Kerry McNamara

Kerry McNamara (Agusta 1940 a Kuruman - 16 ga Janairu 2017 a Swakopmund) babban masanin gine-ginen Namibiya ne kuma mai fafutukar yaki da wariyar launin fata.

An haifi McNamara a watan Agusta 1940 a Kuruman a yankin Arewacin Cape na Afirka ta Kudu. A cikin shekarar 1965 ya kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Cape Town kuma ya koma Afirka ta Kudu-maso-Yamma jim kaɗan bayan haka. Aikin gine-gine na farko shi ne Makarantar Fasaha a Ongwediva,  daga baya aka sake masa suna zuwa Kwalejin Koyarwa Ongwediva.  Ya kafa Kerry McNamara da Associates a cikin shekarar 1977, kamfani a cikin shekarar 1988 mai suna Kerry McNamara Architects.

A lokacin aikinsa McNamara ya ba da gudummawar kusan 1,170 zane-zane na gine-gine,  wanda aka fi sani da su shine Oshakati Open Market, gine-gine a harabar Injiniya ' Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Namibia, nunin Meteorite na Hoba kusa da Grootfontein, da Cibiyar Ilimin Adult Rössing Foundation a Windhoek.  Ya sami karɓuwa game da "saɓanin ƙirarsa na wuraren jama'a",  kuma a matsayin "madaidaicin madaidaicin wuri akan shimfiɗar gine-ginen Namibiya".   Abokin aikinsa Natanael Araseb ya bayyana shi a matsayin "magani mai hangen nesa wanda ya yi aikin tsara birane tun kafin a yi tunanin".  A cikin shekarar 2010 ya sami lambar yabo ta "Lifetime Achievement Award" daga Namibia Chamber of Architects. 

Kerry McNamara sanannen mai fafutukar yaki da wariyar launin fata ne. Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin masu ruguza shirin zaman lafiya na Namibia 435, wata kungiya mai fafutukar neman ganin an aiwatar da kuduri mai lamba 435 na Kwamitin Sulhu na Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya wanda ya yi kira ga neman 'yancin kai na Namibiya da kuma kawar da mulkin farar fata marasa rinjaye.  Ofisoshin The Namibia, wata jarida mai sukar mamayar Afirka ta Kudu ta Kudu-maso-Yamma da kuma goyon bayan jam'iyyar SWAPO da ake zalunta a lokacin, an ba shi hayarsa, duk da hare-haren bama-bamai da ya ɓarke da hawaye da 'yan tawaye masu goyon bayan wariyar launin fata suka yi.  McNamara kuma ya haɗa  hannu da Niko Bessinger, wani baƙar fata mai zane-zane kuma sanannen shugaban SWAPO,  sanin cewa wannan haɗin gwiwar zai ba shi kwangila da yawa daga jihar da kuma daga masu zaman kansu. 

McNamara ya mutu daga cutar kansa a ranar 16 ga watan Janairu 2017 a gidansa mai ritaya a Swakopmund. Ya auri Shelagh McNamara; ma'auratan sun haifi 'ya'ya maza uku da mace ɗaya.  

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 2017
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1940