Grace Alele-Williams

**Grace Alele-Williams** OON, FMAN, FNAE (16 Bowte 1932 - 25 Duujal 2022) o wonnoo jannginoowo Naajeeriya mo jannginooɓe limngal hiisa, o waɗi taariika nde o woni debbo lesdi Naajeeriya arande heɓugo jaango dowla, e debbo lesdi Naajeeri arandeejo lesdi Naajeeriya arandeejo nder Janngirde Benin.

## Ɓiɗɗo e janngirde
Grace Awani Alele jibini to baaba'en Itsekiri e Warri, *Western Region* (ko jooni Delta State), Nigeria e 16 Desemba 1932. O yahi Jaŋde laamu, Warri, *Queen's College*, Lagos e University College of Ibadan (ko jooni woni University of Ibadan). O heɓii digirii maggal nder limte nder nder nder jannde *Queen's School*, Ede nder Osun State nder hitaande 1957 e digirii PhD nder limte limte nder limte e nder University of Chicago (U.S.) nder hitaande 1963, ngam maajum o laatii debbo lesdi Nayjeriya arano e heɓde doktoor. Grace Alele waree nder hitaande nden, nden o annditi bee innde Grace Alele-Williams. O wartii Nigeria ngam duuɓi ɗiɗi nder golle *postdoctoral to University of* Ibadan, ko o artii to *University of* Lagos e 1965.

## Kuugal
Alele-Williams fuɗɗii jannginki jannginki e *Queen's School*, Ede, Diiwal Osun, to o jeyaa e jannginki limte diga 1954 haa 1957. O dilli *to University of Vermont* ngam o warde jannginoowo jaagorgal e ɓaawo ɗon o wardi jannginooɗo jannginooɓe. Daga 1963 haa 1965, Alele-Williams laati mo wiɗtoowo wiɗtooɓe dow janngooji, jaango (e jaango) nder janngooje, jaango Ibadan, diga to o laatii janngoowo janngooɓe dow jannge to jaango Lagos e hitaande 1976.

O mari ɓernde feere nder janngirde rewɓe. Nde o waɗi duuɓi sappo o ɗon jaango jaango jaangirde, o waɗi programji jaangirde ɗi walaa jaangirde ngam haani rewɓe mawɓe je ɗon huwdi bana jannginooɓe jaangirde fuɗnde heɓugo jaangirde.

Alele-Williams ɗon holla hulugo ngam heɓugo jannginooɓe afrikɓe rewɓe to anndal e anndal.

Ɓernde maako nder janngirde limtal fuɗɗii ɓamtude e jooɗorde maako nder US, ko ɗon haɓa bee ɓurna Sputnik. Hono o huwtori e nder *program African Mathematics* to Newton, Massachusetts, e jaango MIT professor Ted Martins, o hawti e kuugal janngooji dow ɗemngal dowla nder nder nder nder gure Afrik feere feere diga 1963 haa 1975. Ɗuum ko haalde binndi e ko haalde e ɗemɗe ko haalde ko haalde no'o haalde e dow dow ɗemɗe limɗe e golle e limɓe limɗe e jannginooɓe. O janngini ha Jaangoore Lagos diga 1965 haa 1985, o waɗi duuɓi sappo o jaango jaango jaangirde, je ɗon haɓɓiiji jaangooji ɗi ɗi ɗi walaa jaango, be ɗuuɗal jaangooji je ɗon jaango rewɓe mawɓe ɓe ɗon kuuwa bana jannginooɓe jaango. Ngam o huuwani nder komiteeji e boards feere-feere, Alele-Williams waɗi daranaaki naftaaki nder ɓamtaare jaango nder lesdi Naajeeriya. O laati hooreejo jaɓde-jaɓde jannde, jaɓde Bendel State 1973-1979. Daga 1979 haa 1985, o waɗi hooreejo jaaynde Diiwal Ikko komiteeji jaɓde-jaɓde jannde e Diiwal Ikko exam boards.

Alele-Williams laatii laamɗo mo'o dow dow dow dow nder jaŋde Benin nder hitaande 1985, o laati laamɗo moolde debbo arande nder jaŋnde Nigeria, o ɗon nuɗɗina laamɗo mo, ko timmi nder hitaande 1992, "o laati "laamuji ngam holla ko debbo mari baawɗe jaɓugo".

Alele-Williams wondi semmbe ngam waylude nder wakkati ɓernde nder jaŋde ɓurɗe janngude nder lesdi Naajeeriya nder duuɓi 1980. Nden, kuugal kulte sirde, jamma e jammaji fuɗɗi ha nder jaŋdeji lesdi Naajeeriya, ɓurna e jaŋde Benin. Ko golle ɗe worɓe ɗuuɗɓe ɓe footi, o waawi waɗugo ko haani.

Caggal nde o waɗi hooreejo jaŋde Benin, o wari nder ardiiɓe jaŋde Chevron-Texaco Nigeria. O ɗon jeya nder jaɓugo darnde HIP *asset management company* limited, marnde darnde darnde nder Lagos, Nigeria.

Alele-Williams wondi goomu jaɓoore, UNESCO *Institute of Education*. O ɗon jeyaa e jaɓɓaago UNESCO e *Institute of International Education Planning.* Nder duuɓi sappo (1963-73), o wondi goomu nder *program* Afrik *Mathematics*, ɗo nder Newton, Massachusetts, Amerik. O laati hooreejo jaaynde duuniyaaru ngam janngirde ɓikkoy ɓikkoy fuɗnaaku e ɓaawo ɗon hooreejo jaayɗe lesdi Naajeeriya, e hooreejo arandeejo jaayndi Afrik dow Fedde Fede Fuuta dow Fedde Haal Fuuta e Fedde Fuuɗnaaku. 

O waɗi duuɓi sappo (1993-2004) bana hooreejo lesdi lesdi lesdi lesdi Afrika nder Duniyaa Tatto ngam rewɓe nder anndal.

## Fedde e maayde
Alele-Williams waree Babatunde Abraham Williams (1932-2010) nder lewru Desemba 1963, ɓaawo o wurtini lesdi Naajeeriya diga Aameerik.Williams wonnoo mo anndal politik, e wakkati fuɗugo maɓɓe, o jeyaaɗo e jannginoowo mawɗo e jaŋde Ife, Osun State.

Alele-Williams woodi ɓiɓɓe njowo, e, diga 2017, ɓikkoy sappo. O maayi e 25 mars 2022 e duuɓi 89. Nyalnde fuɗnde, University of Benin waɗi bandira suudu ndu haa e nder ɓandu ngam ɓe ɗon wuuro mayde maako.

## Jaɓɓorgo Kewuuji
Alele-Williams heɓii keewɗe keewɗe e teddungal. O heɓii Ordo Niger nder hitaande 1987, o suɓii wonde *Fellows of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria e Fellows to Nigerian Academy of Education.*

E 28 feebari 2014, o wonnoo gooto e yimɓe 100 heɓi Centenary Award, "temmuki feere-feere ngam darnde tagdi ɗi yimɓe Nigeria waɗi ngam ɓamtaare ummatoore e aada, jawdi e siyasa leydi ndii nder duuɓi 100 ɓaawo".

O hawti e dow dow dow dow karuuji ɗi rewɓe mawɓe anndal limngal ngal *Association of Women in Mathematics* wurtini.

## Ɗuɓɓugo

* "Diinamikol Ceerno Cukalel nder Fedde Fedde Fede" - Lagos *State Modern Mathematics Project*
* "Jannde rewɓe ngam ɓamtaare leydi"
* "Ripport: Entebbe Mathematics Project"
* "Hinndol darnde limle limle jamanuure nder Afrik"
* "Jannde e laamu nder lesdi Nigeria"
* "Jannde e darnde rewɓe Nigeria"
* "Keeje Mawɗe to Firo rewɓe haa jaango nder Afrik"
* "Naajeeji Jaangoowo Jaangoowo Nigeria"
* "Dilemma Siyasatiji Fedde Jaŋde: Fedde Afrik"

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