Theophilus Opoku

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Theophilus Herman Kofi Opoku (1842 - 7 Yuli 1913) ɗan asalin Akan masanin harshe ne, mai fassara, masanin ilimin falsafa, malami kuma ɗan mishan wanda ya zama ɗan asalin Afirka na farko da Ofishin Jakadancin Basel ya naɗa shi Fasto a Ƙasar Gold Coast a 1872. Opoku ya yi aiki tare da juna. tare da ɗan ƙasar Jamus mai wa’azi da ilimin falsafa Johann Gottlieb Christaller da kuma ’yan’uwansu ’yan’uwansu masana harsuna na Akan, David Asante, Jonathan Palmer Bekoe, da Paul Staudt Keteku a fassarar Littafi Mai Tsarki zuwa yaren Twi.

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An haifi Theophilus Opoku a shekara ta 1842 a Akropong da ke Akuapem, kimanin kilomita 48 daga arewacin Accra. He was the son of Nana Yaw Darko, the linguist of the paramount chief and Nana Akua Korantema. Shi ɗa ne ga Nana Yaw Darko, masanin harshe na babban sarki kuma Nana Akua Korantema. Yaw Darko ya kasance mai yin addinin gargajiya na Akan kuma ya mutu tun yana matashi. Kakan Opoku shine babban sarkin Akropong, Omanhene, Nana Addo Dankwa. Abokin aikinsa na harshe, David Asante dan uwansa ne. A lokacin ƙuruciyarsa, ya kasance mai rauni da rauni.  

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Category:Mutuwan  1913