Gabriel Ruhumba

Gabriel Ruhumba (an haife shi a shekara ta 1938) ɗan asalin Tanzania ne, marubucin gajeren labari, mai fassara kuma masanin kimiyya. Littafinsa na farko, Village in Uhuru, an buga shi a shekarar 1969. Ya rubuta litattafai da yawa a cikin Swahili. Ya kuma koyar da adabi a jami'o'i da yawa, kuma, har zuwa lokacin da ya yi ritaya a 2016, ya kasance farfesa a fannin adabi a Jami'ar Georgia a Amurka.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Ruhumbika a cikin 1938 a tsibirin Ukerewe na gundumar Ukerewe a tafkin Victoria na yankin Mwanza na zamani. Bayan kammala karatun digiri na farko a jami'ar Makerere ta kasar Uganda, sannan ya yi karatun digiri na farko a jami'ar Makerere ta jami'ar Landan, ya kammala digirin digirgir ( Docteur de l'Université ) a jami'ar Paris-Sorbonne ta kasar Faransa. 

 Sana'a 
Littafin littafin Ruhumbika na farko, Village in Uhuru, an buga shi a cikin 1969; wannan shi ne littafi na biyu na Turanci na Tanzaniya, bayan mutuwar Peter Palangyo a cikin Rana (1968).  Wannan labari ne na tarihi, wanda ya dogara da ainihin abubuwan da suka faru da suka shafi tambayoyi na kabilanci da na kasa a cikin mahallin gwagwarmayar Tanganyika na Tarayyar Afirka don samun yancin kai a Tanganyika (yanzu Tanzaniya).   Ko da yake Village a Uhuru an rubuta shi kuma an fara buga shi a Turanci, Ruhumbika ya yanke shawarar rubuta duk littattafansa na gaba a cikin Swahili, yanke shawara mai kama da na marubuci ɗan Kenya Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o . 

Littattafansa na harshen Swahili, waɗanda suka shafi Ƙungiyar Uhuru ta Pan-African, sun haɗa da Miradi Bubu ya Wazalendo ( Silent Empowerment of the Compatriots, 1991), Janga Sugu la Wazawa ( Doom na har abada ga yaran Ƙasa, 2002) da Wacha Mungu wa Bibi Kilihona ( The Grand God ) 2014.  Ya kuma rubuta tarin gajerun labarai, Uwike Usiwike Kutakuche ( Ko zakara ya yi cara ko bai waye ba ). A wajen rubuce-rubucensa, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai fassara, musamman daga Faransanci zuwa Swahili, kodayake ya fassara littafin littafin Aniceti Kitereza na Myombekere da matarsa Bugonoka, Ɗansu Ntulanalwo, da 'yar Bulihwali daga Kikerewe zuwa Turanci.  Ruhumbika kane ne na Kitereza kuma yana da dama ta musamman ga rubuce-rubucen Kitereza da diaries. 

Ruhumbika ya kuma koyar da adabi a jami'o'i daban-daban, na Afirka da Amurka.  Ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Dar es Salaam (daga 1970 zuwa 1985) da Jami'ar Hampton a Virginia (daga 1985 zuwa 1992). Daga 1992 har ya yi ritaya a 2016, ya kasance Farfesa na Adabin Kwatancen a Jami'ar Jojiya .  

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1938