Wendy Woods

**Wendy Heather Woods** (née **Bruce**; 5 ga watan Fabrairu 1941 - 19 ga watan Mayu 2013) malama ce ta Afirka ta Kudu kuma mai fafutukar yaki da nuna wariyar launin fata. Woods ta yi aiki tare da mijinta, ɗan jarida Donald Woods, kan ayyukan yaki da nuna wariyar launin fata kuma dukansu sun gudu zuwa gudun hijira zuwa Birtaniya a shekarar 1977. Ita kanta Woods ta kasance memba mai aiki a Black Sash. A cikin gudun hijira, Woods ta yi aiki tare da ƙungiyoyin agaji daban-daban kuma bayan mutuwar mijinta, ta kafa Gidauniyar Donald Woods. Ita da danginta suna cikin fim ɗin 1987 *Cry Freedom*.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Woods a Mthatha, Gabashin Cape, Afirka ta Kudu, a ranar 5 ga watan Fabrairun 1941.   Ta yi kyau a makaranta, ta tsallake shekara guda gaba kuma daga ƙarshe ta bar gida tana 'yar shekara 16 a 1958 don yin aiki a Pietermartitzburg a matsayin ma'aikaciyar ɗakin karatu.  Ta halarci Kwalejin Kiɗa ta Trinity, inda ta sami lasisin Malinta kuma ta zama malaman kiɗa. 

Iyalinta suna da gida a Transkei Wild Coast, wanda shine inda ta haɗu da mijinta na gaba, Donald Woods, a matsayin matashi.   Ta auri Donald a shekarar 1962, kuma ta koma Katolika.  Sun koma Gabashin London inda mijinta ya yi aiki da *Daily Dispatch*.  Tare, ma'auratan sun haifi 'ya'ya shida, biyar daga cikinsu sun rayu a baya.

Woods ta bayyana kanta da mijinta a matsayin "masu ci gaba a siyasance", kasancewar sun girma a wani ƙaramin gari tsakanin manya masu nuna wariyar launin fata.  Woods ta shiga ƙungiyar mata masu adawa da nuna wariyar launin fata, Black Sash.  Ta fara zanga-zanga a gabashin London tare da mambobin ƙungiyar.  Wata ƙawarta, Barbara Briceland, ta ce Woods ta kasance mai himma sosai a cikin yaƙin neman zaɓe daban-daban na yaƙi da nuna wariyar launin fata.  Ta kuma taimaka wajen ɓoye waɗanda ke ɓuya ga ‘yan sanda.  Ta ziyarci dan gwagwarmaya Steve Biko a kurkuku. 

A cikin shekarun 1970, 'yan sandan tsaro sun buge gidansu kuma suna fuskantar cin zarafi da barazana daga 'yan sanda.  A ƙarshe, gwamnatin Afirka ta Kudu ta dakatar da mijinta, don haka Woods zata yi magana da mutane, ciki har da kafofin watsa labarai, a maimakonsa.  Ta kuma je binciken mutuwar Biko, wanda ya faru a Pretoria.  Woods ta lura cewa mijinta zai yi amfani da ita don rubuta game da mutuwar Biko.  A cikin binciken na kwanaki 13, ’yarta mai shekara shida ta aika da rigar da ’yan sandan tsaro suka sanya mata ruwan acid, inda suka kona ta tare da zaburar da dangin su zaɓi yin gudun hijira. 

A shekara ta 1977, mijinta ya canza kansa a matsayin limamin Katolika kuma ya bar gidan, ya gudu zuwa Lesotho.  Woods ta tafi washegari tare da 'ya'yanta kuma ta sami damar wuce iyakar ta hanyar karkatar da jami'in kan iyaka.  Sun gudu zuwa London, suna zaune a Surbiton.  Mijinta ya yi tafiya a duk faɗin duniya lokacin gudun hijira, yana yaƙi da nuna wariyar launin fata, kuma Woods ta zauna a Landan tana kula da 'ya'yansu.  Ita da mijinta sun yi aiki a matsayin masu ba da shawara kan fim ɗin da ke nuna danginsu da Biko, *Cry Freedom* (1987) inda Penelope Wilton ya nuna ta. 

A gudun hijira, Woods kuma ta yi aiki ga ƙungiyoyin agaji daban-daban, ciki har da Canon Collins education trust da Amnesty International.  Ta kuma tattara "dubban littattafai" ga Jami'ar Fort Hare, tsohuwar jami'ar Nelson Mandela.   Ta kuma yi rubuce-rubuce kan nuna wariyar launin fata.  Kafin mutuwarsa a shekara ta 2001, Donald Woods ta kafa Asusun Mutum-mutumi na Mandela, wanda Wendy Woods ya karɓi ragamar mulki.

A ranar 29 ga watan Agusta, 2007, ta halarci bukin ƙaddamar da tseren  wani mutum-mutumi na Mandela a dandalin majalisar dokokin Burtaniya ta Firayim Ministan Burtaniya, Gordon Brown, tare da Nelson Mandela da matarsa Graça Machel, da Richard Attenborough.  Ta kafa tushe a cikin sunan mijinta, Gidauniyar Donald Woods, a cikin shekarar 2003.  Ta yi aiki a matsayin kujera na gidauniyar na tsawon shekaru goma, tana taimakawa wajen gina asibitocin kiwon lafiya, tarurrukan ilimi da sauran shirye-shirye ga mutane masu rauni da yara a gabashin Cape. 

Woods ta mutu daga melanoma a Surrey, Ingila, a ranar 19 ga watan Mayu 2013. 

## Manazarta