Edward Asafu-Adjaye

**Sir Edward Okyere Asafu-Adjaye** (1903–1976) ɗan siyasan Ghana ne, lauya kuma jami’in diflomasiyya. Shi ne lauyan Ashanti na farko kuma Babban Kwamishinan Ghana na farko a Burtaniya tare da ba da izini ga Faransa a lokaci guda.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi

An haife shi a ranar 14 ga Yuli, 1903 a Calabar, Najeriya, inda mahaifinsa ke aiki a matsayin mashahurin ɗan kasuwa. Bayan ya gaji da kasuwancinsa a Calabar, mahaifinsa; Opanyin Asafu Adjaye ya kawo shi Kumasi inda ya fara karatunsa a Makarantar Samari ta Kumasi. Daga nan ya ci gaba zuwa Kwalejin Adisadel, Cape Coast inda ya samu takardar shedar cambridge. Daga nan ya wuce zuwa Jami'ar London. A can ya ci lambar yabo ta "Profumo Prize" saboda kasancewar sa ƙwararren masanin shari'a, sakamakon rawar da ya taka a jarrabawar ƙarshe ta Jami'ar (LLB).

## Aiki
An kira shi zuwa mashaya a Haikali na ciki, United Kingdom a 1927, a cikin wannan shekarar ya koma Kogin Zinariya don yin aikin doka. Ya shiga ɗakin Sir Henley Kobina Coussey don hidimar ɗalibin lauya, kafin ya fara aikin sa na kansa. Ya kafa dakunansa: E.O.Asafu - Adjaye & Co a Accra a 1927. Dakunan suna da hedikwata a Kumasi daga 1934 zuwa 1951. Ya yi aiki a wasu kamfanoni masu zaman kansu; ya yi aiki a matsayin darakta na Bankin Barclay (Ghana) Ltd, Mobil Oil (Ghana Ltd), Consolidated African Selection Trust Ltd., Shugaban Majalisar Masu sassaucin ra'ayi na Afirka, memba na Majalisar zartarwa na Gwamna na Kwalejin Adisadel da sauran kwamitoci da kungiyoyi da yawa. ciki har da Jami'ar Ghana.

## Siyasa
Bayan ɗan lokaci a cikin aikin sirri ya shiga siyasar Kogin Zinariya. Ya fara aiki a matsayin babban memba na Ashanti Kotoko Society da Ashanti Confederacy Council (yanzu Asanteman Council) a 1934. Ya kasance memba na tawagar Kogin Zinariya da ta sadu da Sakataren Gwamnatin Burtaniya na yankuna don yin zanga -zangar adawa da Dokar Ayyukan Ruwa da Dokar Sedition. Shi, tare da Dr J. B. Danquah, sun taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen cimma haɗin gwiwar Ashanti Colony Collaboration wanda ya haifar da Tsarin Mulki na 1946. An nada shi a matsayin memba na majalisar dokoki a 1946 kuma a cikin 1951, an zabi shi a matsayin wakilin Asanteman. A wannan shekarar kuma ya yi aiki a majalisar ministocin farko ta Dr.Kwame Nkrumah ta 195PP CPP. A shekarar 1954 aka nada shi ministan kasuwanci da kwadago.

## Alƙawura da alƙawura na duniya
Bangaren kasa da kasa, an aiko shi ya wakilci kasar a lokacin Sarautar Sarki George VI a 1937 da Sarauniyar Ingila ta yanzu; Sarauniya Elizabeth ta biyu a shekarar 1953. Ya yi aiki a kwamitin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan hanyoyin zaman lafiya. Ya kuma yi hidima a kan th

Bayan samun 'yancin kai na Ghana a 1957 an nada shi Babban Kwamishina na farko a Burtaniya tare da amincewa da Faransa a lokaci guda Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Abubuwan da suka yi nuni da zamansa a wannan ofishin sun haɗa da farmakin da aka kai masa wanda ya yi kanun labarai na duniya wanda aka yi ayyuka masu yawa na ilimi; a cikin Janairu 1959, Patrice Lumumba, Firayim Minista na Jamhuriyar Demokraɗiyyar Kongo, ya zauna a The Ritz Hotel, London kuma ya sadu da Adjaye da wasu a cikin gidan abincin. 'Yan kabilar Mosley ne wadanda suka damu da al'amuran haƙƙin ɗan adam a Kongo a lokacin, suka yi zanga -zanga a wajen otal ɗin, tare da nuna tutoci kamar "YAN FYADEN YARA - TAFI GIDA" tare da fitar da fatar launin fata. An kai wa Adjaye hari ne lokacin da yake barin otal din, duk da cewa ana hasashen cewa ya yi kuskure da Lumumba. Mai Martaba Sarauniya Elizabeth ta II ta karrama shi a yayin da ya amince da nasarorin da ya samu a cikin gida da na duniya.

A cikin 1962 ya kasance memba na mutum uku (wanda ya haɗa da Sir Henry Wynn Parry da Adalci Gopal Das Khosla na Indiya) kwamitin da aka sani da Wynn-Parry Commission of Enquiry da aka kafa a ranar 11 ga Mayu 1962 don bincika musabbabin tashin hankalin siyasa. a Guyana wanda ya faru a ranar 16 ga Fabrairu, 1962, wanda aka fi sani da tarihin Guyana da "Black Friday".

Hakanan yana ɗaya daga cikin membobi huɗu waɗanda suka haɗa da Alva Myrdal na Sweden (Shugaban,) Josip Djerdja na Yugoslavia (wanda ya yi murabus daga Kungiyar a watan Maris 1964), Ahmed Ould Sidi Baba na Morocco da Sir. Hugh Foot na Burtaniya, wanda babban sakataren Majalisar Uinkin Duniya U Thant ya nada don bincika matsalar fashewar manufofin ƙabilun Afirka ta Kudu daidai da ƙudurin Kwamitin Sulhu na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na 4 ga Disamba 1963.

## Mutuwa
Ya mutu a ranar 27 ga Fabrairu 1976.

## Manazarta