Candido Da Rocha

Candido Joao Da Rocha ( 1860 - Maris 11, 1959) "Da Rocha: Inside the home of Nigeria's first millionaire", www.africareporters.com.   dan kasuwan Najeriya ne, wanda ya mallaki filaye kuma mai bada bashi wanda ya mallaki Gidan Ruwa a Titin Kakawa, Tsibirin Legas, Legas, kuma shi ne ya mallaki tsohuwar otel na Bonanza Hotel a Lagos. Ya rike sarautar Lodifi na Ilesa .

 Tarihi 
Da Rocha, dan asalin Ilesha ne, an haife shi ga dangin Joao Esan Da Rocha, tsohon bawa na Brazil;  mahaifinsa na da shekaru 10 a duniya lokacin da aka kama shi a matsayin bawa a 1840 kuma an haifi Candido a yankin Bahia na Brazil. Mann, K. (2007). Slavery and the birth of an African city: Lagos, 1760-1900. Bloomington, Ind: Indiana University Press. P. 126

Candido ya halarci Makarantar Grammar CMS, Legas inda ya kasance abokin aikin Isaac Oluwole da Herbert Macaulay . 
link=//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Darocha_Esan.jpg/220px-Darocha_Esan.jpg|thumb| Hagu ne Joao Esan kuma dama Candido yana yaro tare da mahaifiyarsa, Angelica
Candido dan uwa ne ga Moses Da Rocha, daya daga cikin likitocin Najeriya na farko da kasashen yamma suka horar. Ya zauna a Water House dake kan titin Kakawa, Legas, gidan da mahaifinsa da ya gina. An yi bikin tunawa da gidan a cikin wallafe-wallafe ta wani labari, Gidan Ruwa, wanda Antonio Olinto ya rubuta. Gidan yana da rijiyar burtsatse da bututun ruwa na farko a tsibirin Legas; an sayar da ruwa daga gidansa ga masu amfani da shi. Wasu sha'awar kasuwancinsa sun haɗa da gidan abinci mai suna The Restaurant Da Rocha Lagos Weekly Record (1897/10/30). Accessed from NewsBank/Readex, Database: World Newspaper Archive da Saliyo Deep Sea Fishing Industries Ltd. Ya hada kai da ’yan kasuwar Legas JH Doherty da Sedu Williams kan wata sana’ar ba da rance ta kudi da aka kafa da sunan bankin Legas. Ya kasance memba ne wanda ya kafa kungiyar Lagos auxiliary to Anti Slavery and Aborigines Right Society wanda James Johnson ya jagoranta kuma ya sami Samuel Pearse, Hon. Justice Dahunsi Olugbemi Coker da Sapara Williams a matsayin mambobi. Nigerian Chronicle. (1910/09/02). The Nigerian Chronicle, 'News of the Week', P.2. Accessed from (NewsBank/Readex, Database: World Newspaper Archive

Da Rocha ya rasu a shekarar 1959  kuma an binne shi a makabartar Ikoyi. Daga cikin 'ya'yansa akwai Alexander Da Rocha, Adenike Afodu, Angelica Folashade Thomas kuma Louissa Turton. 

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Category:Mutuwan 1959

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Da Rocha, ɗan kabilar Ijesha ne, an haife shi a cikin iyalan Joao Esan Da Rocha;  mahaifinsa yana da shekaru 10 lokacin da aka kama shi a matsayin bawa a cikin kimanin alif ɗari takwas da arbain 1840 kuma an haifi Candido a yankin Bahia na Brazil.  

Candido ya halarci CMS Grammar School, Legas inda ya kasance ua ƙulla alaƙa ta hanyar zama abokin aikin Isaac Oluwole da Herbert Macaulay . 


Candido ɗan'uwan Musa Da Rocha ne, ɗaya daga cikin likitocin Najeriya na farko da aka horar da su a Yamma. Ya zauna a gidan ruwa dake kan titin Kakawa, Legas, gidan da mahaifinsa ya gina. An tuna da gidan a cikin wallafe-wallafe ta hanyar wani labari, The Water House, wanda Antonio Olinto ya rubuta. Gidan yana da rami da maɓuɓɓugar ruwa ta farko a tsibirin Legas; an sayar da ruwa daga gidansa ga masu amfani. Wasu daga cikin sha'awar kasuwancinsa sun haɗa da gidan cin abinci da ake kira The Restaurant Da Rocha  da Sierra Leone Deep Sea Fishing Industries Ltd. Ya yi aiki tare da 'yan kasuwa na Legas J. H. Doherty da Sedu Williams a kan kasuwancin ba da rancen kuɗi da aka kafa a ƙarƙashin sunan Bankin Legas. Ya kasance memba na kafa na Legas mataimakin Anti Slavery and Aborigines Right Society wanda James Johnson ya jagoranta kuma yana da Samuel Pearse, Hon. Justice Dahunsi Olugbemi Coker da Sapara Williams a matsayin mambobi.

Da Rocha ya rasu a shekarar alif ɗari tara da hamsin fa tara 1959  kuma an binne shi a makabartar Ikoyi . Daga cikin 'ya'yansa akwai Alexander Da Rocha, Adenike Afodu, Angelica Folashade Thomas da Louissa Turton. Jikokansa sun haɗa da masanin ilimi Abimbola Omololu-Mulele .