Simukai Chigudu

Simukai Chigudu (an haife shi a shekara ta 1986) Mataimakin Farfesa ne na Siyasar Afirka a Jami'ar Oxford. Ayyukansa suna la'akari ne da hanyoyin zamantakewa da siyasa da ke haifar da rashin daidaito a Afirka.

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Chigudu a Zimbabwe, inda ya halarci Kwalejin St George, Harare.  A shekara ta 2003 ya koma Birtaniya, inda ya halarci makarantar kwana mai zaman kanta na Stonyhurst College, inda ya ci gaba da karatu a fannin likitanci a Jami'ar Newcastle. 

Bayan kammala karatunsa, ya yi aiki a matsayin likita a cikin Ma'aikatar Kiwon Lafiya ta Ƙasa, kuma ya zama mai sha'awar daidaiton lafiya da lafiya a duniya.  Ya shiga cikin wurare da yawa na duniya, ciki har da Asusun Duniya na Mata (Global Fund for Women) inda ya karanci lafiyar jima'i a yankin Saharar Afirka. A matsayin wani ɓangare na wannan matsayi Chigudu ya yi aiki a asibitocin ƙauye a Afirka ta Kudu kuma ya kasance mataimakin mai bincike na babban binciken cututtukan cututtuka a Tanzaniya. Bayan dawowarsa ya shiga Kwalejin Imperial ta London a matsayin fellow na aikin likita a fannin lafiyar jama'a.  A lokacin fellowship ɗin nasa ya sami digiri na biyu a fannin Kiwon Lafiyar Jama'a inda ya karanci tsarin kiwon lafiya a Gambia.  Don ci gaba da sha'awar ilimin zamantakewa, Chigudu ya yanke shawarar kammala karatun digiri na biyu, kuma ya koma Jami'ar Oxford don horar da karatun Afirka. An ba shi tallafin karatu na Weidenfeld-Hoffmann don bincika ƙungiyoyin mata a Arewacin Uganda.   Yayin da yake Oxford ya yanke shawarar yin aiki zuwa digiri na uku a Sashen Ci gaban Ƙasashen Duniya na Oxford a ƙarƙashin kulawar Jocelyn Alexander.  A matsayinsa na ɗalibin digiri na biyu, Chigudu ya kasance memba na kungiyar Oxford Rhodes Must Fall wanda ya nemi "rabe mulkin mallaka" duka Oxford da kuma ilimi sosai.  An ba shi lambar yabo ta Ƙungiyar Nazarin Afirka Audrey Richards don mafi kyawun digiri na digiri a cikin Nazarin Afirka a Burtaniya.

 Bincike da aiki 
Ya binciki tushen zamantakewa da siyasa da kuma tasirin ɓarkewar cutar kwalara a shekarar 2008 a Zimbabwe. Ya danganta yaɗuwar wannan cuta da za a iya rigakafinta da taɓarɓarewar ababen more rayuwa na kiwon lafiyar jama’a da raguwar tsarin mulki.  A duk lokacin da cutar ta COVID-19 aka yi fama da ita, Chigudu ya damu da yadda Afirka za ta yi maganin ɓarkewar cutar coronavirus. 

A lokacin zanga-zangar George Floyd a Burtaniya, Chigudu ya rubuta wata kasida a cikin Guardian yana tunani kan motsin Rhodes Must Fall da kuma yadda ya canza bayan zanga-zangar.  A ɗaya daga cikin zanga-zangar Black Lives Matter na 2020 a Oxford, Chigudu ya ce: "An tsara [Jami'ar Oxford] bisa ga gado da al'ada wacce ta kasance farare sosai kuma mai kwazo."   Saboda aikinsa game da gadon mulkin mallaka, an gayyaci Chigudu don yin magana a Kwalejin Jami'ar London, Jami'ar Edinburgh da Makarantar Gabas da Nazarin Afirka.

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