Bankole Timothy

Emmanuel **Bankole Timothy** (3 ga Yulin 1923 - 20 ga Yunin 1994) ɗan jaridar Saliyo ne. Ya kuma kasance marubuci kuma ya rubuta tarihin Albert Margai, Firayim Minista na Saliyo (1964-67), da Kwame Nkrumah, shugaban Ghana (1960-66). Timothy ya yi aiki na shekaru da yawa a matsayin editan Daily Graphic a Accra . 

## Tarihin rayuwa
An haifi Emmanuel Bankole Timothy a Freetown, Saliyo, a ranar 3 ga Yulin 1923 ga iyayen Creole. Ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Methodist Boys a Freetown, inda, a matsayin babban prefect, ya riga ya kafa kansa a matsayin ɗan jarida ta hanyar rubutawa ga Sierra Leone Weekly News . A shekara ta 1941, ya zama magatakarda a reshen sirri na Ofishin Sakataren mulkin mallaka inda, a tsakanin sauran batutuwa da yawa, batun sayen lu'u-lu'u ba bisa ka'ida ba yana daya daga cikin manyan damuwa. Ba tare da sanin Timothy ba, masana'antar lu'u-lu'u za ta zama wani ɓangare na rayuwarsa lokacin da daga baya ya shiga Kamfanin Diamond West Africa Limited (DICORWAF).

Bayan makaranta a 1943, ya halarci Kwalejin Koyarwa ta Jami'ar a London, Ingila, yana fatan shirya kansa don aiki a fannin ilimin hakora, aikin da mahaifinsa yake so ya bi shi. Mai kula da shi shine sanannen ministan Methodist, Reverend William Sangster . A wannan lokacin, Timothy ya fara yin labarai masu zaman kansu kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin wakilin London na Sierra Leone Weekly News, Ashanti Pioneer da wasu jaridu na Asiya. Bugu da kari, ya ba da tambayoyi game da al'amuran yanzu ga rediyo na BBC kuma ya watsa wasu waƙoƙinsa. A shekara ta 1945, ya shiga Daily Express, inda aka ba shi aikin gwaji, kafin mai shi a lokacin, Lord Beaverbrook, ya yi masa aiki a matsayin babban mai ba da rahoto. Daily Express ya ba Timothy kwarewar kasa da kasa, yayin da ayyukansa suka haɗa da tafiya zuwa Arewacin Afirka da Jamaica.

A cikin 1950, Daily Express ta nada shi a matsayin mai ba da rahoto na majalisa don jaridar a London. A wannan lokacin ne ya sami damar samun hira ta musamman da Sir Seretse Khama, wanda a wannan lokacin yana cikin rikici da gwamnatin Burtaniya. Timothy ya dubi wannan lokacin yana aiki ga Ubangiji Beaverbrook a matsayin daya daga cikin abubuwan da suka fi dacewa a rayuwarsa. Babban kwarewarsa na biyu na jarida shine lokacin da aka nada shi a babban jaridar Ghana, The Daily Graphic, a shekarar 1951. Shugaban Ƙungiyar Mirror Group na lokacin, Cecil King, wanda ke da alhakin fara wannan takarda ta Ghana, ya ji cewa Timothy ya dace da wannan mukamin. Rubuce-rubucensa da siffofinsa (ciki har da shafi na "Bankole Timothy's Notebook")  ya zama sananne kuma ya yi tafiya sosai a Ghana. Kaye Whiteman ya lura cewa: "A matsayinsa na mataimakin edita kuma daga baya mataimakin Edita, ya yi wa kansa suna tare da littafinsa mai rikitarwa na Bankole Timothy's Notebook. " A wannan lokacin, ba da daɗewa ba bayan samun 'yancin Ghana, halin da ake ciki ya fara lalacewa ga gwamnati kuma, sakamakon rubuce-rubucensa, wanda yawancin ya soki gwamnati, an fitar da Timothy tun lokacin da aka yanke shawarar cewa kasancewarsa "ba ta dace da jama'a".

A ranar 2 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1957, Timothy ya bar Ghana zuwa Freetown . Bayan ɗan gajeren zama a can, ya koma London don ci gaba da aikin jarida. Daga bisani ya zama mataimakin editan mujallar Babban Ofishin Bayanai, *Commonwealth A yau*, kuma a wannan lokacin an gayyace shi don halartar taron Tashkent na marubutan Afirka a Tarayyar Soviet. A shekara ta 1959, Timothy ya yanke shawarar komawa Saliyo, inda ya shiga Hukumar Bayanai ta gwamnati kuma daga ƙarshe aka nada shi shugabanta. Ya zagaya Saliyo ko'ina kuma yana kula da horar da ƙananan ma'aikata. Shi ne ke da alhakin kafa sashen wallafe-wallafen kuma yana da alhaki na musamman don tallata ƙasashen waje. Babban nasararsa ita ce ziyarar Sarauniya Elizabeth II zuwa Saliyo a 1961, lokacin da ya tsara shirin manema labarai; daga baya aka ba shi lambar yabo ta MVO (memba na Royal Victorian Order) saboda aikinsa a lokacin wannan muhimmiyar ziyarar.

,A shekara ta 1965, an nada Timothy zuwa Kamfanin Diamond na Yammacin Afirka kuma, bayan ɗan gajeren lokaci a sashen hulɗa da jama'a a Freetown, an tura shi zuwa London. Babban gudanarwa ya amince da ƙwarewar sadarwa ta Timothy da fahimtarsa game da matsalolin da batutuwan da suka shafi ci gaban Afirka. An tsara nadin ne don ƙarfafa dangantakar DICORWAF, a matsayin wani ɓangare na Ƙungiyar Sayarwa ta Tsakiya (CSO), tare da manyan masu samarwa a Yammacin Afirka kuma da sauri ya ɗauki matsayinsa na taimakawa wajen taƙaita manyan gudanarwa kan al'amuran Yammacin Afrika har sai da ya yi ritaya a watan Yulin 1993.

Dukan abokan aikinsa suna son Timothy sosai saboda halin da yake da shi da sauƙi wanda ya kasance alamun sa. An ji cewa babban gudummawarsa yayin da yake aiki ga Kamfanonin Diamond na London shine aikin da ya yi tare da wakilan Afirka na manema labarai na Burtaniya da kuma kyawawan lambobin sadarwa da ya kafa a Burtaniya da bangarorin diflomasiyya na kasashen waje. Wannan ya taimaka wajen kirkirar yanayi mai kyau ga Kamfanonin Diamond na London.

Timothy ya wallafa littattafai da yawa a lokacin rayuwarsa, musamman Letters to Youth da aka buga a 1949, The Gold Coast da Kundin Tsarin Mulki (wanda aka rubuta tare da J. H. Price) da kuma babban nasarorin da ya samu, wanda shine tarihin Kwame Nkrumah, wanda Allen da Unwin suka fara bugawa a 1955 kuma daga baya aka samar da shi a bugu na biyu.

Timothy ya kasance dan Afirka ne sosai. Ya shiga kungiyar Anglo Sierra Leone Society a shekarar 1962, ya jagoranci ta daga 1979 zuwa 1985, kuma an nada shi babban mai kula da ita a shekarar 1992. Mai goyon bayan wannan al'umma, yana da alhakin tabbatar da cewa ya sami goyon baya mai yawa daga Kamfanonin Diamond na London.

Timothy's work in the Methodist Church was always central to his life and he was well known in UK church circles. He worked initially as a local preacher at Methodist Central Hall and then later became secretary of the circuit meeting. Timothy eventually transferred to the Hinde Street Methodist Church, where he was appointed circuit steward. He preached throughout the UK and was described as "a great and generous advocate". Timothy died at the age of 70 on 20 June 1994, after a short illness.

## Littattafan da aka zaɓa

* *Albert Margai na Afirka*
* Kwame Nkrumah: Ya tashi zuwa iko, Jami'ar Jami'ar Arewa maso Yamma (1963) 
* *Makiyaya na mishan da tumakin Afirka: ta yaya Kiristanci kamar yadda Turai da Amurka ke wa'azi da kuma yin hakan ya bayyana ga 'yan Afirka?*, Daystar Press (1971) 
* *Afirka: Dawn ko Dark?*, Davison Publishing Ltd (1976). 
* *Kwame Nkrumah, daga jariri zuwa kabari*, Gavin Press (1981).  ISBN&nbsp;
* *<nowiki/>'Yan Afirka na jiya*, Delta na Najeriya (1982).  ISBN&nbsp;

## Bayanan da aka ambata

## Haɗin waje

* "Ghana: Mista Bankole Timothy ya dawo Accra bayan Shekaru tara (1966) ", British Pathé.
* "Adeline & Bankole Timothy"