Joseph Folaha Odunjo

Cif Joseph Folaha Odunjo  (ya rayu daga shekarar 1904– zuwa shekarar 1980). Marubuci ne, malami kuma ɗan siyasa ɗan ƙasar Najeriya wanda aka fi sani da ayyukansa na adabin Yarabawa.    

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Odunjo a Ibara, Abeokuta a shekarar 1904.  Ya yi karatu a St Augustine's Primary School, Abeokuta, Catholic Higher Elementary Training School da London Institute of Education.

 Aikin koyarwa da Rubutu 
Odunjo ya fara aikin koyarwa ne a matsayin shugaban makaranta na Kwalejin horar da Katolika da ke Ibadan daga shekarun 1924 zuwa 1927 sannan ya zama shugaban almajiransa na St Augustine, Abeokuta. A matsayinsa na malami, ya kafa kungiyar malaman Katolika ta tarayya don tattaunawa da mishan na Katolika a madadin malaman mishan. Odunjo ya kasance malami kuma shugaban makarantun Katolika daban-daban tun daga shekarun 1940 zuwa 1950.  Ayyukan da ya wallafa a shekarar 1958 na ɗaya daga cikin rubuce-rubucen farko na harshen. Ya rubuta litattafai da yawa, wasan kwaikwayo, kasidu da rubutu a cikin harshen Yarbanci. Ayyukansa da aka wallafa daga baya sun zama tushen ƙarfafawa ga marubutan nan gaba.   Ya kasance memba mai ƙwazo a cikin kwamitocin rubutun Yoruba na shekarun 1966 da 1969. Philiip Adédòtun Ògúndèjì. 2016. Odúnjo, Joseph Folàhán. Encyclopedia of the Yoruba, ed. by Tóyìn Fálolá and Akíntúnde Akínyemí, pp. 251,252. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. Ya kuma kasance yana da alaka da kungiyar malamai ta Najeriya tsawon shekaru.

 Siyasa 
A shekara ta 1951, ya lashe kujerar majalisar dokokin yammacin kasar sannan ya zama ministan filaye da kwadago na farko a yankin.  Ya kasance shugaban kungiyar Egbado, kuma ya rike mukamin sarauta na Asiwaju na Egbaland. 

 Ayyukan da aka zaɓa 

 Waka 

 Ise ni Ogun Ise ("Aiki maganin talauci")
 Toju Iwa re Oremi ("Kalli halinka, abokina")
 Akojopo ewi alâdùn (1961)

 Littattafai 

 Omo oku orun (1964; "Yar matar da ta rasu") 
 Kuye  (1978)

 Littafin karatu 

 Aláwìíyé Yoruba Readers (Alawìíyé Yoruba Readers)  (1975)

 Manazarta 

Category:Yarbawa yan siyasa