Opral Benson

Mawɗo **Opral Benson** (jibinaa ko ñalnde 7 feebariyee 1935) ko jom ngalu Ameriknaajo-Liberiyaajo e Nijeernaajo, jogiiɗo tiitoonde laamɗo **Iya Oge** mo Lagos. O resi ko mawɗo T.O.S. Benson gila 1962 haa o sankii. Benson, gonnooɗo gardiiɗo duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde ina joginoo duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde ko fayti e moodel e ŋarɗugol to Lagos, kadi ko gonnooɗo gardiiɗo Johnson's Products, fedde nde wonaa laamuyankoore to leydi Najeriya.

E hitaande 2012, o toɗɗaa konsul tedduɗo leydi Liberiya to Lagos.

## Ngendam
Benson jibinaa ko Opral Mason to Arthington, to leydi Liberiya, e nder galle Johnson e Lilly Mason, terɗe renndo Ameriknaajo-Liberiyaajo jom en jawɗeele en. Mawniiko gorko e mawniiko gorko ko eggooɓe ummoriiɓe to leydi Caroline du Sud, artuɓe to leydi Liberia e hitaande 1869. Debbo baaba makko, Aunty Margaret, inniri mo ‘Opal’ ko sifaa jeewte mbaylotooɗe. Innde ndee ko hollirde nafoore mawnde, teskinnde e nafoore, Margaret ina sikki wonde 6icfcfo oo maa won gicfcfo galle oo no feewi. O joginoo kadi neene goɗɗo, Amanda Mason inniri mo Amanda, innde makko.

Nde cukalel ngel mawni, o ƴelliti hakkille makko naamniiɗo, o ɓooyaani o wayli innde makko, o wayli innde makko, o waɗti ɗum ‘Opral’. "Nde mawnu-mi,' o siftori caggal mum, 'mi wonti ko mi weltaaki e innde ndee'. O sikki o fotaani jogaade innde hono ndee sabu o wonaa hayre, o waawaano kadi faamde ko teddi e makko ko seerndi mo e yimɓe woɗɓe. Ina gasa tawa ko o suka debbo tokooso tan, jom hakkille.

Benson fuɗɗii jaŋde ko e duɗal leslesal AME to Arthington, caggal ɗuum o yahri to duɗal hakkundeewal Arthington, caggal ɗuum o naati duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde Afrik hirnaange ngam janngude duɗal hakkundeewal. O dañi ɓiɗɗo makko gadano e nder duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde, baaba makko ko John Bilson, suka jannginoowo biyoloji e nder duɗal makko, caggal ɗuum wonti doktoor to Ganaa e ballal bursi laamu Liberiya. Caggal nde ɓiɗɗo o jibinaa, o jokki jaŋde makko, caggal ɗuum o rokkaa bursi ngam janngude to duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde Morris Brown.

Nde Opral arti Liberia o golliima e departemaa ndema. E hitaande 1961, o woniino binndoowo e nder batu fedde leyɗeele Afrik Monrovia, ngam heblude sosde OAU. E nder batu nguu. T.O.S. Benson arii e Tafawa Balewa, toon Benson e Miss Benson, mo duuɓi 26, fof nganndindiri, caggal ɗuum ɓe resndi ɗum e hitaande 1962. To leydi Najeriya, Opral Benson golliima e golle gardiiɗo geɗe almudɓe to duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde Lagos. E hitaande 1973, Oba Adeyinka Oyekan rokki mo tiitoonde Iya Oge mo Lagos. Caggal nde o yalti Unilag, o naati e fedde Johnson *Products* Nigeria, o woni hooreejo, o sosi duɗal jaaɓi haaɗtirde Opral Benson e njuɓɓudi laamu Chic Afrique to Yaba, Lagos. O woniino kadi tergal pioneer e nder fedde toppitiinde ko fayti e sukaaɓe leydi ndii, o woni kadi tergal e nder fedde Olimpiyankoore leydi Najeriya e hitaande 1982.

Afriknaaɓe ina pamɗi no feewi rewrude e renndo-pinal duunde he ko juuti e panache e naatgol no Opral Benson nii. E nder leydi Nijeer e leydi Liberiya haa teeŋti noon, o woniino kardinal pinal gonngal e dow feccere teeminannde, o siftinii, o resndi, o sosi kadi mbaydiiji gonɗi e nder pinal e kaaldigal hakkunde leyɗeele e dipolomasi, e nder ŋarɗugol e moodel.

Opral wonnoo ko limre duumiinde, e nder dillere ƴellitaare rewɓe e nder duunde he, jogiinde darnde tiiɗnde, nde wonaa tan e ƴellitde rewɓe heewɓe e doosɗe e peeje ƴellitaare, kono kadi nde jokkondiri e worɓe e ardiiɓe to bannge toɓɓe ceertuɗe, e nder golle ƴellitaare rewɓe. Ko o mbaydi ŋarɗugol, o woniino e yeeso siftinde mbaydiiji e aadaaji wonande yontaaji makko e sukaaɓe. O ƴeewtindiima kadi ŋarɗugol e nder gollordu e diisnondiral tiiɗngal e nder njulaagu, kadi o semmbinii faggudu ujunnaaje ujunnaaje sukaaɓe e nder golle ɗee.

Binndanɗe keewɗe mbinndaama e makko e nder jaayɗe keewɗe, kono daartol nguurndam makko ina nanngaa e nguurndam makko, ‘Opral Benson: Nguurndam e *Legend*’ ngol Udu Yakubu, PhD, binndoowo nguurndam mo duuɓi mum keewɗi, kadi hooreejo fedde wiyeteende *May University Press Limited*, sosiyetee bayyinoowo nguurndam.

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