JDY Peel

John David Yeadon Peel FBA (1941-2015) ɗan Afirka ɗan Afirka ne,masanin zamantakewa kuma masanin tarihin addini a Afirka,musamman a Najeriya.Ya yi fice saboda karatunsa na tsarin tarihi na imani na addini a tsakanin kabilar Yarbawa.

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An haifi John David Yeadon Peel a Dumfries,Scotland a ranar 11 ga Nuwamba 1941 kuma ya yi karatu a Makarantar King Edward,Birmingham da Kwalejin Balliol,Oxford .Ya sami digiri na uku a fannin zamantakewa daga Makarantar Tattalin Arziki ta London (LSE) akan Coci masu zaman kansu a Najeriya.Ya rike mukaman ilimi da dama a jami'o'i a Burtaniya da Najeriya,inda ya kammala aikinsa a Makarantar Koyon Gabas da Nazarin Afirka (SOAS). Kazalika batutuwan Afirka,ya ci gaba da sha'awar tarihin ilimin zamantakewa kuma ya koyar da ka'idar zamantakewa .Ya rubuta tarihin masanin zamantakewa Herbert Spencer a cikin 1971.

Peel yana ɗaya daga cikin malamai na farko da suka yi nazarin tiyoloji da tsarin majami'u masu zaman kansu na Afirka.Paul Gifford ya rubuta cewa "muradinsa ya kasance Weberian gabaɗaya,yana mai dagewa cewa ba za a iya mayar da addini zuwa abubuwan abin duniya ko na aji ba". Ya buga ayyuka guda uku masu tarawa kan canjin addini a tsakanin mutanen Yarbawa a Najeriya tsakanin 1968 da 2015,yana binciken bangarorin Kiristanci,Musulunci da imani na asali tsakanin Yarabawa tun daga lokacin mulkin mallaka.Robin WG Horton na "ka'idar hazikai" na addinin Afirka an fara fito da shi a cikin bita na kundi na 1968 na Peel.

Peel ɗan'uwa ne kuma mataimakin shugaban ƙasa (1999-2000) na Kwalejin Burtaniya kuma shugaban ƙungiyar Nazarin Afirka ta Burtaniya (ASAUK;1996-98). An ba shi lambar yabo ta ASAUK ta "Distinguished Africanist" a cikin 2015. Ya kasance editan Afirka:Jaridar International Africa Institute daga 1979 zuwa 1986.  Toyin Falola ya shirya wani festschrift a girmama Peel mai suna Christianity and Social Change in Africa a 2005.

Peel ya mutu a Landan a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba 2015 kuma an binne shi a gefen gabas na makabartar Highgate. 

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Category:Matattun 2015