Stella Thomas
 Stella Thomas | |
|---|---|
| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa | Lagos, 1906 |
| ƙasa | Najeriya |
| Mutuwa | 1974 |
| Ƴan uwa | |
| Ahali |
Peter John Adeniyi Thomas (en)  |
| Karatu | |
| Makaranta |
Jami'ar Oxford Annie Walsh Memorial School (en) |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a |
mai shari'a da magistrate (en) |
Stella Jane Thomas (daga baya Stella Marke) (an haife ta a shekarar ta 1906 - ta mutu a shekara ta 1974) ƴar ƙabilar Yoruba Nijeriya lauya a ƙasar Saliyo. Ta sami digiri na lauya daga jami'ar Oxford kuma a shekarar 1943 ta zama mace ta farko da ta fara yanke hukunci a Najeriya .
Rayuwar farko da ilimi[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
An haifi Stella Thomas a cikin shekarar 1906, a cikin Lagos, Nijeriya, ƴar Peter John Claudius Thomas, wani ɗan kasuwar Saliyo da ke zaune a Lagos. Mahaifinta shi ne ɗan Afirka na farko da ya shugabanci ƙungiyar ’Yan Kasuwa ta Legas . [1] Ta halarci Makarantar tunawa da Annie Walsh a Freetown, Saliyo, "makarantar sakandare mafi tsufa ga 'yan mata a Afirka ta Yamma." Ɗan uwanta Peter Thomas ya zama matuƙin jirgin sama na farko na Afirka ta Yamma da aka ba da izini a cikin Sojan Sama a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II . Wani ɗan’uwan ta Stephen Peter Thomas, shi ne Babban Alƙalin Kotun farko na yankin Mid-West.
Yayin da ta karanci aikin lauya a Oxford kuma ta kasance memba na Middle Temple a Landan, tana aiki tare da ƙungiyar Ɗaliban Afirka ta Yamma, kuma mamba ce ta kafa kungiyar Hadin Kan Masu Launuka, wanda Harold Moody ya shirya . Ta rayu ne a Bloomsbury, kuma ta yi fice a cikin wasan kwaikwayon da mawaki dan Jamaica Una Marson ya fara wasan farko, A Wace Irin Farashi, wacce gasar ta sanya a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Scala na London .
Ayyuka[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Thomas ita ce mace ta farko daga Afirka da aka kira zuwa mashaya a Burtaniya, a cikin shekarar 1933. [2] A cikin 1934, ita kadai ce 'yar Afirka da ta shiga tattaunawa tare da Margery Perham a Royal Society of Arts, kuma ta yi amfani da damar ta soki Ubangiji Lugard da mulkin mallaka na Afirka a gaban masu sauraro masu tasiri. Lokacin da ta dawo Afirka ta Yamma, ita ce mace ta farko da ta fara lauya a yankin. [3]
Bayan dawowarta Afirka ta Yamma, da farko ta yi rajista a mashaya Saliyo kuma a watan Disambar shekarar 1935, ta dawo Legas ta kafa aikin lauya a kan titin Kakawa, Tsibirin Lagos . Ta yi aiki a kan batutuwan shari'a da yawa, gami da shari'o'in aikata laifi da matsalolin dangi, sannan ta yi aiki tare da lauyoyi Alex EJ Taylor da Eric Moore.
A shekarar 1943, ta zama mace ta farko da ta yanke hukunci a yankin Afirka ta Yamma, aiki a kotun majistare da ke Ikeja tare da ikon gundumomin Mushin, Agege da Ikorodu . Daga baya ta zama majistare a gidan kotun Saint Anna da kuma Kotun Botanical Gardens a Ebute-Metta . Ta yi ritaya a matsayin alkalin alkalai a Saliyo a 1971. [1]
Rayuwa[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
A watan Nuwamba na shekarar 1944, Stella Thomas ta auri wani ɗan ƙwararren masanin shari'a, Richard Bright Marke, a Freetown. Ta mutu a shekarar 1974, tana da shekaru 68 a duniya. [1]
Manazarta[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Emeka Keazor, "Notable Nigerians: Stella Thomas" Archived 2019-03-08 at the Wayback Machine, NSIBIDI Institute (4 November 2014).
- ↑ "West African Lady Barrister Called to the Bar" Nigerian Daily Telegraph (11 May 1933): 1.
- ↑ Marc Matera, "Black Internationalism and African and Caribbean Intellectuals in London, 1919-1950"[permanent dead link] (PhD diss., Rutgers University, 2008): 35–36.