Lionel Davis

Lionel Davis ƙwararren mai zane ne, malami, kuma mai magana da jama'a daga Afirka ta Kudu. An haife shi a Cape Town, Afirka ta Kudu, a cikin shekara ta 1936 a cikin sananniyar unguwar gundumar Shida (District Six). Ya kasance fitaccen mutum a cikin gwagwarmayar adawa da wariyar launin fata, kuma an tsare shi tsawon shekaru bakwai a tsibirin Robben Island,  wani gidan yari mai ban sha'awa ga fursunonin siyasa a ƙarƙashin mulkin wariyar launin fata. A nan ne Davis ya gana da Nelson Mandela. 

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Ya girma a Gundumar Shida (District Six), Davis ya fuskanci tashin hankalin 'yan sanda da ya wuce kima wanda ke nuna tsarin mulkin wariyar launin fata.  A cikin shekarar 2003, Davis ya raba tare da Tarihin Afirka na Zamani cewa waɗannan abubuwan da suka shafi cin zarafi da rashin adalci sukan haɗa da sa baki. Rikicinsa na sirri da 'yan sanda ya bayyana masa buƙatar samun ƙarin bayani game da al'umma, don haka Davis ya nemi damar samun ilimi mafi girma. Makarantar dare ta gabatar da Davis ga ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Haɗin Kan Turai (NEUM), African Peoples Democratic Union of South Africa (APDUSA), da National Liberation Front, ƙungiyar APDUSA ƙarƙashin jagorancin Neville Alexander.

A cikin shekara ta 1964, an kama Davis kuma an yanke masa hukumcin shekaru bakwai a tsibirin Robben saboda "yunkurin yin zagon ƙasa."  "Shekaru huɗu a cikin kurkuku, Davis ya sami takardar shaidar kammala makaranta ta hanyar kammala aikinsa ta hanyar wasiƙa. Bayan an sake shi a shekarar 1971, an tsare shi a gidan yari na tsawon shekaru biyar. Da zarar lokacinsa ya cika, 1978 da 1990 ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin mai shirya shirye-shirye a Community Arts Project (CAP) a Cape Town. A Cibiyar Fasaha da Fasaha ta bishara a Rorke's Drift a cikin shekara ta 1980 ya yi aiki zuwa Difloma a Fine Arts. Sha'awar fasaha ta sa shi ya kammala digiri na BA Fine Art tare da Jami'ar Cape Town a shekarar 1994.

Davis ya ba da gudummawa ga mujallu na adabi, littattafai kan ilimi, tarihin waka da kalanda. Ya samar da zane-zane don mujallar yara kuma ya koyar da buga allo a CAP. Ya halarci taron bitar Triangle a birnin New York da Thupelo Workshop a Johannesburg  A cikin shekara ta 1988 ya kasance mai zurfi a cikin ilimin yara na al'umma. Ya baje kolin sau da yawa daga shekarun 1981 zuwa 1987, kuma a Gaborone, Botswana da Pine Plains, New York, Amurka. A cikin shekarar 1995 ya yi aiki da Gidan Gallery na Ƙasa ta Afirka ta Kudu a matsayin mai koyar da fasaha na ɗan lokaci. Lionel ya gudanar da nunin solo na farko a Gill Allderman Gallery a cikin watan Afrilu 2008.

Bayan ya shafe shekaru bakwai a gidan yari a tsibirin Robben, Davis ya zauna a can tare da iyalinsa a matsayin ma'aikaci na Gidan Tarihi na Robben Island har zuwa shekara ta 2006. Ya fara aiki a matsayin jagorar yawon shakatawa kuma daga baya ya koma Sashen Ilimi na Tsibirin a matsayin Jami'in Ilimi. Ayyukansa sun haɗa da haɓaka kayan ilimi akan fursunoni da ɗaurin siyasa a tsibirin. A tsibirin an fi saninsa da 'kawun' Lionel.

Bayan barin tsibirin Lionel ya ci gaba da yin fasaharsa, yana shiga cikin ayyukan al'umma da yawa, yana ba da jawabai da kuma jagorantar balaguron sirri na tsibirin.

Ya auri Barbara Davis kuma suna da yara uku, Sandra, Basil da Leon.

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Farkawa: Fasahar Lionel Davis (2017) 

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+Take Cibiyoyi(s) Ranar farawa Kwanan Ƙarshen Lionel Davis: Gathering Strands   Iziko National Gallery na Afirka ta Kudu ; Gundumar Shida Museum 22 Yuni 2017 1 Oktoba 2017 

 Duba kuma 

 Jerin sunayen mutanen da aka haramtawa oda a ƙarƙashin mulkin wariyar launin fata

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Rukuni:Haifaffun 1936
Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane