Carlos A. Cooks

**John Henrik Clarke** (an haife shi John Henry Clark; 1 ga Janairu, 1915 - Yuli 16, 1998)  ɗan tarihi ne ɗan Afirka Ba-Amurke, farfesa, fitaccen ɗan Afrocentrist, kuma majagaba a cikin ƙirƙirar karatun Pan-Afrika da Africana da ƙwararrun cibiyoyi a cikin makarantun da suka fara a ƙarshen 1960s.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haife shi John Henry Clark a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1915, a cikin Union Springs, Alabama, ƙaramin ɗan John Clark, mai rabon gado, da Willie Ella Clark, mace mai wanki, wacce ta mutu a 1922. Tare da bege na samun isassun kuɗi don siyan ƙasa maimakon rabon amfanin gona, danginsa sun ƙaura zuwa garin niƙa mafi kusa a Columbus, Jojiya.

Dangane da burin mahaifiyarsa ya zama manomi, Clarke ya bar Jojiya a cikin 1933 ta jirgin jigilar kaya ya tafi Harlem, New York, a matsayin wani ɓangare na Babban Hijira na Baƙar fata na karkara daga Kudu zuwa biranen arewa. A nan ne ya yi karatun boko da fafutuka. Ya sake sanyawa kansa suna John Henrik (bayan ɗan wasan wasan kwaikwayo na Norway Henrik Ibsen) kuma ya ƙara "e" ga sunan sunansa, ya rubuta shi da "Clarke". Ya kuma shiga aikin sojan Amurka a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu.

Cheikh Anta Diop ya yi tasiri sosai a kan Clarke, wanda ya zaburar da labarinsa mai suna "The Historical Legacy of Cheikh Anta Diop: Gudunmawarsa Ga Sabon Ra'ayin Tarihin Afirka". Clarke ya yi imanin cewa, ƙwararrun masana falsafa na Girka sun sami yawancin ra'ayoyinsu da tunaninsu daga hulɗa da 'yan Afirka, waɗanda suka yi tasiri a farkon yammacin yammacin duniya.

## Matsayi a cikin ilimi
Daga 1969 zuwa 1986, Clarke ya kasance farfesa na Nazarin Baƙar fata da Puerto Rican a Kwalejin Hunter na Jami'ar City ta New York, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban sashen. Har ila yau, shi ne Carter G. Woodson Babban Farfesa na Tarihin Afirka a Cibiyar Nazarin Afirka da Nazarin Jami'ar Cornell. Bugu da kari, a cikin 1968 ya kafa kungiyar nazarin al'adun gargajiya ta Afirka da kuma Black Caucus na kungiyar Nazarin Afirka.

A cikin mutuwarsa na Clarke, The New York Times ta lura cewa hawan dan gwagwarmayar zuwa farfesa a Kwalejin Hunter "ba a saba da shi ba ... ba tare da cin gajiyar takardar shaidar sakandare ba, balle kuma Ph.D." Ya yarda cewa "babu wanda ya ce Farfesa Clarke ba asalin ilimi ba ne."

A cikin 1994, Clarke ya sami digiri na uku daga Jami'ar Yammacin Yammacin Turai (Pacific Western University a yanzu) (Jami'ar Miramar California) a Los Angeles, bayan ya sami digiri na farko a can a 1992.

## Sana'a
A cikin 1920s, Babban Hijira da sauye-sauyen alƙaluma sun haifar da yawan jama'ar Amirkawa mazauna Harlem. Haɗin kai ya samo asali a tsakanin masu fasaha, marubuta, da mawaƙa kuma da yawa sun kasance a cikin Harlem Renaissance. Sun fara aiwatar da tsarin tallafi na ƙungiyoyin karatu da tarurrukan bita na yau da kullun don haɓaka sabbin masu shigowa da matasa.

Isa Harlem yana ɗan shekara 18 a cikin 1933, Clarke ya haɓaka a matsayin marubuci kuma malami yayin Babban Bacin rai. Ya shiga da'irar karatu kamar Harlem History Club da Harlem Writers' Workshop. Ya yi karatu na ɗan lokaci a Jami'ar New York, Jami'ar Columbia, Kwalejin Hunter, New School of Social Research da League for Professional Writers. Ya kasance mai mulki wanda masu ba da shawara sun haɗa da masanin Arturo Alfonso Schomburg. Daga 1941 zuwa 1945, Clarke ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'in da ba na ba da izini ba a cikin Sojojin Sama na Amurka, daga karshe ya kai matsayin babban sajan.

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