James Johnson

James "Mai Tsarki" Johnson (c. 1836-1917) ya kasance fitaccen limami kuma ɗaya daga cikin mambobin Afirka na farko na Majalisar Dokoki Najeriya. 

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haife shi a Saliyo a cikin 1836 ga iyayen Afirka masu 'yanci na asalin Yoruba. Johnson ya shiga makarantar Church Mission Society (CMS), sannan ya ci gaba zuwa Fourah Bay Institution, wanda ke Freetown, ya kammala a 1858.

 Ayyuka 
Ya kasance malamin makaranta har zuwa 1863, lokacin da ya shiga hidimar.

CMS ta yi sha'awar iyawar Johnson, kuma ta tura shi zuwa aikin Yoruba a Najeriya, da farko a Legas sannan a Abeokuta. Bai yi nasara ba a matsayin mai wa'azi a ƙasashen waje, watakila saboda ɗabi'arsa mai tsauri, kuma a cikin 1880 an nada shi fasto na Cocin Breadfruit a Legas.

Lokacin da aka raba yankin Legas daga Gold Coast a 1886, majalisar dokoki ta sabon mulkin mallaka ta kunshi mambobi hudu na hukuma da uku marasa hukuma. Gwamnan Legas Colony Alfred Moloney ya zabi 'yan Afirka biyu a matsayin wakilan da ba na hukuma ba, Johnson da ɗan kasuwa Charles Joseph George . 

A cikin 1900, an tsarkake Johnson a matsayin bishop, don aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Bishop a cikin Diocese na Yammacin Equatorial Afirka tare da kula da yankunan Neja Delta da Benin,  yana riƙe da wannan mukamin har zuwa mutuwarsa a 1917.

Ya yi imani da Puritan, Kiristanci na Bishara, amma yana adawa da wasu fannoni na al'adun Turai waɗanda ya ji ba su dace da Afirka ba.

Johnson ya sami digiri na Doctor of Divinity (DD) daga Jami'ar Durham a watan Maris na shekara ta 1900. 

 Dubi kuma 

 Jerin masu wa'azi a ƙasashen waje na Kirista
 Jerin 'yan Najeriya
 Jerin 'yan Saliyo

 Manazarta 

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