Bala Usman

**Bala Usman** (1945 zuwa Satumba, 2005) masanin tarihin Najeriya ne kuma ɗan siyasa, wanda yana ɗaya daga cikin malaman da suka tsara tarihin Nijeriya. Ya kasance wanda ya kafa Cibiyar Bunkasa Dimokuradiyya, Bincike da Horaswa a Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello da ke Zariya.

## Rayuwa
An haifi Usman a shekarar 1945 a garin Musawa dake cikin lardin Katsina, a Najeriya. Mahaifinsa shi ne Durbin Katsina (lakabi na gargajiya mai martaba a masarautar Katsina) kuma dan'uwa ga Sarkin Katsina Usman Nagogo. Mahaifiyarsa diyar Sarkin Kano Abdullahi Bayero ce. Ya halarci Karamar Firamare ta Musawa, Babbar Makarantar Firamare ta Kankia, Babbar Makarantar Firamare ta Minna da Kwalejin Gwamnati da ke Kaduna. Daga nan ya tafi karatu a Kwalejin Koyarwa na Jami'a sannan kuma a Jami'ar Lancaster inda ya kammala karatunsa da digiri a fannin Tarihi da Kimiyyar Siyasa. Ya dawo Najeriya a shekarar 1967 ya zama malami a Kwalejin Barewa da ke Zariya inda ya koyar har zuwa 1971. Usman ya fara karatun digirinsa a shekarar 1970 a Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello, inda ya samu digirin digirgir a shekarar 1974. Ya fara koyarwa a jami’ar a matsayin malamin rabin lokaci kafin a daukaka shi zuwa cikakken lokaci.

A lokacin Jamhuriyar Najeriya ta biyu, ya kasance Sakataren Gwamnatin Jihar Kaduna karkashin jam’iyyar PRP ta gwamnatin Balarabe Musa.

### Aikin ilimi
Usman ya kasance babban jigo a cikin masana tarihi na bayan mulkin mallaka a Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello, ra’ayinsa game da tarihin Afirka ya ƙunshi goyan bayan yin amfani da kafofin baka da na harshe tare da rubuce-rubuce da madogaran kayan tarihi. Ya ji cewa duk kafofin suna ƙarƙashin son zuciya kuma ƙarin binciken na baka don murdiya da canza launin ba a ba da su ga yawancin rubuce-rubucen marubutan Turai ba. A wurinsa, marubucin tarihi ba zai iya rabuwa da iliminsa da gyare-gyare a matsayinsa na malami ba kuma mai yiwuwa tarihin marubutan Turawa ya yi tasiri ga wasu rubuce-rubucensu. Wasu daga cikin abubuwan da ya yi tunani game da rubuce-rubucen tarihin Afirka sun haɗa da sukar Heinrich Barth, tushen da ake girmamawa a tsakanin malaman Yammacin Turai, Usman yana tunanin Barth ya fi mayar da hankali ga dabi'un jiki da kwayoyin halitta na wadanda yake karantawa wanda yake jin cewa sakamako ne. daga cikin manyan al'adun rubuce-rubucen tarihin Turai na karni na sha tara.

## Gudummawaga ga Tarihi
Canjin yanayin tarihi: Ya canza nazarin tarihin Afirka daga mayar da hankali kan karatun kabilanci zuwa ƙarin fahimtar fahimta da tsarin tarihi. 
### Manyan ayyuka
* For the Liberation of Nigeria (1979)
* The Transformation of Katsina 1400-1883 (1981)
* Nigeria against the I.M.F (1986)
* The Manipulation of Region in Nigeria (1987)
* Co-author of Minority Report and Draft Consultation for the Federal Republic of Nigeria (2019)
## Muhimmin matsayi da kungiyoyi
* Daraktan Bincike na jam'iyyar people's redemption party.
* Ya ba da gudummawa ga kwamitocin gwamnati daban-daban kuma yana da hannu a cikin diflomasiyar kasa da kasa.
* Ya shiga kungiyar kwadago ta Najeriya da sauran kungiyoyin siyasa. 
## Iyali
Usman ya bar mata daya da ‘ya’ya shida bayan rasuwarsa.

## Mutuwa
Ya rasu a shekarar 2005 yana da shekaru 60 a duniya.

## Manazarta

## Tushe
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