'ar Launi a Johannesburg.
A ranar 9 ga watan Agusta, 1956, ta jagoranci zanga-zangar mata 20 000 a kan ginin Union of Pretoria tare da Lilian Ngoyi, Rahima Moosa, Helen Joseph,[5] Albertina Sisulu da Bertha Gxowa don nuna rashin amincewa da buƙatun cewa mata suna ɗaukar littattafai a matsayin wani ɓangare na dokokin wucewa.[1] Sophia tana da shekaru 18 kacal, wanda hakan ya sa ta kasance mafi ƙanƙanta a cikin shugabannin huɗu.[6] Waɗannan matan sun bi ta cikin masu gadi a ƙofofin don isar da kokensu a wajen ƙofar ministoci.[7] Bayan da aka zartar da dokar yawan jama'a, Williams-De Bruyn ta majalisar wakilan jama'ar launi ta ba shi aiki tare da Shulamith Muller kan batutuwan da suka shafi zartar da dokoki.[2]
A shekarar 1959, ta auri Henry Benny Nato De Bruyn kuma sun haifi 'ya'ya uku. Mijinta kuma mai fafutuka ne a harkar ‘yanci, kuma sojan Umkhonto we Sizwe. Gidansu ya zama mafaka ga sauran masu fafutukar yaki da wariyar launin fata irin su Raymond Mhlaba, Elias Motsoaledi da Wilton Mkwayi.[8]
A shekara ta 1963, an tilasta wa mijinta gudun hijira a Lusaka, Zambia inda aka naɗa shi Shugaban Kwamitin Siyasa na Yanki na ANC.[9] Ta shiga tare da shi bayan shekaru shida kuma ta ci gaba da kammala karatunta kuma ta sami shaidar difloma a shekara ta 1977, duk a lokacin tana aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na ANC a Lusaka.[9] Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa majalisar ilimi ta ANC da aka kafa a shekarar 1980. Majalisar ta kafa tsarin koyarwa na Kwalejin Freedom Solomon Mahlangu. An kafa kwalejin ne a cikin shekarar 1978 ta jam'iyyar African National Congress (ANC) da ke gudun hijira a Mazimbu, Tanzania.
Ta koma Afirka ta Kudu tare da mijinta bayan da ANC ba ta da izini[6] Mijinta ya yi aiki a matsayin jakadan Afirka ta Kudu a Jordan har ya mutu a shekarar 1999.[9] Ta kasance mamba a hukumar daidaita jinsi kafin ta shiga majalisar dokokin Gauteng a shekarar 2004 sannan ta zama mataimakiyar kakakinta daga shekarun 2005 zuwa 2009, kafin ta koma majalisar dokokin ƙasar.[6]
Martaba
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Ta yi jawabi ga ɗimbin jama'a a bikin cika shekaru 60 na Women's March a shekarar 1956 a Pretoria a ranar 9 ga watan Agusta, 2016.[6]
A cikin shekarar 1999, Williams-De Bruyn ta sami lambar yabo ta Ida Mntwana a Silver.[10] A cikin shekarar 2001, ita ce ta farko da aka ba wa lambar yabo ta mata don hidimar ƙasa ta musamman kuma a cikin wannan shekarar ta sami lambar yabo ta Mahatma Gandhi.[10]
A halin yanzu ita ce 'yar majalisar dokoki a lardin Gauteng na jam'iyyar ANC.
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- 1 2 Ndaba, Baldwin (9 August 2006). "Memories of the Long March to Freedom". The Star. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016 – via HighBeam Research.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn". South African History Online. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ↑ sahoboss (2011-02-17). "Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn". South African History Online (in Turanci). Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ↑ Chernick, Ilanit (26 August 2015). "'Women Still Need to Be Assertive'". IOL. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ↑ Blue plaque on the front of Rahima Moosa House mounted in 2013 as part of Johannesburg Heritage.
- 1 2 3 4 "Sophia Williams-De Bruyn – a lifetime of activism – Ahmed Kathrada Foundation". www.kathradafoundation.org (in Turanci). Archived from the original on 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ↑ Walker, Cherryl (1991). Women and Resistance in South Africa (in Turanci). New Africa Books. ISBN 9780864861702.
- ↑ Supplement. "60 Iconic Women — The people behind the 1956 Women's March to Pretoria (51-60)". The M&G Online (in Turanci). Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- 1 2 3 "Henry Benny Nato De Bruyn – Centro Benny Nato Onlus". www.bennynato-onlus.org (in Italiyanci). Archived from the original on 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- 1 2 "Sophia Williams-De Bruyn". SAWW Annual Awards. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
