Frank Chikane

Frank Chikane (an haife shi a ranar 3 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1951 a Bushbuckridge, Transvaal) ma'aikacin gwamnati ne na Afirka ta Kudu, marubuci kuma malamin addini. Shi memba ne na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta Afirka kuma mai kula da Hukumar Ikklisiyoyi kan Harkokin Kasashen Duniya don Majalisar Ikklisiyoyin Duniya (WCC). 

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Chikane ga James da Erenia Chikane kuma ya girma a Soweto yana halartar Makarantar Sakandare ta Naledi.  A matsayinsa na ɗan mai wa'azi a cikin Ofishin Jakadancin Bangaskiya na Afirka ta Kudu (AFM), cocin Pentecostal na Afirka ta Kudancin, Chikane ya sami damar samun ilimi. Bayan kammala makarantar sakandare, Chikane ya halarci Jami'ar Arewa don nazarin kimiyya da fatan zama likita. Yayinda yake jami'a, Chikane ya shiga cikin Black Consciousness Movement, wanda aka fi sani da Stephen Biko movement, kuma ya sadu da Cyril Ramaphosa, wanda ya ci gaba da zama Shugaban Afirka ta Kudu bayan wariyar launin fata, da sauransu.

Chikane ya jagoranci zanga-zangar a jami'ar adawa da wariyar launin fata, wanda ya haifar da barin jami'ar ba tare da digiri ba a 1975.

 Ayyuka 
A farkon 1977, yayin da yake aiki a AFM a matsayin mai zaman kansa, an tsare shi na wata daya a karkashin Dokar Ta'addanci No. 83 na 1967 amma daga ƙarshe an sake shi bayan alƙali ya watsar da shari'arsa. Ikilisiya ta naɗa Chikane a shekarar 1980, lokacin da ya fara ba da shawarar shirye-shiryen zamantakewa kamar kicin miya da ilimin manya a cikin coci ga yawancin mutanen Afirka.

Don waɗannan ayyukan, an dakatar da Chikane daga ra'ayin mazan jiya na AFM a cikin 1981, wanda zai kasance har sai da aka sake dawo da shi a cikin 1990. Bayan dakatarwar daga AFM, Chikane ya shiga Cibiyar Nazarin tauhidi, wani tunani na Kirista a cikin Majalisar Ikklisiyoyin Afirka ta Kudu (SACC), wanda ke inganta tauhidin 'yanci; ya zama babban sakatare na SACC a 1987. A ranar 20 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1983 aka kaddamar da United Democratic Front a zauren al'umma a Rocklands, kusa da Cape Town. Bayan taron wakilai daga kungiyoyi 565 (400 sun riga sun kasance mambobi), an gudanar da taron jama'a, wanda kusan mutane 10,000 suka halarta. Chikane, wanda shine babban mai magana na farko, ya kira ranar "wani canji a cikin gwagwarmayar 'yanci". A shekara ta 1985, Chikane na ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu gabatar da Takardar Kairos, babban zargi na Kirista game da wariyar launin fata.S.Africa's apartheid police minister spared jail, Reuters South Africa, 17 August 2007 'I'm pleased that I know what happened' , Independent Online (South Africa), 17 August 2007

A ƙarshen 1989, jami'an gwamnatin wariyar launin fata sun yi ƙoƙari su kashe Chikane ta hanyar ɗaure tufafinsa da Paraoxon. Biyu daga cikin wadanda ake zargi sune tsohon Ministan 'yan sanda Adriaan Vlok da shugaban' yan sanda na lokacin Johan van der Merwe . Kowannensu ya sami hukuncin ɗaurin shekaru 10 a kurkuku. Vlok ya nemi gafara daga Rev. Chikane a shekara ta 2006 ta hanyar wanke ƙafafunsa. 

Daga 1987 zuwa 1994, Chikane ya kasance babban sakatare na SACC. A shekara ta 1995, ya sami digiri na biyu na gudanar da gwamnati daga Makarantar Harvard Kennedy . Daga shekara ta 1997 zuwa gaba, Chikane ya kasance memba na Kwamitin Zartarwa na Kasa na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta Afirka. Tun daga shekara ta 1999, Chikane ya kasance Darakta Janar  na Shugabancin Afirka ta Kudu a karkashin Thabo Mbeki . Ya kuma kasance mai ba da shawara ga Shugabannin Kgalema Motlanthe da Jacob Zuma . A halin yanzu shi ne Shugaban AFM International, ƙungiyar addini ta duniya da aka kafa don inganta hoton Ofishin Jakadancin Manzanni a duk duniya da kuma daidaita zumunci tsakanin majami'u na AFM a duk ƙasashe.

A watan Yulin 2010, Chikane ya wallafa jerin labaran takwas wanda ya zama abin tunawa game da lokacin da yake cikin gwamnati kuma ya ba da cikakken bayani game da abin da ya faru a bayan fage a cikin ANC da gwamnati yayin cire Thabo Mbeki a matsayin Shugaban Afirka ta Kudu a watan Satumbar 2008 da kuma canjin da ya biyo baya. Labaran sun bayyana a cikin jaridu masu zaman kansu da yawa kuma an kira su "The Chikane Files". A watan Maris na shekara ta 2012, Chikane ya ƙaddamar da littafi: "Kwanaki takwas a watan Satumba: Cirewar Thabo Mbeki". tare da wannan taken da kuma bincika gadon Mbeki.

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