Sophie Kanza

**Sophie Lihau-Kanza** ko **Zala Lusibu N'Kanza** (8 ga Fabrairu 1940 - 2 ga Afrilu 1999) 'yar siyasa ce kuma masaniyar zamantakewa ta ƙasar Congo. Ita ce mace ta farko a ƙasarta da ta sami ilimin sakandare, ta farko da ta kammala karatu daga jami'a, kuma ta farko da ta riƙe ofishin gwamnati a Jamhuriyar Dimokuraɗiyyar Kongo, ta yi aiki a matsayin Ministar Harkokin Jama'a daga ranar 31 ga watan Oktoba 1966 zuwa ranar 6 ga watan Disamba 1970. A rayuwarta ta ƙarshe ta riƙe muƙamai a Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Sophie Kanza a ranar 8 ga watan Fabrairu, 1940 a Léopoldville, ƙasar Beljium Congo, ta zama ta shida cikin 'ya'ya bakwai   ga Élisabeth Mansangaza da Daniel Kanza.  Ta sami yawancin karatunta na firamare da sakandare a Brazzaville, ƙasar Faransa Congo.  A lokacin da Beljium Congo ta sami 'yancin kai a shekarar 1960, Kanza ita ce mace ɗaya tilo a ƙasar da ta yi karatun sakandare. Daga ƙarshe ta kammala karatunta a makarantar sakandare ta *Lycée du Sacré Cœur* (Sacred Heart High School) a watan Yunin 1961.   A shekarar 1964, ta zama mace ta farko 'yar ƙasar Congo da ta kammala karatunta daga jami'a  lokacin da ta sami takardar shaidar difloma daga Jami'ar Geneva da digiri a fannin zamantakewa; Ta yi aiki a wannan sashen na jami'ar a matsayin mataimakiyar malamar makaranta har zuwa shekara ta 1966.   Kanza ta yi karatu a Jami'ar Harvard daga shekarun 1973 zuwa 1976, inda ta sami digiri na biyu da kuma digirin digirgir a fannin zamantakewa. 

## Aikin siyasa
A ranar 31 ga watan Oktoba, 1966, aka naɗa Kanza Ministar Harkokin Jama'a,  ta zama mace ta farko a ƙasar da ta riƙe muƙamin gwamnati.  Naɗinta ya zo ne yayin da take neman digirin digirgir a Jami'ar Geneva, amma ta ƙare karatunta don fara aiki. Ta shafe mafi yawan lokacinta na farko a ofis tana nazarin gwagwarmayar ma'aikatar don biyan buƙatun jama'a. Ta kuma yi kira ga samar da daidaiton damar ilimi ga maza da mata, kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin wakiliya a taron ƙungiyar haɗin kan Afirka da aka yi a Kinshasa (wanda a da ake kira Léopoldville) a shekarar 1967.  An naɗa ta memba a ofishin siyasa na ƙungiyar Movement of African Unity de la Révolution a ranar 13 ga watan Oktoba, 1967.  An kore ta daga muƙamin Ministar Harkokin Jama'a a wani sauye-sauye da aka yi wa majalisar ministoci a ranar 6 ga watan Disamba, 1970.  Daga 1973 zuwa 1977, Kanza ta kasance memba a kwamitin amintattu na Cibiyar Horarwa da Bincike ta Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya (UNITAR). Ta kasance Mataimakiyar Darakta Janar na Hukumar Ilimi, Kimiyya da Al'adu ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UNESCO) daga shekarun 1981 zuwa 1985, kuma Shugabar Ofishin Jakadanci ga Darakta Janar na UNESCO daga shekarun 1985 zuwa 1988.  

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Kanza ta auri Marcel Lihau, shugaban Kotun Koli ta gaba, a ranar 26 ga watan Disamba, 1964, kuma sun haifi 'ya'ya mata shida.  Duk da haka, ya gudu daga zaluncin siyasa a Congo kuma sun shafe mafi yawan rayuwarsu ta ƙarshe a ware. 

A shekarar 1998, Kanza ta yi hatsarin mota a birnin Paris, kuma ta zama gurguwa . Bayan haka, ta bar aikinta a UNESCO ta yi tafiya zuwa ƙasashen waje don kare naƙasassu. 

## Mutuwa da Martaba
Kanza ta yi fama da bugun zuciya  kuma ta mutu a ranar 2 ga watan Afrilu 1999. An binne ta a yankin Luozi. 

A shekara ta 2004, an shigar da Kanza cikin Pantheon of National History na Congo, ɗaya daga cikin mata na farko da aka ba wa girmamawa. An nuna ƙirjinta a cikin Gallery of Memory.  An sanya wa "Cercle Sophie Kanza", wata ƙungiyar farfesoshi mata a Congo suna don girmama ta.  Uku daga cikin 'ya'yan Kanza mata sun shirya wani gagarumin taro na godiya don girmama kanta da mijinta a Gombe a ranar 28 ga watan Maris 2015. Manyan 'yan siyasa da dama sun halarci bikin, ciki har da Léon Kengo da José Endundo Bononge. 

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