Sathasivian Cooper

**Sathasivan "Saths" Cooper** (an haife shi a ranar 11 ga watan Yunin shekara ta 1950) masanin ilimin halayyar dan adam ne a Afirka ta Kudu wanda aka haife shi ne a Durban na asalin Indiya da Afirka ta Kudu. Ya fara nuna kansa tare da Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) kuma ya shiga Kungiyar Dalibai ta Afirka ta Kudu (SASO), kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin abin da ake kira "SASO Nine" shugabannin dalibai da aka kama a 1974 saboda ayyukansu na adawa da wariyar launin fata. A wannan lokacin Saths ya shafe shekaru tara an dakatar da shi, an kama shi kuma an tsare shi a kurkuku, ciki har da sama da shekaru biyar a Tsibirin Robben inda ya raba ɗakin kurkuku tare da Nelson Mandela.

Yayinda yake a kurkuku, Cooper ya kammala digiri na farko a fannin ilimin halayyar dan adam ta hanyar karatun wasiƙa tare da Jami'ar Afirka ta Kudu. An sake shi a 1982 Cooper ya ci gaba da karatu a Jami'ar Witwatersrand inda ya kammala digirinsa na PhD a matsayin Masanin Fulbright a Jami'an Boston. An zabe shi sau hudu a matsayin Shugaban kungiyar Psychological Society of South Africa, kuma ya kasance Mataimakin Shugaban Jami'ar Durban-Westville (kafin hadewarta).  Ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Taron Kasa da Kasa na Psychology wanda aka gudanar a 2012 a Cape Town, Afirka ta Kudu. A Majalisa, an zabi Cooper a matsayin shugaban Afirka na farko na Ƙungiyar Kimiyya ta Duniya (IUPsyS), wani nau'in Majalisar Dinkin Duniya don ƙungiyoyin ilimin halayyar ƙasa 90 da ƙungiyoyin yanki sama da 20.

## Tarihi
An haifi Cooper a wani karkara a wajen Durban, Afirka ta Kudu inda iyayensa ke gudanar da makarantar gida. Ya girma da fahimta da amfani da harsuna da yawa ciki har da Zulu, Tamil, Afrikaans, Xhosa, da Ingilishi. Cooper ya zama mai aiki a siyasa a makarantar sakandare kuma ya ci gaba da kasancewa mai aiki a siyasance a duk kwalejin, wanda zai iya haifar da korarsa daga Kwalejin Jami'ar, Tsibirin Salisbury, Durban da kuma gwamnatin Afirka ta Kudu ta hana shi fasfo don halartar jami'a a Burtaniya. A matsayinsa na shugaban Majalisar Indiya ta Natal, Cooper yana da tarurruka akai-akai tare da Steve Biko, shugaban Black Consciousness Movement, kuma yana ƙarfafa masu gwagwarmayar Indiya su shiga cikin wannan motsi.

## Gudummawa ga ilimin halayyar dan adam
Babban gudummawar da Cooper ya bayar ga ilimin halayyar dan adam shine don taimakawa [yadda?] 'yan Afirka ta Kudu ke warkewa daga raunin wariyar launin fata, ci gaba da haƙƙin ɗan adam, da tallafawa dimokuradiyya. Ya kuma taimaka wajen kirkirar kungiyar Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA), wacce ita ce kungiyar ilimin halayyar dan adam ta farko a Afirka ta Kudu wacce ba ta nuna bambanci bisa ga launin fata ko jinsi ba

### Matsayi

* Sakataren kafa - Majalisar Wasanni ta Natal (TECON) 
* Sakataren da ya kafa - Kungiyar Black Theatre ta Afirka ta Kudu
* Co-Leader - 1972 kasa dalibai boycott na Jami'ar Arewa (tare da Steve Biko) 
* Mataimakin shugaban kasa, mataimakin, da shugaban kasa - Ƙungiyar Jama'ar Azanian
* Wanda ya kafa - Taron Kasa
* Mai kafawa - Cibiyar Nazarin Baƙar fata
* Shugaba - Ƙungiyar Dalibai ta Afirka ta Kudu / Tanzania, US
* Shugaban - Asusun Gudanar da Kyautar Archbishop Tutu
* Co-Founder - Cibiyar Lafiya da Ci Gaban, US
* Shugaban - Kamfanin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Soweto
* Shugaban - Operation Masakhane don marasa gida
* Mai halarta - Ƙungiyar Warware Rikici ta Afirka ta Kudu
* Shugaban - Hukumar Raya Al'ummar Afirka ta Kudu
* Shugaban - Nasara don Rayuwa
* Wanda ya kafa - Hukumar Bincike ta Goldstone game da 'Yancin Yara
* Mai ba da gudummawa - Gidan Tarihin Tsibirin Robben
* Mai ba da gudummawa - Gidan Tarihin wariyar launin fata
* Mai ba da gudummawa - Nelson Mandela Gateway
* Mai bugawa mai kafa - Indigo (mujallar rayuwa) 
* Bincike - Shirye-shiryen rediyo da talabijin daban-daban
* Shugaban - Asusun Hadarin Hanya
* Wakilin - IUPsyS

## Daraja

* Fellow na Majalisar Kimiyya ta Duniya
* Fellow na British Psychological Society (2014). 
* Kyautar Ƙungiyar Ilimin Halitta ta Amirka don Kyautattun Gudummawa ga Ci gaban Ilimin Hutatta ta Duniya (2014). 
* Nasarar da aka samu a kan lambar yabo ta Odds daga Ƙungiyar Kimiyya ta Duniya (2012). 
* Medal for Services to International Psychology daga International Union of Psychological Science (2008). 
* Fellow na Kwalejin Ilimin Halitta ta Kasa (India)  (2007). 
* Fellow na Psychological Society of South Africa (2002). 
* Fellow na Irish Psychological Society . 

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