Elliott P. Skinner

Elliott Percival Skinner (20 suwee 1924 – 1 abriil 2007) ko ganndo ko faati e neɗɗaagu Ameriknaajo, kadi ko ammbasadeer Amerik to leydi Volta toowndi, tuggi 1966 haa 1969.toowndi, tuggi 1966 haa 1969.

## Ɓaawoore
Ɓooyɗo nder Port of Spain, Trinidad, nder saare be bandiraaɓe nayi e ɓaawo baaba maako diga Barbadian, Skinner wari to United States nder hitaande 1943. O ɗon jaɓɓa ko Amerik mari, o ɗon jaɓɓi nder konu lesdi Amerika nder 1944 o ɗon haɓɓa nder konu duuniyaaru ɗiɗaɓo nder lesdi Farayse, ɗum waɗi o heɓta lesdi. Skinner heɓii jaŋde bachelor e New York University nder 1951. Nden o yahi Jaŋde Columbia, to o heɓii jaŋde jaŋde nder 1952 e jaŋde doktoor nder 1955. O jeyaa ngam heɓugo doktoor to Northwestern e Melville J. Herskovits mo o jaɓii "kañumɓe ɓaleeɓe" mbaawataa janngude Afrik e laaɓal. "Fedde maako dow dow dow dow ko'e maɓɓe, e golle maɓɓe e Morton Fried, woni "Hokkude yimɓe nder lesdi British Guiana: Ɗannde nder haalde ɗiɗaɓo e nder nder nder nder lesdi lesdi lesdi".

## Kuugal
Skinner jooɗii nder jaŋde nder nder nder nder ɓurna golle maako. Daga 1955 to 1957 bana post-doc, o jeyi wiɗto maako dow anndal diga Latin America haa Upper Volta, o jooɗi nder lesdi nden o janngi More (Hande) haalaaji Mossi, yimɓe ɓurɓe ɗuuɗugo. 

Nder 1959 o fuɗɗi bana jannginoowo jannginooɗo anthropology haa New York University to o ɗaɓɓiti e jannginooɓe etnology afrik. O laati arandeejo Afrik-Ameriknaajo arandeejo nder jaŋde nder hitaande 1963. Nder hitaande 1966, o hawti e jaango anthropology nder Columbia University o janngini haa o jaango nder hitaande 1994. E hitaande 1969 o laati Farans Boas Farasoore Antropoloji. Nder 1972, Skinner laati hooreejo jaaynde Afrik-Amerikiyankoore arande Columbia. O heɓii jaaynde e janngooɓe jaayndeeji Afrik e Black.

Ko ɓuri haani, Lyndon B. Johnson suɓii mo laamiiɗo to Upper Volta diga 1966 haa 1969. O ɗon ɓadii haani o haani mo'o haani mo, mo haani mo haani haani mo mo, mo mari anndal masin, ngam o hokki mo fursatuuji ɗuuɗɗi ngam janngugo boo nder nder nder nder gariiri e nder nder lesdi Burkina, e nder nder nder lesdi lesdi lesdi, e nder lesdi lesdi. O ɗon woodi duuɓi 42 tan nde o fuɗɗi gollaago o'o bana moofto nder Ouagadougou. 

Kuugal maako ɓurɗo anndude ɗum jannginki yimɓe Mossi ɗi ɗi ɗi ɗi wurtini nder 1964, nden ɓe ɓeydi ɓeydi ɓe ɓeyda ɓe ɓe wurtini e nder 1989 bo The Mossi of Burkina Faso: Chiefs, Politicians and Soldiers (Waveland Press). Deftere nden laati dowla ngam yimɓe ɓe ɗon mbi'a ko Ingelese e ɓe ɗon jaɓɓa ko Amerik to lesdi ndin. Deftere maako feere ɗon dow nguurndam wuro e siyaasa US nder Afirka, ɓurna fuu nduurndam nder wuro nder lesdi Afirka: Laɓɓugo Waagadougou (Yale, 1974) e Afriknaaɓe e Ameriknaaɓe e Siilaama Amerik to Afirka 1850-1924 (Howard University Press, 1992). 

Skinner anndini semmbe, e no yimɓe ɓe mari semmbe, nder kuuɗe maako ɗuuɗɗe. O ɗon haalaa dow feereeji ɗi Thomas Sankara haani e laamu fuɗɗam fuɗɗam: "... wakkati ardiiɓe Afrik ɓesngu ɓesngu ɓe ɗon mari ɓernde e ɓeydaaku dow no mawɓe maɓɓe ɗon haani haalde bee kuuɗe maɓɓe e nder lesdi, ɓe ɗon haani hawtaaki bee ɗi ɗi ɗon haɓa nder duniyaaru nde ɓe ɗon fuɗɗita haaki kuuɗe ɓesngu e booɗɗe".

## Jaɓɓorgo Kewuuji

* Commandeur de l'Ordre National Voltaique, Burkina Faso
* hooreejo kawtal mawɓe Ameriknaaɓe ɓaleeɓe (1988-92) 
* Fellows, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University

## Elliott P. Skinner Book Award
Elliott P. Skinner Book Award ko jaaynde nde Association for Africanist Anthropology (AfAA) jaɓata, ko ɗum jeyaa e American Anthropological Association. Hinnde nder teddungal Elliott P. Skinner, jaaynde nden anndini defte mawɗe ɗe ɗon walli bana no'o haa ummaatoore duuniyaaru nder anndal afriknaaɓe e ɓeyda ɓesda ɓesdi lesdi Afirka. Jaɓɓorgo jaɓɓorgo ngam kuugal diga fuu fannuuji anthropology, e ɓesdaaki dow defte dow kuugal faggudu nder Afrik walla ɗi ɓamtaago laabi kuugal kuugal. Yimɓe ɓe keɓata jaaynde ɓe ɓe cuɓii ngam ɓe ɓenni, ɓe mari baylitol dow anndal, ɓe mari potentigal haa ɓe mbaɗi ko ɓe mbaɗi haa ɓe mbaɗata e yimɓe ɓe ɓe ɓe ɓurna. 

## Ko'e hoore
O dewti e Thelma, o woɗɗiti e hitaande 1977. E hitaande 1982 o waree Gwendolyn Mikell (d. 24 Maars 1948), mo woni debbo arandeejo Black to Georgetown University, e jooni o wondi Professor Emeritus. Nde o maayi o woodi ɓiɓɓe ɗiɗo, ɓiɓɓe tati, ɓiɓɓe jeeɗiɗi e ɓikkoy gooto.

Ha 21 abriil 2007, Skinner maayi ngam ɓernde mum haa wuro maako haa Washington, D.C.,  to o yahdi nder jaaynde. O waɗi duuɓi 82.

## Firooji