Osifekunde

Osifekunde na Ijebu (an haife shi   ) wani mutumin Ijebu ne wanda aka rubuta labarinsa, a matsayin wanda aka azabtar a lokacin cinikin bayi na Trans Atlantic, ya zama ɗaya daga cikin bayanan farko na Yammacin  Turai. 

 Ƙuruciya 
Osifekunde ɗan Epe ne, Ijebu Ode ne amma an haife shi a garin Makun da ke wajen garin Sagamu a cikin kimanin shekara ta 1795. Mahaifinsa shine Adde Sonlou, jarumin Ijebu wanda ya gudu daga garin Makun sakamakon wata arangama da ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar wani mayaƙin. Baya ga zaman Epe a sakamakon mafakar da mahaifinsa Sonlou ya ba shi, Osifekunde ya shafe lokaci a Masarautar Benin. Kakan Osifekunde shine Ochi-Wo wanda ya rike ofishin Ladeke.

 Wanda aka azabtar a lokacin cinikin bayi na Trans Atlantic 
Osifekunde yana da kimanin shekara 20 (kimanin 1810) lokacin da 'yan fashin Ijaw suka kama shi a tafkin Neja Delta suka sayar da shi ga 'yan kasuwar bayi 'yan Brazil.

 Ganawa tare da Pascal d'Avezac-Macaya a Paris 
Kimanin shekaru 20 bayan da Osifekunde ya koma Brazil da karfi, ya raka ubangidansa (one Mista Navarre) zuwa Paris inda aka yi masa aiki a matsayin bawa kuma aka yi masa suna 'Joaquim' da 'Joseph'. A birnin Paris ya faru a kan Pascal d'Avezac-Macaya, masanin ilimin al'adu kuma mataimakin shugaban kungiyar Société Ethnologique de Paris, wanda ke da sha'awar Afirka. Pascal d'Avesac-Macaya ya yi hira da Osifekunde (a cikin pidgin Portuguese tun lokacin da Osifekunde ya yi magana kadan ko Faransanci a lokacin) tsawon makonni kuma tunawa da Osifekunde na Ijebu Ode da Legas (wanda Pascal d'Avezac-Macay ya buga a 1845) ya zama muhimmin ƙari ga Ilimin Turai a game da gaɓar tekun Guinea.  

Pascal d'Avesac-Macaya ya shirya Osifekunde ya koma Saliyo (sa'an nan mulkin mallaka na Birtaniya da aka kafa a matsayin gida ga fursunoni da aka 'yantar da su daga Yammacin Afirka Squadron) amma Osifekunde bai karbi tayin ba kuma bisa ga PC Lloyd "wanda ya fi son bauta a karkashinsa. tsohon ubangidansa a Brazil, inda zai iya kasancewa tare da dansa".  Babu asusun Osifekunde bayan samun damar haduwa da Pascal d'Avezac-Macaya. Da alama ya ji takaicin yanayin haduwar sa da Osifekunde, Pascal d'Avezac-Macay ya rubuta:
{{Blockquote|Let me bring these disconnected pages to a close, a hasty collection of incomplete data drawn from an unexpected source [Osifekunde] and one that too soon became silent. Especially during my work of coordination I have become conscious of many important gaps that remain to be filled; but I no longer have Osifekunde to answer my questions, and I can only offer the results of our long and often fruitless conversations.

 Manazarta 

Category:Haifaffun 1795