Adrian Leftwich

Adrian Leftwich (1940 - 2 Afrilu 2013) jagoran ɗalibai na Afirka ta Kudu ne mai gwagwarmaya a farkon shekarun 1960 a gwagwarmayar yaki da nuna wariyar launin fata. Ya zo Biritaniya, inda ya kammala karatunsa na D.Phil a fannin siyasa da hulɗar ƙasa da ƙasa a shekarar 1976, kafin ya zama fitaccen malami a fannin siyasa a Jami'ar York. 

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Leftwich ga dangin Yahudawa masu sassaucin ra'ayi kuma ya girma a Cape Town, wanda ya bayyana a matsayin "abin mamaki, kusan marar laifi". Mahaifinsa likita ne, yayin da mahaifiyarsa ke ba da darussan kiɗa kuma tana aikin agaji. Leftwich ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta Rondebosch Boys. 

 Gwagwarmayar yaƙi da wariyar launin fata a Afirka ta Kudu 
Leftwich ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Cape Town inda ya kasance mai himma a fagen siyasar ɗalibai. Shekaru biyu, 1961-1962, ya kasance shugaban ƙungiyar ɗaliban Afirka ta Kudu (NUSAS) da ke adawa da manufofin gwamnatin wariyar launin fata.  Masanin kuma marubuci RW Johnson ya ji Leftwich yana magana a wani taro na NUSAS kuma ya tuna kusan shekaru sittin bayan haka cewa "ya yi magana da fara'a da ikon da na saba gani daidai".Johnson, R.W. 2020. Foreign Native. Jonathan Ball Publishers, Cape Town. 

Bayan ya bar ofishinsa na NUSAS Leftwich ya shiga cikin tsatsauran ra'ayi na adawa da gwamnatin. Ya zama sananne sosai da juyar da shedar ƙasa a kan ƴan uwansa a cikin shekarar 1964 ƙulla bam tare da Ƙungiyar Resistance Movement (ARM). Shi da wasu ƴan ƴan ƴan ƴan uwansu sun tarwatsa wata tashar jirgin ƙasa da ke kusa da birnin Cape Town bayan an tsare shi a ranar 4 ga watan Yulin 1964. Ya haɗa kai da ’yan sanda tare da barazanar azabtarwa, kuma an kama wasu mambobin ƙungiyar tare da ɗaure su. An saki Leftwich kuma an ba shi izinin tafiya gudun hijira na dindindin a Burtaniya.

Yayin da wasu daga cikin waɗanda aka kama suka ci gaba da nuna bacin rai a kan Leftwich, wasu kuma sun yi kokarin sulhu da shi.   Stephanie Kemp, wacce ta shafe lokaci a gidan yari saboda hannu a harin bam, ta bayyana a shafinta na Facebook cewa ta yi tafiya mai zafi na sulhu da shi sama da shekaru 12 ko sama da haka. Mutum ɗaya ne, duk da cewa ba zai taba mantawa da faɗuwar da ya yi kusan shekaru 50 da suka gabata ba. Ina tunawa da shi saboda jajircewar da ya yi wajen ɗaukar mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata a cikin ƙanƙanin shekarunsa da jajircewarsa. babban danniya na jiha." Mawallafin Hugh Lewin, wanda kuma aka ɗaure shi saboda rawar da ya taka, ya rubuta game da hanyarsa don yin sulhu da Leftwich a cikin littafin Stones Against the Mirror: Abota a Lokacin Gwagwarmaya na Afirka ta Kudu.

 Rayuwa ta baya 
A Birtaniya, Leftwich ya yi aiki a kan siyasar ci gaba, kuma ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin masu tunani a cikin tsarin da ake samu na siyasa na ci gaba a yanzu, wanda ke ganin yarjejeniyar tsakanin manyan kungiyoyi masu mahimmanci don samun ci gaba mai tasiri. Ya kafa tsarin jagoranci na ci gaba, wani shiri na ƙasa da ƙasa wanda ke duban muhimman ayyukan da shugabanni, manyan mutane, da kuma haɗin gwiwar ke takawa a cikin ci gaba. Ya ci gaba da cewa, “Haka zalika an samu ci gaba a jahohin da masu cin hanci da rashawa ke tafiyar da su – matukar dai waɗannan jiga-jigan ba su da ‘yancin cin hanci da rashawa, kuma muddin suka kuduri aniyar samar da ci gaba, ba tare da masu ruwa da tsaki ba.

 Mutuwa 
Ya mutu a shekara ta 2013 daga ciwon daji na huhu, watanni huɗu bayan ganowa, ya bar 'ya da ɗa, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, duka daga aurensa na uku. Leftwich, wanda ba mai addini ba ne, yana da hidimar tunawa da ɗan adam.Katzenellenbogen, Jonathan (13 May 2013). "Adrian Leftwich: His life reconsidered". Politics Web. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

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