John Laredo

John Epaminondas Laredo (13 Fabrairu 1932 – 1 Oktoba 2000) an haife shi a Pretoria, Afirka ta Kudu. Ya taso cikin harshen Afrikaans da Ingilishi, sannan ya koyi harshen Zulu da wasu harsuna da dama.

A cikin shekarar 1951, Laredo ya tafi Jami'ar Stellenbosch, sannan ya sami digiri na biyu a fannin ilimin halayyar ɗan adam a Kwalejin King, Cambridge. Ya koma Afirka ta Kudu a cikin shekarar 1958 tare da matarsa Ursula Marx, suna koyarwa a cikin karatun Afirka a Jami'ar Cape Town. Daga nan ya koma Durban a cikin shekarar 1959 don gudanar da aikin nazarin ɗan adam a kwaZulu a Jami'ar Natal, inda daga baya ya zama malamin ilimin zamantakewa.

A hankali John ya gamsu cewa mulkin farar fata ne ke da alhakin talaucin baƙar fata, kuma ya zama mai fafutuka a cikin gwagwarmayar yaƙi da nuna wariyar launin fata. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan kisan kiyashin Sharpeville a shekarar 1960, John, a wancan lokacin shugaban ilimin halayyar ɗan adam a Jami'ar Rhodes, Port Elizabeth, an tsare shi kuma an yi masa tambayoyi har tsawon kwanaki 110, a ƙarƙashin batun "kwana 90", sannan aka ɗaure shi shekaru biyar. An dakatar da shi kuma an kama shi a gida bayan an sake shi, ya tafi gudun hijira a Ingila. Daga shekarun 1970-71, ya kasance Resident Visiting Fellow a King's. Daga nan ya shiga sabon sashen ilimin zamantakewa na Jami'ar Bradford.

Aurensa da Ursula Marx ya lalace, amma a cikin shekarar 1986 ya haɗu da Ailsa Swarbrick, wata malama Buɗaɗɗiyar Jami'ar da ta zauna a Tanzaniya, wacce ta yi farin ciki sosai har tsawon rayuwarsa. John ya yi fama da ciwon zuciya a shekara ta 1990, kuma ya yi ritaya a shekara ta 1993. Bayan kawo karshen mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata, shi da Ailsa sun sami damar sake ziyartar Afirka ta Kudu, kuma an karrama su ta hanyar gayyatar cin abincin rana tare da Shugaba Nelson Mandela.

John Laredo ya mutu kwatsam a Leeds, UK, a ranar 1 ga watan Oktoba 2000.

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 2000
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1932