Farouk Topan

Farouk Mohamedhusein Tharia Topan (an haife shi a shekara ta 1940) shi ne darektan Cibiyar Swahili a Jami'ar Aga Khan . Shi kwararre ne a cikin harshe da wallafe-wallafen Mutanen Swahili. Ya koyar a Jami'ar Dar es Salaam, Cibiyar Nazarin Ismaili, da Makarantar Nazarin Gabas da Afirka.

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
Bayan kammala karatunsa na asali, Topan ya yi tafiya zuwa Ingila yana da shekaru 19 kuma ya sami digiri a fannin ilimin ɗan adam, ilimin harshe da wallafe-wallafe a Makarantar Gabas da Nazarin Afirka (SOAS) a Jami'ar London. Daga baya ya kammala digirin digirgir a can kan mallakar ruhohi wanda ya samu a cikin 1972 don kasida mai taken "Littafin Baka a cikin tsarin al'ada: rawar da waƙoƙin ruhu a cikin ƙungiyar ruhohi ta Mombasa, Kenya."  Ƙididdigar ta yi nazari ta musamman kan ƙungiyar kipemba a Changamwe, Kenya, da kuma ayyukan pungwa da nau'o'in wallafe-wallafen baka da ƙungiyar ta samar. 

 Sana'a 
Topan kwararre ne a cikin harshe da adabin Swahili.  Ya rubuta wasan kwaikwayo guda biyu Mfalme Juha (1971), da Aliyeonja Pepo (1973), na biyun an buga su a cikin fassarar turanci a cikin 1980. [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">abubuwan da ake bukata</span> ]

Aikin karatunsa na farko shine a 1968, a Jami'ar Dar es Salaam inda ya koyar da adabin Swahili a Kiswahili . A 1969 ya fara BA a Swahili da ilimin harshe tare da farfesa Abdul Aziz. A cikin 1970 ya zama shugaban sashen Swahili a Jami'ar Dar es Salaam. Bayan ya kammala digirinsa na uku a shekarar 1972 ya yi aiki a Jami'ar Nairobi, a Landan, sannan ya yi aiki a Jami'ar Riyadh . Daga cikin dalibansa a Dar es Salaam da Nairobi akwai mawallafin wasan kwaikwayo Hussein Ibrahim da John Habwe . 

Ya kasance masanin bincike kuma shugaban shirin horar da malamai a Cibiyar Nazarin Ismaili da ke Landan daga 1977 zuwa 1993 kuma ya yi karatu a SOAS har zuwa 2006.  Tun daga 2018, Topan shine darektan Cibiyar Swahili a Jami'ar Aga Khan . 

Shi ne edita tare da Pat Caplan na Swahili Modernities. Al'adu, Siyasa da Imani a Gabashin Gabashin Afirka (Labaran Duniya na Afirka, 2004). 

Topan ya yi magana game da fifikon sha'awar ilimi a Kiswahili a wajen Afirka fiye da na cikin gida, watakila saboda rashin karfafa tattalin arziki don inganta Kiswahili a cikin Afirka, kuma ya bayyana harshen Ingilishi a matsayin "giwa a cikin daki" dangane da yaduwar Kiswahili a gabashin Afirka yayin da mutane suka fi son Ingilishi wanda ake gani a matsayin harshen duniya. 

 wallafe-wallafen da aka zaɓa 

 Ilimi 

 "Waƙar Swahili na zamani", Bulletin na Makarantar Gabas da Nazarin Afirka, Vol. 37, Na 1 (Fabrairu 1974), shafi na 175-187.
 "Vugo: Bikin Bikin Budurci Tsakanin Swahili na Mombasa", Journal of African Cultural Studies, Vol. 8, Na 1 (Janairu 1995), shafi na 87-107.
 "Rubutun Tarihi cikin Swahili", Tarihi a Afirka, Vol. 24, ku. 299 (Janairu 1997)
 " Wasu ruhohi suna warkarwa, wasu kuma rawa ne kawai : Tafiya na 'Yan Adam a ƙauyen Afirka", Jarida ta Duniya na Nazarin Tarihi na Afirka, Vol. 71, Na 4 (Janairu 2001), shafi. 707.
 "Projecting Islam: Narrative in Swahili Poetry", Journal of African Cultural Studies, Vol. 14, Na 1, (Yuni 2001), shafi na 107-119.
 Zamanin Swahili. Al'adu, Siyasa da Imani a Gabashin Gabashin Afirka . Labaran Duniya na Afirka, 2004. (Edita tare da Pat Caplan )
 "Me yasa Mawallafin Swahili ke Rubuta? Euphoria, Pain, da Shahararrun Buri a cikin Adabin Swahili", Bincike a Adabin Afirka, Vol. 37, Na 3 (Satumba 2006), shafi na 103-119.

 Almara 

 Mfalme Juha . Oxford University Press, Dar es Salaam, 1971.  
 Aliyeonja Pepo . 1973. Rahoton da aka ƙayyade na OCLC 917075793
 Dandanar Sama ( Aliyeonja Pepo ). Tanzaniya Publishing House, Dar es Salaam, 1980. (Martin Mkombo ya fassara) 

 Manazarta 
Topan: Here is the problem with East African Kiswahili.
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1940
Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane