Iyalin De Souza

'Iyalin De Sousa', wanda ba a san shi da dangin De Sousa ba, sanannen dangin Benin ne. Wanda ya kafa ta, Francisco Felix na Sousa, shi ne mataimakin sarki na Ouidah a Masarautar Dahomey .   

 Tarihi 
Bayan ya yi ƙaura daga Bahia a Brazil zuwa Dahomey na bakin teku a ƙarni na 18, Francisco Felix de Sousa ya fara aiki a matsayin ɗan kasuwa na kayayyaki daban-daban - shugaban su bayi ne.  

Ayyukansa a can sun sanya shi da tasiri sosai a cikin al'amuran Dahomey har Dahomeyans suka amince da shi a matsayin harem="./Tribal_chief" id="mwGQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tribal chief">shugaban kabilanci, Chacha na Ouidah, biyo bayan goyon bayansa ga mai mulkin su Sarki Ghezo a lokacin da ya hau mulki.   Bayan rasuwar de Sousa, dangin da ya fara tare da matansa na Afirka sun ci gaba da kasancewa sanannun a duk faɗin Yammacin Afirka.   Har yanzu shugaban iyali ne ke amfani da taken chacha a yau.  

A cewar dangin De Souza, Francisco Felix de Sousa shi ne ƙarni na takwas na zuriyar Tomé de Sousa (1503-1579), wani dan kasar Portugal wanda shine gwamnan-janar na farko na Mulkin mallaka na Portugal na Brazil daga 1549 zuwa 1553.  Idan gaskiya ne, zai sa De Souzas na zamani su zama mambobi ne na manyan mutanen Portugal ban da kasancewa dangin shugabanci Afirka.

Kodayake De Souzas suna daga cikin manyan mutanen Benin, matsayinsu a cikin al'umma ba tare da gardama ba. Gaskiyar cewa wanda ya kafa su ya kasance mai bautar bayi mafi yawa a duniya ya tabbatar da cewa akwai mummunan fushi da wasu 'yan uwan su na Benin suka yi wa dangin. Dangane da asalin iyalin da fushin da tarihinsa ke yi a wasu lokuta, an nakalto chacha Moise na Souza na yanzu yana cewa:

Duk da haka, ya damu da cewa danginsa za su kasance masu fushi idan ya raba wannan ra'ayi a fili a Benin. Ya yi tsayayya da duk wani ambaton de Souza a matsayin mai sayar da bayi a sabon gidan kayan gargajiya na Ouidah .     

 Shahararrun mambobi 

 Chantal Ya
 Francisco Felix na Sousa
 Isidore na Souza
 Marcel Alain de Souza
 Martine de Souza
 Moise na Souza
 Paul Emile de Souza

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