Joyce Sikakane

**Joyce Nomafa Sikakane**, daga baya **Sikakane-Rankin** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1943), 'yar jarida ce kuma mai fafutuka a Afirka ta Kudu. Gwamnatin Apartheid ta Afirka ta Kudu ta tsare ta tsawon watanni 17 saboda fafutukar yaki da nuna wariyar launin fata.

## Tarihin Rayuwa

### Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Sikakane a cikin shekarar 1943 'ya ce ga Jonathan Sikakane da Amelia Nxumalo a asibitin Bridgeman Memorial Maternity Hospital a Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu. Ta girma a Soweto, 'yar wani malami a Jami'ar Witwatersrand.  Ta halarci makarantar firamare ta Holy Cross har sai da jam’iyyar ANC ta yi kira da a ƙauracewa wa dokar ta ilimin Bantu kuma an rufe makarantar.  A ƙarshe iyayenta sun rabu kuma ta fara zuwa makarantar sakandare ta Inanda Seminary.  Ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Orlando na wani lokaci bayan mahaifiyarta ta sami kulawa amma sai ta koma makarantar sakandare ta Inanda, daga nan ta sauke karatu a shekarar 1963.  Ba ta son sake shiga kowace kwalejoji a Afirka ta Kudu saboda Dokar Ilimi ta Bantu, maimakon haka ta yanke shawarar zama 'yar jarida.   Daga baya ta sami digiri na farko a fannin Kimiyya a Burtaniya a Open University.

### Aiki da gwagwarmaya
Sikakane ta fara aikinta a matsayin mai aikin jarida a cikin shekarar 1960 a *The World*, wata jarida da fararen  fata ke gudanar da ita wacce ke kula da baƙi masu sauraro.  A cikin shekarar 1968, ta bar *Duniya* don zama mai zaman kanta a *Rand Daily Mail*, inda za ta zama bakar fata ta farko da jaridar ta ɗauka.   A *Rand Daily Mail*, ta fara mayar da hankali kan rubuce-rubucenta kan tasirin nuna wariyar launin fata ga 'yan Afirka na Afirka ta Kudu.  

A ranar 12 ga watan Mayu 1969, 'yan sanda sun tsare Sikakane a ƙarƙashin dokar ta'addanci kuma aka kai ta gidan yari na Pretoria, inda aka yi mata tambayoyi game da jam'iyyar African National Congress (ANC).  An tuhume ta a ƙarƙashin dokar hana gurguzu kuma ta tsaya gaban kotu a ranar 1 ga watan Disamba 1969, tare da wasu masu fafutuka 21.  An janye tuhumar a ranar 16 ga watan Fabrairun 1970 amma an sake tsare Sikakane da sauran masu fafutuka jim kaɗan bayan haka.   Bayan kimanin watanni 17 na tsare, an sake ta a ƙarshen shekarun 1970. Daga ƙarshe ta bar Afirka ta Kudu a shekarar 1973 kuma ta ci gaba da aiki da ANC a lokacin da take gudun hijira.  

### Aure
A daidai lokacin da ta fara aiki a *Rand Daily Mail*, Sikakane fell in love with and became engaged to a Scottish doctor,  Sikakane ta ƙaunaci kuma ta yi aure da wani likitan Scotland,  Ken Rankin (1939-2011),  amma kamar yadda irin wannan dangantaka ta ƙabilu ta kasance doka a Afirka ta Kudu, sun yi shirin yin aure a wajen ƙasar. A cikin shekarar 1973, Sikakane ta bar Afirka ta Kudu zuwa Zambia da reshen ANC da aka kora,  kuma ita da Rankin sun yi aure a shekarar 1974, daga baya suka koma Scotland. 

Sikakane tana da yara biyar:

* Nkosinati
* Noma
* Samora
* Vikela
* Allan

### Rayuwa ta baya
A cikin shekarar 1977, Sikakane's autobiography, *A Window on Soweto*, an buga shi a Landan ta Asusun Tsaro da Taimako na Duniya (IDAF), a cikin shekarar da ta biyo bayan tawayen Soweto. 

A cikin shekarar 1994, ta koma Afirka ta Kudu, ana ɗaukar ta a gidan rediyon Afirka ta Kudu har zuwa shekara ta 2001. 

A ranar 29 ga watan Yulin 1997, ta ba da shaida a gaban Hukumar Gaskiya da Sasantawa (TRC) game da abubuwan da ta fuskanta a ƙarƙashin mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata, gami da jinyar da ta yi a lokacin da take tsare na tsawon watanni. 

A cikin shekarar 2008, wani ma'aikacin adana kayan tarihi na gidauniyar Nelson Mandela ya gano wata wasiƙar da ba a aika ba ga Sikakane daga Nelson Mandela.

### Saura
Sikakane tana cikin marubutan da aka yi a cikin littafin tarihin Margaret Busby na shekarar 1992 *'Ya'yan Afirka*.

## Labarai

### Tarihin Rayuwa

* *A Window on Soweto* (IDAF, 1977)

## Manazarta