Albert Tévoedjrè

**Albert Tévoédjrè** (10 Nuwamba 1929 - 6 Nuwamba 2019) marubuci ne kuma ɗan siyasa ɗan ƙasar Benin.  Ya kasance Ministan Yaɗa Labarai na Dahomey (yanzu Benin ) daga shekarun 1960 zuwa 1963.

## Rayuwar farko
Tévoédjrè ya yi karatu a Toulouse, Friborg da Cibiyar Graduate Institute of International Studies  a Geneva. Ya koyar a makarantun sakandare a Cahors, Dakar da Porto-Novo kafin ya tafi Paris don neman aikin rubutu. Yayin da yake a Paris ya rubuta *L'Afrique révoltée* a cikin shekarar 1958 da *Afrique debout* a shekara ta 1959. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin edita a babban jaridar *L'Étudiant Noir* ta hagu. A wannan lokacin yakan rinka zuwa ɓangaren hagu don tattaunawa akan harkokin siyasa. A waɗannan tarurrukan al'adu daban-daban na Turai da Asiya, ya koyi yaren Jamusanci, Ingilishi da Sifaniyanci, baya ga Faransanci na asali. 

Kafin kasar Benin ta ayyana samun ‘yancin kai, Tévoédjrè ya taimaka wajen kafa kungiyar masu fafutukar samun ‘yancin kai Mouvement Africain de Libération Nationale da Ligue pour la Promotion Africaine, tare da jagorantar kungiyar Syndicat National des Ensignants du Dahomey. A cikin watan Fabrairun 1960, Tévoédjrè ya shiga yajin aiki a Kwalejin Fasaha na Cotonou. Masu zanga-zangar sun bukaci a kori farfesoshi biyu da suka gaza dalibai da dama sannan aka kore su. 

## Sana'ar siyasa
A watan Oktoba 1960, Tévoédjrè ya nemi muƙamin gwamnati. Ya karɓi aikin sakataren gudanarwa na jam'iyyar Dahomeyan Unity Party (PDU). Aikinsa na farko shi ne sanar da cewa gungun mutane za su sanar da marasa ilimi labarai ta fuskar gwamnati. Waɗanda suka yi karatu za su iya karanta jaridu uku da gwamnati ta ɗauki nauyinsu: *L'Aube Nouvelle*, *La Nation* da *La Depeche du Dahomey*. Tévoédjrè ya riga ya rubuta ginshiƙai da ɗayan waɗannan, *L'Aube Nouvelle*. 

Shugaba Maga ya naɗa sabbin ministoci a gwamnatinsa a ranar 30 ga watan Disamba, kuma ya zaɓi shugabanni da dama daga tsoffin RDD da PND. Ya kuma zaɓi sabbin dangi da yawa, kamar Bertin Borna a ƙarƙashin Ma'aikata da Ma'aikata, da Tévoédjrè, sabon Ministan Yaɗa Labarai.  A wannan matsayin nasa ya fara dakatar da buga jaridar adawa ta Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin, *Dahomey-Matin*, da wanda ya gabace ta, *Cotonou-Matin*, a cikin watan Afrilu 1961. Hakan ya biyo bayan dokar da ta takaita ‘yancin faɗin albarkacin baki da aka yi a watan Fabrairun wannan shekarar. 

A ranar 26 ga watan Mayu Tévoédjrè ya sanar da Maga cewa Ahomadégbé-Tomtin ya shirya kashe shugaban amma an kama shi da wasu 'yan adawa 11. An sanya ranar shari'ar a watan Disamba. Ya bambanta da yawancin shari'o'in siyasa a Afirka kasancewar an gudanar da shi a bainar jama'a kuma an ba da kariya ga lauya daga Paris. A kowane hali, Ahomadégbé-Tomtin ya sami shekaru biyar saboda rawar da ya taka a cikin maƙarƙashiyar, sauran kuma an yanke musu hukunci daga shekara ɗaya zuwa goma.  A ƙarshe Maga ya sake su a watan Nuwamba 1962, yana mai cewa a cikin wani watsa shirye-shirye  cewa ba wai kawai saboda kyawawan halayensu a gidan yari ba, har ma don yin sulhu da tsoffin abokan gabansa. 

Tévoédjrè ya shawo kan gwamnatin Dahomeyan don ƙirƙirar Agence Dahomennée de Presse wanda zai jagorance shi, kuma kafin shekara ta ƙare ya sami damar yin amfani da sabis na wayar tarho na Kamfanin Dillancin Labaran Faransa da kuma mallakin aikin jarida na Dahomeyan. Wani aikin nasa shi ne gina gidan kayan gargajiya wanda zai kunshi dukkan kayan fasahar Dahomey. A cikin watan Yuli 1961, an ba shi damar watsa shirye-shirye mai nauyin kilowatt 30, wanda ya fi ƙarfin da Rediyo Dahomey ya mallaka, ta Sashen Watsa Labarai na Kamfanin Watsa Labarun Faransa na Ƙasashen waje (SORAFOM). An naɗa Ministan Watsa Labarai a matsayin babban sakatare na Tarayyar Afirka da Malagasy a watan Nuwamba 1961. 

A lokacin rani na shekarar 1963, Dahomey ya fuskanci tashin hankali sosai game da mutuwar mataimakin Daniel Dessou. A ranar 28 ga watan Oktoba babban hafsan hafsoshin sojojin Dahomeyan Christophe Soglo ya karɓi ragamar mulkin kasar  don hana yakin basasa. Ya kori majalisar ministoci, ya rusa Majalisar, ya dakatar da kundin tsarin mulki, ya kuma haramta duk wata zanga-zanga.  Bayan ya zama memba na siyasar Benin, a cikin shekarar  1964 an naɗa Tévoédjrè aiki a Cibiyar Harkokin Duniya a Jami'ar Harvard. 

A shekara ta 1991, ya kasance ɗan takarar shugaban kasa kuma ya zo na uku da fiye da kashi 14% na kuri'un.

Tévoédjrè ya mutu a ranar 6 ga watan Nuwamba 2019 a Porto-Novo yana da shekaru 89. 

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