Richard Gabriel Akinwande Savage

Manjo Richard Gabriel Akinwande Savage (1903-1993) likita ne, soja, kuma mutum na farko na al'adun Yammacin Afirka da ya karɓi hukumar Sojan Burtaniya. 

 Rayuwar farko da iyali 
An haife shi a shekara ta 1903 a 15 Buccleugh Place, a Edinburgh, Scotland, daga zuriyar fitaccen likitan Najeriya Richard Akinwande Savage na Saliyo Creole, wanda ya auri 'yar Scotland, Maggie Bowie.   'Yar'uwarsa, Agnes Yewande Savage, ta kuma taka rawar majagaba a matsayin mace ta farko a Afirka ta Yamma da ta cancanci zama likita.  

 Ilimi 
Savage ya karanci likitanci a Jami'ar Edinburgh, ya kammala (MB, ChB)  a shekarar 1926, ya cancanta a shekarar 1927, kuma ya karɓi muƙaminsa a matsayin Laftanar na 2 a ranar 23 ga watan Satumba 1940, wanda ya sa ya zama ɗan Afirka ta Yamma na farko da aka ba shi muƙamin jami'in. Sojojin Birtaniya (Seth Anthony na Ghana, an yi kuskuren magana a matsayin ɗan Afirka ta Yamma na farko da ya karɓi kwamiti a cikin sojojin Birtaniya).  A cikin watan Satumba 1941, Savage ya sami matsayi na kyaftin.  Ya yi aiki a matsayin likita a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Asiya na yakin duniya na biyu, musamman a Burma, inda ya yi fama da raunata sojoji daga tawagar Birtaniya. Daga cikin sojojin da Savage ya yi jinya a ƙasar Burma har da Isaac Fadoyebo, wani sojan Najeriya da ya samu rauni a rundunar sojojin sa kai na Royal West African Frontier Force, wanda ya ba da labarin irin kulawar da Savage ke yi masa da sauran sojojin Afirka ta Yamma. 

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
Matarsa ta farko ita ce Phyllis Frances Heroina Ribeiro, wacce take da 'ya'ya biyu (Margaret Yewande Savage da Miguel Babatunde Richard Savage) "Death Notice| Margaret Savage", Eastern Daily Press, 19 July 2022. Mike Savage, "Meet Margaret Yewande Savage, the generous lady behind our scholarship", Fyling Hall School. kuma ya mutu a shekarar 1940. "Richard Akinwande Savage" , LitCaf Encyclopedia. A cikin shekarar 1954, ya auri Dora Janet Burman (née Falconer), wata likitar fiɗa 'yar Burtaniya.   Ya yi ritaya zuwa Scotland, bayan da ya sami Afirka "mai zafi",  kuma ya mutu a can a shekarar 1993.

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