Stephen Adebanji Akintoye

Stephen Adebanji Akintoye
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	1935 (88/89 shekaru)
ƙasa	Najeriya
Karatu
Makaranta	Jami'ar Ibadan Christ's School Ado Ekiti (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	Malami
Employers	University of South Florida (en)

Stephen Adebanji Akintoye,wanda kuma aka fi sani da S.Banji Akintoye (an haife shi a shekara ta 1935),haifaffen Najeriya ne ilimi,marubuci kuma marubuci.Ya halarci Makarantar Christ's Ado Ekiti,Najeriya daga 1951-1955, kuma ya karanci tarihi a Kwalejin Jami'ar (Kwaleji na Jami'ar London),Ibadan (1956-1961),da karatun digiri na uku daga 1963-1966 a Jami'ar.na Ibadan,inda ya samu digirin digirgir a fannin tarihi a shekarar 1966.Ya koyar a Sashen Tarihi a Jami’ar Obafemi Awolowo,Ile-Ife,Najeriya,inda ya zama Farfesa kuma Daraktan Cibiyar Nazarin Afirka daga 1974-1977.Ya kuma koyar da Tarihin Afirka a jami'o'i a Amurka ciki har da Jami'ar Kudancin Florida,Tampa,Florida; Montgomery County Community College,PA,da Jami'ar Gabas,St.Davids,Pennsylvania. Akintoye ya rubuta littattafai hudu,babi a cikin littattafan haɗin gwiwa da yawa,da kuma labarai da yawa a cikin mujallu na masana.Ya kasance mai jagoranci na dan wani lokaci a siyasar Najeriya kuma ya yi aiki a majalisar dattawan Najeriya daga 1979-1983 a lokacin jamhuriya ta biyu. A halin yanzu yana zaune a Cotonoue,Jamhuriyar Benin.Akintoye na daya daga cikin manyan malamai a halin yanzu akan tarihin kabilar Yarbawa. Ayyukansa na baya-bayan nan,A History of the Yoruba People (Amalion,2010),ya zana shekaru da yawa na sababbin bincike da tunani game da nazarin Yarbawa wanda ke kalubalantar wasu ra'ayoyi masu rinjaye a baya game da asalin Yarbawa.Wannan aikin ya kori asalin Gabas ta Tsakiya da Larabawa waɗanda masana irin su Marigayi Samuel Johnson (1846-1901) suka faɗa kuma ya ba da fifiko ga ayyukan da Ulli Beier ya yi a zamanin Pre-Oduduwa da sauransu. Akintoye ya kuma ba da fifiko ga matsayin Ifè fiye da na Oyo.Wani mai bita,Wale Adebanwi,ya lura cewa:“...wannan littafin ya yi takara kai tsaye kuma ya karkatar da hankalin tarihin Yarbawa daga abin da mutane da yawa suka kira asusun Oyo-centric na Samuel Johnson...Inda Johnson ya guje wa tatsuniyar halitta cewa ya sanya Ife a matsayin wuri mai tsarki na asalin zuriyar Oduduwa da kuma Orirun (madogarar halitta),Akintoye, bisa ga gaskiya,ya mayar da Ile-Ife zuwa wurin da ya dace a matsayin "ibi ojumo ti mon wa'ye" (inda. alfijir ya fito).. "