Carolyn Steyn

Carolyn Steyn (née Barkhuizen; an haife ta a ranar 17 ga Mayu 1960) ƴar jarida ce ta Afirka ta Kudu kuma ta kafa kungiyar ba da riba, 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day . A cikin 2022, Carolyn Steyn ta sami Ordre national du Mérite na Faransa.[1]

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Steyn a ranar 17 ga Mayu 1960 a Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu . Ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Jeppe don 'yan mata kuma ta yi karatu a shekarar 1977.  Ta sami digiri na girmamawa a cikin Magana da Wasan kwaikwayo daga Jami'ar Witwatersrand a 1981 da kuma cancanta a lasisin Malami a Magana da Drama daga Jami'an Afirka ta Kudu a 1980.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Steyn ya sadu da ɗan kasuwa na Afirka ta Kudu, Douw Steyn a cikin 1999. A shekara ta 2003, ma'aurata sun yi aure amma sun sake aure watanni shida bayan haka. A watan Fabrairun 2013, Douw da Carolyn sun sake yin aure a Otal din Saxon Boutique, inda baƙi suka hada da Graça Machel, Timothy Moloi, da Michael de Pinna.

## Ayyuka

### Ayyukan farko: 1983-1987
Steyn ya yi wa kamfanin Performing Arts Company of Transvaal (PACT) tsakanin 1983 da 1987. A wannan lokacin, Steyn ta yi aiki a cikin wani gyare-gyare na Elsa Joubert's *Die Swerfjare van *Poppie Nongena**, a cikin Poppie nongena (1984) a gaban Nomsa Nene . Ya gudana na shekara guda kuma ya sami kyakkyawan bita.

### Ayyukan kasa da kasa: 1989-2005
Steyn ya zauna a Amurka tsakanin 1989 da 1999, kuma a Ingila tsakanin 2000 da 2005. A Los Angeles, inda take neman aikin wasan kwaikwayo, Steyn ta yi karatu a Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Beverly Hills na tsawon shekaru biyar a karkashin kocin wasan kwaikwayo, Milton Katselas, tare da 'yan uwan Kate Hudson, Giovanni Ribisi, Jeffrey Tambor, Tony Danza da Doris Roberts, da sauransu.

A wannan lokacin, Steyn ya bayyana a kan Melrose Place da Babylon 5 kuma ya bayyana a cikin wasanni da yawa, ciki har da Private Lives, Shadowlands da Harold Pinter's Betrayal .  Ta yi aiki a kungiyar Los Angeles ta kungiyar kula da yara, Big Sisters, kuma a shekara ta 2004, an zabi ta a matsayin daya daga cikin "Mafi kyawun Mata" ta Beverly Hills Sheet .

### Ayyukan Afirka ta Kudu: 2006 - yanzu
Tun lokacin da ya dawo Afirka ta Kudu, Steyn ya shirya shirin Rediyo Yau na tsawon shekaru tara da ake kira *Whispers tare da Carolyn Steyn da Michael de Pinna*  kuma ya kasance mai karɓar bakuncin Tongue in Cheek a kan SABC 3.  Steyn kuma ta dauki bakuncin The Classic Cocktail Hour da Classic Lunch kowace mako a kan Classic 1027. Steyn ya kasance mai karɓar bakuncin *Hot Classic* a kan Hot 1027 FM . 

Tsakanin 2014 da 2018, Steyn ta bayyana a Generations, a matsayin kanta, wanda ya kafa 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day .  A cikin 2016, Steyn ya yi aiki a matsayin babban furodusa na Mandela's Gun wanda aka zaba don kyaututtuka huɗu, ya lashe uku, a 2018 Harlem International Film Festival a New York.  Steyn ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a fina-finai kamar Blessers da Zulu Wedding . 

Steyn a baya ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da Joburg Ballet  da kuma Auto & General Theatre a Square .  Steyn kuma jakadan Afirka ta Kudu ne na Peace Starts, kungiyar da ke da hannu wajen inganta Ranar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya. Steyn a halin yanzu yana zaune a matsayin memba na kwamitin ƙungiyar Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra . 

## Taimako
Kungiyar ba da riba, 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day, Steyn ne ya kafa ta jim kadan bayan mutuwar Shugaban Afirka ta Kudu na farko da aka zaba ta hanyar dimokuradiyya, Nelson Mandela, a watan Disamba na 2013 biyo bayan kalubalen tsohon mataimakin Mandela, Zelda da Grange don yin sutura ko sutura bargo 67 don tallafawa Ranar Mandela ta shekara-shekara.  Daga baya aka kaddamar da kungiyar a hukumance a ranar 27 ga watan Janairun 2014.

Tun lokacin da aka kafa shi, 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day ya kafa Guinness World Records guda uku.  

A ranar 6 ga Mayu 2021, Steyn ta kaddamar da 'Carolyn Steyn Performing Arts Center' a alma mater dinta, Jeppe High School for Girls . 

A ranar 30 ga Maris 2022, Steyn ya karbi Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mérite . Jakadan Faransa a Afirka ta Kudu, Aurélien Lechevallier ne ya ba da kyautar ga Steyn a gidan Faransa a Pretoria saboda gudummawar da ta bayar game da alaƙar al'adun Afirka ta Kudu da Faransa.

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