G.O. Olusanya

Gabriel Olakunle Olusanya  an haife shi(1936 - 2012) wani malamin ilimi ne na Najeriya, mai gudanarwa da diflomasiyya wanda ya kasance jakadan Najeriya a Faransa daga 1991 zuwa 1996. A bangaren karatun ilimi, yawancin ayyukansa na ilimi sun fi mayar da hankali ne kan tarihin Najeriya da alakar kasashen waje.

Tarihin Rayuwa 
Olusanya ya halarci makarantar Methodist Boys 'High School' a Legas sannan yayi karatun Tarihi a Kwalejin Jami'a, Ibadan (yanzu Jami'ar Ibadan). Ya ci gaba da karatu a Jami'ar British Columbia sannan daga baya ya sami Digiri na Doctorate daga Jami'ar Toronto.

Bayan ya kammala karatun sa, sai ya shiga aikin koyarwa a yankin Arewacin Najeriya a Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello, inda tsohon malamin tarihin sa, Abdullahi Smith yake bunkasa sashin Tarihin ABU. Koyaya, rikice-rikicen siyasa da na ƙabilanci da suka gabaci yakin basasar Najeriya sun haifar da tafiyarsa zuwa Jami'ar Legas a 1966.

Olusanya ta hanyar wallafe-wallafen ayyukansa da nadin nasa zuwa ga rukunin masu tunani na gwamnati sun sami bayyanar jama'a a matsayin mai ilimi da ilimi. Ya yi rubutu game da manufofin tattalin arziki da siyasa da dalilai tsakanin 1939 da 1945 wadanda suka karfafa ci gaban kishin kasa a cikin littafin da ya wallafa: "Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu da Siyasa a Nijeriya 1939 - 1953. A cikin 1982, ya buga Theungiyar Studentsaliban Afirka ta Yamma da Siyasar Mulkin mallaka, 1925-1958, wani darasi ne game da rawar Kungiyar Studentaliban Afirka ta Yamma a cikin jindadin ɗaliban Afirka da kuma faɗakar da wayewar siyasa tsakanin ɗalibai.

Olusanya ya kasance masanin tushe kuma daraktan karatu a Cibiyar Nazarin Manufofin Kasa da Nazari. A shekara ta 1984, an nada shi Darakta-Janar na kasa-da-kasa wanda ke kula da harkokin kasashen waje, Cibiyar Nazarin Harkokin Duniya ta Najeriya.

 Manazarta 
https://books.google.com/books?id=iEO3AAAAIAAJ

https://blerf.org/index.php/biography/olusanya-professor-gabriel-olakunle/
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