Maƙabartar Kirista ta farko a Najeriya

Makabartar Kirista ta farko a Najeriya, wacce aka fi sani da Makabartar Mishan ta Kirista ta Farko a Badagry, makabarta ce da aka binne wasu Kiristocin Turawa na karni na 19 da na 20 wadanda suka rasu a garin Badagry da kewaye. Wurin da aka binne shi a kusa da babban titin asibitin garin. It's Plus Code coordinates on Google Maps CV7Q+CPR, 103101, Badagry, Nigeria. Wasu bayanai sun ce an binne masu wa’azi a ƙasashen waje fiye da 200 a nan.  An kafa obelisk don tunawa da matattu ’yan mishan. A yau makabartar na daya daga cikin wuraren tarihi da ke jan hankalin masu yawon bude ido zuwa garin Badagry. 

 Tarihi 
Turawa da yawa sun mutu a sassa daban-daban na Afirka a lokacin bautar da Turawa suka yi wa ’yan Afirka, da zamanin ayyukan Kirista, da zamanin mulkin mallaka a nahiyar. Da yawa daga cikin wadannan Turawa sun mutu ne sakamakon zazzabin cizon sauro da zazzabin zafi daban-daban wanda mafi yawansu ba su da wata kariya ta dabi'a wadda kuma a lokacin babu wani ingantaccen magani. Daga baya ne aka gano quinine don yaki da zazzabin cizon sauro.   Wannan shi ne yanayin da wasu Kiristocin Kirista na Turai da suka ƙaura zuwa garin Badagry tun daga 1845 suka mutu kuma aka binne su a garin.

Jim kadan bayan isowar turawan mishan na farko a Badagry ne aka rubuta mutuwar farko a cikinsu. Misis Eliza Phillips Gollmer, matar daya daga cikin jagororin aikin, Rev. Charles Andrew Gollmer (wanda ya aura bayan rasuwar matarsa ta farko a baya a Saliyo a irin wannan yanayi), ita ce ta farko a cikin jerin jerin mutuwar mishan da/ko binnewa a Badagry da zai biyo baya. Misis Golmer ta rasu a ranar 11 ga Afrilu, 1845, bayan wata mummunar rashin lafiya ta tsawon watanni uku. A lokacin da ta shiga a wannan wurin ne aka kafa makabartar mishan.

Wasu masu wa’azi a ƙasashen Turai da suka mutu kuma aka binne su a nan sun haɗa da Misis Müller, matar Rev. JC Müller da ta rasu a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu, 1848; da Eugene Celadon Van Cooten (likitan ƙasar Holland) da matarsa, Emily Primrose Van Cooten, waɗanda suka mutu daga mummunar zazzabi a ranar 13 ga Maris, 1851, da Mayu 17, 1850, bi da bi. 

Akwai kuma wasu Turawa waɗanda, ko da yake ba ’yan mishan ba ne, an binne su a wannan makabarta. Misali shi ne Mista George Brand, karamin jakadan Birtaniya a Legas da ke mulkin mallaka wanda ya mutu sakamakon zazzabin cizon sauro da zazzabi a ranar 16 ga Yuni, 1860.  An kuma binne wasu masu wa’azi na Afirka a wurin, kamar Mista Edward Philips, wani malamin mishan na Saliyo wanda ya mutu daga ciwon farfadiya a ranar 13 ga Maris, 1847. Akwai kuma Mista Mark Willoughby, mai fassara Golmer's Saliyo Leonian, wanda ya mutu a ranar 9 ga Mayu, 1850, bayan doguwar jinya. A cikin shekarun baya-bayan nan, wasu limaman coci na zamani a Najeriya, musamman na darikar Anglican da Methodist, suma an shiga cikin wannan makabarta.  Mishan na Katolika da ƙungiyarsa ta Ofishin Jakadancin Afirka a garin suna da wurin binne na dabam a tsibirin Topo inda manufarsu ta kasance.

 Gidan Hoto 

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