Rolf Harris

**Rolf Harris** (30 Maris 1930 - 10 Mayu 2023) ya kasance mawaƙi ne na Australiya, ɗan talabijin, mai zane, kuma ɗan wasan kwaikwayo. Ya yi amfani da kayan kida iri-iri a cikin wasan kwaikwayonsa, musamman didgeridoo da Stylophone, kuma an yaba shi da kirkirar allon wobble. An same shi a Ingila a shekarar 2014 na cin zarafin 'yan mata hudu, wanda ya kawo karshen aikinsa.

Harris ya fara aikin nishaɗi a shekara ta 1953, ya saki waƙoƙi da yawa, ciki har da "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" (Top 10 da aka buga a Ostiraliya, Burtaniya da Amurka), "Sun Arise", "Jake the Peg" da "Two Little Boys", wanda ya kai lamba 1 a Burtaniya. Daga shekarun 1960, Harris ya kasance mai cin nasara a talabijin a Burtaniya, daga baya ya gabatar da shirye-shirye irin su Rolf's Cartoon Club da Asibitin dabbobi. A shekara ta 1985, ya dauki bakuncin gajeren fim din ilimi Kids Can Say No! , wanda ya gargadi yara tsakanin shekaru biyar zuwa takwas yadda za a guje wa yanayin da za a iya cin zarafin su, yadda za a tsere wa irin waɗannan yanayi da kuma yadda za a sami taimako idan an cin zarafinsu. A shekara ta 2005, ya zana hoton hukuma na Sarauniya Elizabeth II .

Bayan cin zarafin jima'i na Jimmy Savile, an kama Harris a matsayin wani ɓangare na binciken 'yan sanda na Operation Yewtree game da zargin tarihi na Laifukan jima'i a cikin 2013.  Harris ya musanta duk wani laifi kuma an gabatar da shi a gaban shari'a a shekarar 2014. A watan Yulin 2014, an yanke wa Harris hukuncin shekaru biyar da watanni tara a kurkuku bayan an yanke masa hukunci kan laifuka goma sha biyu na cin zarafin mata hudu, wadanda ke tsakanin shekaru takwas zuwa goma sha tara a lokacin da laifuffukan suka faru tsakanin shekarun 1960 zuwa 1980. Bayan da aka yanke masa hukunci, an cire shi da yawa daga cikin girmamawa kuma an sake gudanar da shirye-shiryen talabijin daga ƙungiyar.

An saki Harris a kan lasisi a shekarar 2017 bayan ya yi kusan shekaru uku a gidan yarin HM Stafford . An soke hukuncin da ya shafi yarinya mai shekaru takwas a Portsmouth a matsayin mai aminci a shekarar 2017. Ya nemi izinin da zai daukaka kara game da hukuncin da ya yanke game da sauran 'yan mata uku, amma an ki amincewa da hakan.

## Rayuwa ta farko

An haifi Harris a ranar 30 ga Maris 1930 a Bassendean, wani yanki na Perth, Yammacin Ostiraliya,  ga Agnes Margaret (née Robbins) da Cromwell ("Crom") Harris, waɗanda dukansu suka yi hijira daga Cardiff, Wales. An sanya masa suna ne bayan Rolf Boldrewood, sunan marubucin Australiya wanda mahaifiyarsa ke sha'awarsa. Bayan shahararsa ta baya, ana kiran Harris sau da yawa a cikin Ostiraliya a matsayin "yaro daga Bassendean".  Yayinda yake yaro yana da kare mai suna Buster Fleabags, wanda daga baya ya rubuta littafi game da shi (don UK Quick Reads Initiative). 

Harris ya halarci makarantar firamare ta Bassendean da Perth Modern School a Subiaco, daga baya ya sami digiri na farko na Arts daga Jami'ar Western Australia da kuma Diploma na Ilimi daga Kwalejin Malamai ta Claremont .   Lokacin da yake da shekaru 16, kuma har yanzu dalibi ne a makarantar Perth Modern School, hotonsa na kansa a cikin mai yana ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan 80 (daga cikin 200 da aka gabatar) da aka yarda a rataye su a cikin Art Gallery na New South Wales a matsayin shigarwa a cikin Kyautar Archibald ta 1947.  Ya zana hoton Mataimakin Gwamna na Yammacin Australia, Sir James Mitchell, don Kyautar Archibald ta 1948.  Ya lashe kyautar Claude Hotchin ta 1949 don launuka na mai tare da shimfidar wuri "A ranar Mayu da safe, Guildford".

Yayinda yake matashi kuma matashi Harris ya kasance zakara a cikin masu iyo. A shekara ta 1946, ya kasance Australian Junior 110 yadudduka (mita 100) Backstroke Champion. Ya kuma kasance zakaran jihar Yammacin Australia a kan nisan da yawa da bugun jini a lokacin daga 1948 zuwa 1952. 

## Ayyuka a talabijin, kiɗa, da fasaha

### Shekaru na 1950
Harris moved to England in 1952 and became an art student at City and Guilds of London Art School in South London, aged 22. In 1953 he found work in television, at the BBC, performing a regular ten-minute cartoon drawing section in a one-hour children's show called *Jigsaw*, with a puppet called "Fuzz", made and operated on the show by magician Robert Harbin. He went on to illustrate *Paper Magic*, Harbin's first book on origami, in 1956. In 1954, Harris was a regular on BBC Television programme *Whirligig*, which featured a character called "Willoughby", who sprang to life on a drawing board, but was erased at the end of each episode.

A wannan matakin, Harris ya rabu da makarantar fasaha a matsayin dalibi mai ɗan takaici. Daga nan sai ya sadu da jaruminsa na dogon lokaci, mai zane-zane na Australiya Hayward Veal (1913-1968), wanda ya zama mai ba da shawara, ya koya masa abubuwan da suka dace na zane-zane kuma ya nuna masa yadda zai iya taimakawa tare da zanen hotonsa. A lokacin da yake aiki tare da Veal, Harris yana kuma nishaɗi tare da Piano accordion a kowane Alhamis da dare a kulob din da ake kira Down Under, wanda 'yan Australia da New Zealand ke yawan zuwa. A wurin Down Under Harris ya inganta kwarewarsa na nishaɗi a cikin shekaru da yawa, a ƙarshe ya rubuta abin da daga baya ya zama waƙarsa ta taken, "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport".

Kodayake Harris ya bayyana a BBC, ya kasance a kan hanyar sadarwa ta ITV ta Burtaniya, kuma lokacin da talabijin na kasuwanci ya fara a shekarar 1955, shi ne kawai mai ba da nishaɗi da ya yi aiki tare da BBC da ITV. Ya yi aiki a BBC tare da halittarsa, Willoughby, wani allon da aka yi na musamman wanda ya zana Willoughby (wanda Peter Hawkins ya furta kuma ya sarrafa shi). Halin zai zo rayuwa don shiga cikin tattaunawa mai ban dariya tare da Harris yayin da yake zana zane-zane na Willoughby. A kan Associated Rediffusion's Small Time, Harris ya kirkiro wani hali da ake kira Oliver Polip the Octopus, wanda ya zana a bayan hannunsa kuma ya motsa shi. Harris sa'an nan kuma ya kwatanta abubuwan da suka faru na halin tare da zane-zane a kan manyan takardun katin.

Harris ya koma Perth a Ostiraliya lokacin da aka gabatar da talabijin a can a 1959 bayan an farautarsa. Daga baya ya samar kuma ya fito a cikin abubuwa biyar na wasan kwaikwayo na yara na rabin sa'a na mako-mako, da kuma wasan kwaikwayo na dare na mako-shekara. Daga 1959, ya yi aiki a kan shirin farko na TVW-7, Spotlight, kuma a wannan lokacin ya rubuta "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" a kan makirufo guda daya da aka sanya sama da shi a cikin gidan talabijin.

An aika waƙar zuwa EMI a Sydney, kuma an sake shi jim kadan bayan haka a matsayin rikodin, ya zama rikodin sa na farko da kuma lambar sa ta farko. Waƙar ta yi nasara a Burtaniya. Harris ya ba da goyon bayan mawaƙa huɗu na gida don raba kashi 10% na sarauta daga waƙar, amma sun yanke shawarar ɗaukar kuɗin rikodin £ 7 kowannensu (daidai da A $  a 2022), saboda ba su yi tunanin waƙar za ta ci nasara ba. Waƙar da aka yi waƙar da farko ana kiranta "Kangalypso"  kuma tana nuna sauti na musamman na "kwalin kwalliya". 

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