Michael Crowder

Michael Crowder (9 Yuni 1934–14 Agusta 1988)  ɗan tarihi ne na Biritaniya kuma marubuci sananne ga littattafansa kan tarihin Afirka musamman kan tarihin Afirka ta Yamma.  

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Michael a Landan kuma ya yi karatu a Makarantar Mill Hill.Bayan ya sami digiri na farko a fannin Siyasa,Falsafa da Tattalin Arziki (PPE) a Kwalejin Hertford, Oxford a 1957,ya koma Legas (an riga an shigar da shi aikin sojan Najeriya rejiment a Legas daga 1953 zuwa 1954 don hidimar kasa ta Biritaniya ) ya zama Editan Mujallar Najeriya na farko a 1959.

 Aikin ilimi 
Michael ya fara aiki a matsayin sakatare a Cibiyar Nazarin Afirka a Jami'ar Ibadan .A cikin 1964 ya kasance malami mai ziyara a tarihin Afirka a Jami'ar California,Berkeley kuma Daraktan Cibiyar Nazarin Afirka a Kwalejin Fourah Bay,Jami'ar Saliyo a 1965.

A lokacin da yake Najeriya daga 1968 zuwa 1978 an nada shi a matsayin Farfesa na Bincike kuma Daraktan Cibiyar Nazarin Afirka a Jami'ar Ife (ami'ar Obafemi Awolowo Yanzu).Bayan haka,ya zama Farfesa na Tarihi a Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello, daga karshe ya zama Farfesan Bincike a Tarihi a Cibiyar Nazarin Al’adu ta Jami’ar Legas a shekarun 1970.Ya yi aiki a matsayin edita na Tarihin Mujallar Biritaniya A Yau bayan ya koma Landan a 1979.Ya kuma kasance Mataimakin Shugaban Cibiyar Nazarin Ƙasashen Duniya a LSE,kuma Farfesa na Tarihi a Jami'ar Botswana a cikin 1980s yayin da yake aiki a matsayin Editan Mashawarci har zuwa mutuwarsa.   

 Littattafan da aka zaɓa 

 Labarin Nijeriya (1962)
 Eze Ya tafi Makaranta, tare da Onuora Nzekwu (1963)
 Yammacin Afirka Karkashin Mulkin Mulki (1968)
 Resistance Yammacin Afirka (1971)
 Afirka ta Yamma: Gabatarwa ga Tarihinta (1977)
 Akin Goes to School, co-authored with Christie Ade Ajayi (1978)
 Mallakar Yammacin Afirka (1978)
 Tarihin Cambridge na Afirka (1984)
 Manazarta