Berrell Jensen

**Berrell Elizabeth Jensen** (22 Maris 1933 - 25 Yuli 2015) ta kasance mai sassaka ta Afirka ta Kudu bayan yaƙin duniya kuma mai aikin sassaka ta zamani, ma'aikacin zamantakewa, kuma malamar makaranta. An fi saninta da ayyukanta na jan ƙarfe da sauran ƙarfe, inda ta gudanar da baje kolinta na farko a shekarar 1960. Ta bar Afirka ta Kudu zuwa Turai a shekarar 1968 sannan daga baya ta gudanar da cibiyar sana'o'i a Ireland da cibiyoyin ilimin manya da al'umma a Burtaniya.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Jensen a shekarar 1933 a Potchefstroom, Afirka ta Kudu ga Phyllis (née Horwood) da Harry Jay. Tana da 'yan'uwa uku da 'yan'uwa biyu daga auren mahaifinta na baya. Jensen ta kammala karatun digirinta na farko a fannin kimiyyar zamantakewa. A shekarar 1958 ta yi kwas a fannin aikin ƙarfe da walda a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Natal kuma ta fara yin kayan ado na wayar hannu, ta ci gaba da ƙirƙirar sassaka ta amfani da tagulla, jan ƙarfe, azurfa, da enamel. Baya ga aikinta da aka nuna, an ba ta aikin ƙirƙirar manyan ayyuka don gine-ginen jama'a. A shekarar 1984 Jensen ta sami takardar shaidar difloma a fannin tsare-tsare daga Makarantar Gine-gine ta Ƙungiyar Gine-gine da ke Landan.  

## Rayuwa ta sirri
A shekarar 1957, Jensen ta auri Anton Jensen, ɗalibar digirin digirgir, wacce ta haifi ɗa namiji, Michael da 'ya mace ɗaya, Sandra. Saboda mulkin wariyar launin fata, ita da mijinta sun zaɓi ƙaura zuwa Turai daga Johannesburg . Sun tsaya a Crete, kuma iyalan sun shiga hatsarin mota a shekarar 1969 inda aka kashe mijin Jensen. Jensen da 'ya'yanta sun zauna a Girka kuma suka ƙaura zuwa Burtaniya na ɗan lokaci sannan, a shekarar 1977, zuwa County Donegal, Ireland, lokacin da firist ɗin gurguzu Father James McDyer ya gayyace ta don kafa cibiyar sana'o'i da ɗakin zane-zane. Daga baya Jensen ta zauna a Belfast sannan London inda ta yi aiki a fannin hidimar al'umma, kafa da gudanar da cibiyoyin ilimin manya da cibiyoyin al'umma ciki har da Archway, Highgate da Hampstead . Ta yi ritaya zuwa Ireland, amma ta ci gaba da aiki a matsayin mai sassaka.    

## Sana'a
Nunin Jensen na farko ya kasance a Durban a shekarar 1960. Ta gabatar da wasu nunin faifai 19 a cikin shekaru takwas da suka biyo baya.  Ta yi aiki a fannin ƙarfe, ta amfani da tokar oxy-acetylene, hacksaw, guillotine na ƙarfe da sauran hanyoyin ƙera shi, haka kuma ta yi amfani da dabarun ƙera ƙarfe, resin da siminti. 

Jensen ta yi baje kolin kayan tarihi a Afirka ta Kudu da Birtaniya. Ta yi aiki a manyan kwamitocin gwamnati na ginin Bankin Netherlands da ginin Santam da ke Johannesburg, masana'antar Philips da ke Germiston, wurin shakatawa na VIP da ke filin jirgin saman Jan Smuts, duk a Afirka ta Kudu,    da kuma Gidan Tarihi na Windhoek da ke Namibia.

A shekarar 1977, Jensen ta fara cibiyar sana'o'i a County Donegal, Ireland.   A can, ta ƙirƙiri ɗakin zane-zane don horar da ɗalibai a fannin ƙarfe da sassaka, da kuma yin kayan ado, yin bugu, da sauran sana'o'i.  Ta kuma ci gaba da aiki a kan manyan zane-zane, ciki har da a Asibitin Longford Westmeath da ke Mullingar . 

A shekarar 1993, Jensen ta sayi cocin Furotesta mai shekaru 300 a Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath . Ta gyara ginin ta kuma kafa ɗakin studio na ƙarfe. Ta sake fara aikin walda da kuma kammala kwamitocin ga hukumomin yankin. 

## Sabis na al'umma
An gayyaci Jensen ta kafa cibiyar sana'o'i a Glencolumbkille, Ireland a shekarar 1977 a matsayin wani ɓangare na wani shiri na haɓaka masana'antu na gida kuma daga baya aka naɗa ta mataimakiyar darakta a wata cibiyar ilimin manya a Belfast. A Landan, ta kasance mai kula da sabuwar Cibiyar Al'umma ta Highgate Newtown, tana aiki tare da kwamitin mutanen gida da kansiloli don shirya shirye-shiryen ayyuka ga cibiyar, waɗanda suka shafi wasanni, zaman shawarwari, aikin hannu, nishaɗi da zaman ga masu fansho, iyaye mata, da jarirai.  Daga nan ta zama darektan Cibiyar Al'umma ta Hampstead, wani muƙami da ta riƙe tsawon shekaru tara.  A shekarar 2001, Jensen ta kafa ƙungiyar muhalli ta Gundumar Westmeath wadda ke fafutukar hana wani wurin zubar da shara a yankin Killucan. 

## Mutuwa
Jensen ya mutu yana da shekaru 82 a Cork, Ireland, a ranar 25 ga Yuli, 2015.  

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