Farouk Topan

Farouk Mohamedhusein Tharia Topan (an haife shi a shekara ta 1940) shi ne darektan Cibiyar Swahili a Jami'ar Aga Khan . Shi kwararre ne a cikin harshe da wallafe-wallafen Mutanen Swahili. Ya koyar a Jami'ar Dar es Salaam, Cibiyar Nazarin Ismaili, da Makarantar Nazarin Gabas da Afirka.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
Bayan kammala karatunsa na asali, Topan ya yi tafiya zuwa Ingila yana da shekaru 19 kuma ya sami digiri a fannin ilimin ɗan adam, ilimin harshe da wallafe-wallafe a Makarantar Gabas da Nazarin Afirka (SOAS) a Jami'ar London. Daga baya ya kammala digirin digirgir a can kan mallakar ruhohi wanda ya samu a cikin 1972 don kasida mai taken "Littafin Baka a cikin tsarin al'ada: rawar da waƙoƙin ruhu a cikin ƙungiyar ruhohi ta Mombasa, Kenya."  Ƙididdigar ta yi nazari ta musamman kan ƙungiyar kipemba a Changamwe, Kenya, da kuma ayyukan pungwa da nau'o'in wallafe-wallafen baka da ƙungiyar ta samar. 

## Sana'a
Topan kwararre ne a cikin harshe da adabin Swahili.  Ya rubuta wasan kwaikwayo guda biyu *Mfalme Juha* (1971), da *Aliyeonja Pepo* (1973), na biyun an buga su a cikin fassarar turanci a cikin 1980. &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

Aikin karatunsa na farko shine a 1968, a Jami'ar Dar es Salaam inda ya koyar da adabin Swahili a Kiswahili . A 1969 ya fara BA a Swahili da ilimin harshe tare da farfesa Abdul Aziz. A cikin 1970 ya zama shugaban sashen Swahili a Jami'ar Dar es Salaam. Bayan ya kammala digirinsa na uku a shekarar 1972 ya yi aiki a Jami'ar Nairobi, a Landan, sannan ya yi aiki a Jami'ar Riyadh . Daga cikin dalibansa a Dar es Salaam da Nairobi akwai mawallafin wasan kwaikwayo Hussein Ibrahim da John Habwe . 

Ya kasance masanin bincike kuma shugaban shirin horar da malamai a Cibiyar Nazarin Ismaili da ke Landan daga 1977 zuwa 1993 kuma ya yi karatu a SOAS har zuwa 2006.  Tun daga 2018, Topan shine darektan Cibiyar Swahili a Jami'ar Aga Khan . 

Shi ne edita tare da Pat Caplan na *Swahili Modernities.* *Al'adu, Siyasa da Imani a Gabashin Gabashin Afirka* (Labaran Duniya na Afirka, 2004). 

Topan ya yi magana game da fifikon sha'awar ilimi a Kiswahili a wajen Afirka fiye da na cikin gida, watakila saboda rashin karfafa tattalin arziki don inganta Kiswahili a cikin Afirka, kuma ya bayyana harshen Ingilishi a matsayin "giwa a cikin daki" dangane da yaduwar Kiswahili a gabashin Afirka yayin da mutane suka fi son Ingilishi wanda ake gani a matsayin harshen duniya. 

## wallafe-wallafen da aka zaɓa

### Ilimi

* "Waƙar Swahili na zamani", *Bulletin na Makarantar Gabas da Nazarin Afirka*, Vol. 37, Na 1 (Fabrairu 1974), shafi na 175-187.
* "Vugo: Bikin Bikin Budurci Tsakanin Swahili na Mombasa", *Journal of African Cultural Studies*, Vol. 8, Na 1 (Janairu 1995), shafi na 87-107.
* "Rubutun Tarihi cikin Swahili", *Tarihi a Afirka*, Vol. 24, ku. 299 (Janairu 1997)
* " Wasu ruhohi suna warkarwa, wasu kuma rawa ne kawai : Tafiya na 'Yan Adam a ƙauyen Afirka", *Jarida ta Duniya na Nazarin Tarihi na Afirka*, Vol. 71, Na 4 (Janairu 2001), shafi. 707.
* "Projecting Islam: Narrative in Swahili Poetry", *Journal of African Cultural Studies*, Vol. 14, Na 1, (Yuni 2001), shafi na 107-119.
* *Zamanin Swahili. Al'adu, Siyasa da Imani a Gabashin Gabashin Afirka* . Labaran Duniya na Afirka, 2004. (Edita tare da Pat Caplan )
* "Me yasa Mawallafin Swahili ke Rubuta? Euphoria, Pain, da Shahararrun Buri a cikin Adabin Swahili", *Bincike a Adabin Afirka*, Vol. 37, Na 3 (Satumba 2006), shafi na 103-119.

### Almara

* *Mfalme Juha* . Oxford University Press, Dar es Salaam, 1971.  
* *Aliyeonja Pepo* . 1973. Rahoton da aka ƙayyade na OCLC&nbsp;
* *Dandanar Sama* ( *Aliyeonja Pepo* ). Tanzaniya Publishing House, Dar es Salaam, 1980. (Martin Mkombo ya fassara) 

## Manazarta