Kenneth Dike

**Kenneth Onwuka Dike,** (An haifeshi 17 Disamba 1917p ( Oktoba 1983 ).Dan Najeriya ne, kuma masanin tarihi. Shine Dan Najeriya na farko da ya fara riqe mukamin Shugaban Makaranta (wato Vice-Chancellor) a Nation's Premier College wato Jami'ar Ibadan.   A lokacin yakin basasar Najeriya, ya koma Jami'ar Harvard .  Shi ne ya kafa Makarantar Ibadan wacce ta mamaye rubutun Tarihin Najeriya har zuwa shekarun 1970.  An yaba masa da "kasancewa ya taka rawar gani wajen ƙirƙirar ƙarni na masana tarihi na Afirka waɗanda za su iya fassara tarihin kansu ba tare da tasirin Eurocentric ya rinjayi su ba." 

## Sana'a

An haife shi a Awka, gabashin Najeriya, Kenneth Onwuka Dike ya yi karatu a Yammacin Afirka, Ingila da Scotland. Ya halarci Kwalejin Fourah Bay, Saliyo da Jami'ar Durham don BSc, Jami'ar Aberdeen don MA,  da King's College London don PhD . A cikin shekarun 1960, a matsayin memba na sashin tarihin jami'ar Ibadan, ya taka rawar gani wajen haɓaka jagorancin Afirka na ayyukan masana da aka buga akan Afirka . A matsayinsa na shugaban kwamitin shirya taron kasa da kasa na farko na 'yan Afirka a Ghana a 1963, ya nemi a karfafa bincike mai zurfi na Afirka wanda ba mulkin mallaka ba, buga bincike a cikin harsuna daban-daban ciki har da' yan asalin da na kasashen waje, don gabatar da masu magana da yaren. tarihi kuma don mutane su kalli tarihin Afirka ta hanyar ido ɗaya. Shi ne daraktan farko na Makarantar International Ibadan .  A cikin 1965 an zabe shi shugaban ƙungiyar Jami'o'in Commonwealth .  Ebere Nwaubani ta bayar da hujjar cewa Dike shine masanin ilmin zamani na farko na tarihin Afirka.  Litattafansa sun kasance ruwa a cikin tarihin tarihin Afirka. Tare da PhD daga London, Dike ya zama ɗan Afirka na farko da ya kammala horar da ƙwararrun masana tarihi na Yammacin Turai. A Kwalejin Jami'ar Ibadan, ya zama Farfesa na farko na Afirka na tarihi kuma shugaban sashen tarihi. Ya kafa rumbun adana kayan tarihin Najeriya, kuma ya taimaka wajen kafuwar Kungiyar Tarihi ta Najeriya. Littafinsa *Ciniki da Siyasa a yankin Neja Delta 1830-1885 ya* yi magana kan siyasar tattalin arziƙin karni na 19 a yankin Neja Delta. Ya mai da hankali kan abubuwan Afirka na cikin gida, musamman matakan kariya da al'ummomin delta ke ɗauka game da kutsawar mulkin mallaka. Dike ya taimaka ƙirƙirar Makarantar Tarihin Afirka na Ibadan kuma ya inganta amfani da shaidar baka ta masana tarihin Afirka. 

## Littattafai
Litattafansa sun haɗa da masu zuwa: Rahoton Tsare-Tsare da Gudanar da Rikodin Tarihi a Najeriya (1953), Kasuwanci da Siyasa a Najeriya Delta 1930-1890 (1956), Shekaru ɗari na Mulkin Biritaniya a Najeriya (1957), Asalin Ofishin Jakadancin Nijar (1958). 

## Hotuna

File:ASC Leiden - NSAG - van Dis 4 - 200 - Prime minister of Northern Nigeria Ahmadu Bello opens Sultan Bello Hall - Ibadan, Oyo State, South West Nigeria - 1-13 February 1962.tif| Bude zauren Sultan Bello da Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, Kwalejin Jami’ar Ibadan, ranar biyu ga watan Fabrairun 1962 (Kenneth Dike zuwa hagu na Ahmadu Bello)
File:ASC_Leiden_-_NSAG_-_van_Dis_4_-_202_-_Prime_minister_of_Northern_Nigeria_Ahmadu_Bello_opens_Sultan_Bello_Hall_-_Ibadan,_Oyo_State,_South_West_Nigeria_-_1-13_February_1962.tif|Bude zauren Sultan Bello da Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, Kwalejin Jami’ar Ibadan, ranar biyu ga watan Fabrairun 1962 (Kenneth Dike zuwa hagu, Ahmadu Bello a dama)


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