Philip Matante

Philip Parcel Goanwe Matante (25 Disamba 1912 - 25 Oktoba 1979) ɗan kishin ƙasa Motswana ne kuma wanda ya kafa Jam'iyyar Jama'ar Botswana (Botswana People's Party). Shi ne jagoran 'yan adawa a majalisar dokokin ƙasar Botswana tun daga lokacin da aka kafa ta a shekarar 1965 har zuwa rasuwarsa a shekarar 1979.

 Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haifi Philip Parcel Goanwe Matante a shekara ta 1921.  Ya ce mahaifinsa Goanwe Matante ne na Serowe. Ya yi aiki tare da Rundunar Majagaba ta Afirka Auxiliary Pioneer Corps a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, inda ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin ƴan tsirarun mutanen da ke cikin sojojin Biritaniya da ba su da girma da matsayi na sajan. Matante ya koma Francistown a shekarar 1957, inda ya kasance manajan kantin sayar da kayayyaki kuma minista. Ya kafa kungiyar al'adu ta Tatitown a cikin shekarar 1959. 

Tare da KT Motsete da Motsamai Mpho, Matante ya kafa jam'iyyar Bechuanaland People's Party, daga baya jam'iyyar Botswana People's Party (BPP). Da jam’iyyar, ya yi kakkausar suka ga ‘yan mulkin mallaka na Birtaniyya a yankin, yana mai bayyana ta a matsayin wariyar launin fata da kuma alakanta matsalolin jama’a ga tsarinta.  Matante ya yi nuni da kama 'yan adawar siyasa a matsayin shaida cewa Botswana ta zama 'yan sanda, ko da lokacin da 'yan adawa suka yi barazanar shiga rikicin siyasa. Ya kuma ƙara da cewa Birtaniya ba ta iya kare Botswana daga barazanar ƙasashen waje ba. Saboda waɗannan dalilai, a shekara ta 1962 yana neman 'yancin kai ba daɗewa ba sai farkon shekarar 1963.  A lokacin da hakan bai faru ba, sai ya kammala da cewa, "Kungiyar kare hakkin bil adama ba za ta iya samun 'yancin kai ta kowace hanya ce ta juyin juya hali ba", kuma ya yi zargin cewa ya gina wata ƙaramar rundunar 'yan daba don aiwatar da hakan. 

Yayin da Matante tun farko shi ne mataimakin shugaban jam'iyyar, ya samu gagarumin rinjaye a jam'iyyar BPP.  An fara rikici tsakanin Matante da Mpho a shekarar 1962.  Matante yana da alaƙa da Pan Africanist Congress, kuma yana shakkar Majalisar Afirka ta ƙasa wadda Mpho ya kasance memba a cikinta.  Shi ma Mpho ya sha zargin Matante bayan an same shi da laifin wawure kuɗaɗen tallafin da ke shigowa daga ƙasashen waje.  An kori Mpho daga jam'iyyar. Daga nan sai Motsete ya bar shi jim kaɗan bayan haka, ya bar Matante a matsayin shugaban jam’iyyar BPP a shekarar 1964. 

Lokacin da Botswana ta sami mulkin kai, an zaɓi Matante a Majalisar Dokoki ta ƙasa don wakiltar mazaɓar Francistown/Tati Gabas. A matsayinsa na ɗaya daga cikin mambobin jam'iyyarsa uku a majalisar a lokacin majalisar dokokin Botswana ta farko, ya zama jagoran 'yan adawa.  Da zarar an zaɓi Matante da jam'iyyar BPP a majalisar dokokin ƙasar, sun sauya matsayarsu na samun cikakken 'yancin kai, suna masu cewa kamata ya yi a tafiyar da tsarin a hankali don kada a tada zaune tsaye.  Matante shi ne ɗan majalisa na farko da ya ba da shawarar kafa sojojin ƙasa.  Ya riƙe muƙaminsa a majalisa har zuwa babban zaɓen shekarar 1979, lokacin da ya rasa kujerarsa a hannun BDP. Ya rasu kwanaki biyar bayan zaɓen.

 Martaba 
Matante yana da alaƙa da amfani da hotunan yammacin Afirka, irin su riguna daga yankin da alamar tauraro baƙar fata na Ghana.  Filin jirgin sama na Phillip Gaonwe Matante an saka sunan shi a cikin girmamawar Philip Matante.   Marigayi wanda ya kafa jam'iyyar Botswana People's Party (BPP), Mista Philip Matante ya samu lambar yabo ta Naledi ya Botswana daga shugaban ƙasar Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi a bikin karramawar Botswana.

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 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1979
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1912