Thomas Cullen Young

Thomas Cullen Young (1880-1955)Leroy, Vail (1 October 1990). "T. Cullen Young". African Affairs. 889 (357): 612–613. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a098357 wani masanin ilimin halin ɗan adam na Presbyterian ne kuma ɗan mishan, wanda ya fara aikinsa na mishan a Malawi a Ofishin Jakadancin Livingstonia a 1904. A lokacin aikinsa na mishan, ya jaddada koyan al'adu da hikimar jama'ar yankin. don ba da gudummawa don ƙarin fahimtar aikin mishan, da kuma mahimmancin la'akari da salon rayuwar Afirka.

Ya kasance mai tasiri a fannin ilimi, addini, da zamantakewa, daga ƙarshe ya taimaka wajen kawar da tashe-tashen hankula tsakanin masana ilimin ɗan adam da masu mishan da ke zaune a yankin. Cullen Young yana da fa'ida iri-iri, yana da sha'awar aikin mishan, amma har da ilimi, ilimin ɗabi'a, ilimin ɗan adam, da siyasa. Babban abubuwan da ke damun al'adun Afirka da aka haɗa a cikin rubuce-rubucensa suna da tasirin siyasa a cikin zamanin gaba da bayan samun yancin kai. Daga baya a rayuwarsa, ya sami sha'awar harshe, al'adu, da tarihi na Afirka, yana yin rubuce-rubuce sosai kan waɗannan batutuwa. Nazarin matasa akan al'ummar Tumbuka-Kamanga sun ba da tarihin da aka buga na farko na ƙabilanci da tarihin arewacin Malawi. Ya kuma yi abota da Hastings Kamuzu Banda, wanda ya zama shugaban Malawi na farko. Ana ganin matashi a matsayin muhimmin marubucin rubuce-rubuce kan wannan lokaci na tarihin mishan.

Young ya tafi Biritaniya don yin aiki a matsayin kwararre na mulkin mallaka a matsayi na biyu a 1931 kuma ya mutu a 1955 yana da shekaru 74.
rayuwa da ilimi
An haifi matashi a ranar 27 ga Oktoba 1880 a Edinburgh, Scotland. An ba shi sunan kakar mahaifinsa ta wajen uwa. Shi ne kuma ɗan fari a gidan, kuma yana da ɗan'uwa wanda ba irinsa ba mai suna John. Daga baya danginsa sun faɗaɗa zuwa wasu ’yan’uwa huɗu da ’yar’uwa ɗaya.

Mahaifinsa shine John Young. A lokacin haihuwar Thomas Young, mahaifinsa yana hidima a matsayin ministan Newington United Presbyterian Church a Edinburgh. Matasan sun kasance masu tsattsauran ra'ayi a gida, kuma matsin lamba na bin wannan sana'a zai yi yawa.

An danganta kakannin matasa da Iyakoki. Matashi, kamar yadda aka bayyana a cikin rubuce-rubucensa, yana sha'awar mahimmancin iyakoki tsakanin al'adu daban-daban tun daga ƙuruciyarsa.

Iyalinsa sun kasance a kai a kai kuma suna dagewa a harkokin coci da na birni. Don haka an haife matashi a cikin addinin Kirista na Furotesta tun yana ƙarami, tare da danginsa suna cusa dabi'un addini a cikinsa tun yana ƙuruciya. Ana zaton ya sami burinsa na bishara daga baya ta hanyar wadannan koyarwar tun daga renonsa a farkon rayuwarsaForster, Peter (1989). T. Cullen Young: Missionary and Anthropologist. University of Hull. ISBN 0859584852..
Ilimin farko
Matashi ya fara zuwa makaranta a Edinburgh, sannan ya koma Glasgow, inda ya fara halarta a Glasgow Academy a 1891. Duk yaran da ke cikin iyalinsa sun sami ilimin makaranta iri ɗaya. Koyarwarsa ta makaranta ta ƙunshi darussa na gargajiya, amma ya fi na zamani fifiko idan aka kwatanta da sauran makarantun yankin. Matasa sun shiga cikin wasanni da kuma ci gaba da haɗin gwiwar wasanni tare da makarantar ko da bayan barin makarantar.
Daga baya ilimi
Bai ci gaba da zuwa jami'a ba, amma a maimakon haka ya fara koyon aiki tare da kamfanonin Moores, Carson, da Watson a 1899 don zama akawu mai ƙima.
Rayuwa ta sirri
A cikin 1906, Young ya yi aure da Ms. Jessie Fiddes, wata ƴar mishan da ta riga ta kasance a Livingstonia a lokacin zuwan Young. An haife ta a shekara ta 1876, kuma ta samo asali ne daga dangin Aberdeen da ke da ra'ayin Furotesta. Ta yi karatu na tsawon shekaru biyu a Gidan Koyarwar Mishan na Burnbank, a Glasgow. Ayyukanta shine yin aiki a bangaren likitanci na aikin, kuma don kammala shirye-shiryen, ta gudanar da rarraba shekaru biyu na likita a Landan. Sun yi aure a ranar 24 ga Yuni 1908 a Grand Hotel, Aberdeen. An haifi ɗansu John a shekara ta 1909 a Karonga, Afirka. Daga baya a rayuwarsa, matarsa ta sami matsalolin tunani da yawa saboda dogon lokaci da ta rabu da ’ya’yanta saboda aikin mishan. Har ila yau, tana fama da matsalolin da ke damun arteriosclerosis, kuma yanayin tunaninta ya tabarbare ta yadda za ta iya zama rashin daidaituwa kuma a wasu lokuta, har ma da tashin hankali. A lokacin da hankalinta ya tashi, ɗan'uwan Cullen, John Young, ya zauna a matsayin maƙwabci a Edinburgh, kuma matarsa likita ce. Dukkansu sun yarda cewa a kwantar da ita a asibitin tabin hankali, kuma an nuna cewa ta ci gaba da zama a wurin har zuwa rasuwarta a watan Maris 1954.

Daga baya ɗansu John ya sami digiri na likitanci kuma ya shiga aikin wa’azi a ƙasashen waje, yana bin tafarkin magabata.
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