Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck

**Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck** (an haife shi a shekara ta alif 1915–1972) ɗan siyasan Ghana ne kuma jami’in diflomasiyya. Ya kasance memba na memba na  Convention People's Party kuma karamin minista a jamhuriya ta farko. Ya kasance ministan mazaunin Ghana a Guinea a takaice kuma minista a Ghana a Congo.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Welbeck a Cape Coast a ranar 25 ga Satumba 1915 ga Madam Adwoa Twi da Nomo Welbeck waɗanda suka yi hijira zuwa Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Mahaifinsa dan asalin Ewe ne da Ga kuma mahaifiyarsa Fanti ce, Welbeck da aka sani da Fanti, Ga da kuma Ewe duk da haka, saboda Akan (wanda Fantis ya ƙunshi) al'adu da al'adu wanda ya fi mai da hankali kan asalin mahaifiyarsa, Welbeck ya kasance Fanti daga Cape Coast. Mahaifinsa ya mutu a gobarar gida a Abidjan inda dangin suke zaune. Welbeck yana barci a daki ɗaya tare da mahaifinsa. Kakarsa ta fara ganin wutar ta busa ƙararrawa. Mahaifinsa da jin ƙararrawa, ya ɗauke shi ya kai shi wuri mai lafiya. Daga nan ya koma gidan da ke ci da wuta don ceton wani yaro ta hanyar jefar da shi ta taga cikin aminci amma wutar ta ci shi kuma bai sami kofar fita daga gidan da ya kone ba. Welbeck ya yi ƙanƙantar da yawa don sanin mahaifinsa. Mahaifiyarsa 'yar kasuwa ce. Ta yanke shawarar zama bayan mutuwar mijinta, ta tabbatar da kanta a matsayin ɗan kasuwa mai cin nasara a Abidjan. Welbeck yana da ilimin sa na farko a wata makaranta a Abidjan. Yaren Faransanci shine hanyar sadarwa a makarantu a yankin, Welbeck ya ƙware sosai da yaren Faransanci. Mahaifiyar Welbeck ta yanke shawarar aika Welbeck zuwa ƙasarsa ta Gold Coast don zama tare da kawun mahaifinsa; Mista Joseph Mensah Attabrah. Ya zauna tare da danginsa a cikin Swedru inda ya ci gaba da karatu, wannan karon cikin Harshen Turanci. Ya zauna don daidaitaccen takardar shaidar barin makaranta bakwai a 1932 kuma ya shiga Kwalejin Wesley a 1933 don yin horo a matsayin malami.

## Aiki da siyasa
Ya cancanta a matsayin malami a 1936. Ya koyar a cibiyoyi da yawa, makaranta ta ƙarshe da aka tura shi kafin ya kawo ƙarshen aikin koyarwarsa shine Makarantar Methodist Takoradi. Ya shiga siyasa kafin ya bar aikin koyarwa. Ya shiga sabuwar yarjejeniyar United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC); wata ƙungiya ta siyasa wacce ta fara a matsayin yunƙurin shigar da Gold Coast zuwa samun 'yancin siyasa. A shekarar 1949 aka nada shi sakataren kwamitin ilimi na gida. A waccan shekarar, ya yanke shawarar daina koyarwa gaba ɗaya don mai da hankali kan siyasa. Kwame Nkrumah ya bar UGCC don kafa Convention People's Party (CPP) a ranar 12 ga Yuni 1949 kuma Welbeck ya shiga jam'iyyar a ranar ɗaya daga cikin membobinta na kafa. Bayan shekara guda, an kama shi yayin tashin hankali wanda ya biyo bayan sanarwar Nkrumah na "Aiki Mai Kyau Ba tare da Tashin Hankali ba." An gurfanar da shi tare da tuhumarsa da laifin tayar da zaune tsaye wanda ya kai ga tsare shi na watanni 12. Wannan ya sa ya shiga harkar siyasa kamar yadda ake masa kallon gwarzo bayan an sake shi. A 1951 an nada shi sakataren farfagandar kasa na CPP. Bayan rasuwar Kwesi Plange a shekarar 1953 jam’iyyarsa ta CPP ta zabe shi don tsayawa zabe a garinsu na Cape Coast a matsayin mamba na majalisar dokoki. Ya yi takarar kujerar Cape Coast tare da Amponsah Dadzie na United Party. Welbeck ya ci zabe amma abokin hamayyarsa ya yi hamayya da sakamakon; Amponsah Dadzie. An sake shirya babban zaɓen Cape Coast don 1954 kuma a wannan karon an zaɓi Welbeck kuma ya ci gaba da zama ba tare da wani shari'ar kotu ba. A wannan shekarar aka nada shi ministan ayyuka. An zabe shi a ofis a 1956 kuma a cikin 1958 an nada shi ministan mazaunin Guinea. A cikin 1960 an riƙe shi a majalisar kuma an nada shi karamin ministan tsaro. A waccan shekarar an nada shi Ministan Ƙarfi da Jakadan Ƙasa wanda aka tura zuwa Kongo a matsayin minista mai wakiltar Ghana. An dawo da shi Ghana a watan Nuwambar 1960 bayan sojojin Congo sun yi wa gidansa kawanya sakamakon zarginsa da kulla makirci da tsohon shugaban kasar Patrice Lumumba kan gwamnatin Mobutu. A watan Satumba 1962, ya zama mukaddashin sakataren zartarwa na CPP saboda tsare Hugh Horatio Coffie Crabbe. An nada shi Babban Sakataren Jam'iyyar a 1963 yayin da Nkrumah shi ne babban sakatare. A cikin 1965 Welbeck an nada Ministan Watsa Labarai (mukamin da ba na hukuma ba) kuma sakataren farfagandar jam'iyyar.

## Rayuwar mutum
Shi ne babban jikan Philip Quaque na Cape Coast. Ya fara auren Malama Sarah Andrews kuma sun haifi 'ya mace tare. Auren ya kasance daga 1942 zuwa 1950. Ya auri Ms. Esther Quarm a 1954. Abubuwan da Welbeck ya fi so sun haɗa da wasan lawn tennis da tarin tambura.

## Mutuwa
Welbeck ya rasu a 1972 bayan wata doguwar jinya.

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