Akyaaba Addai-Sebo

**Akyaaba Addai-Sebo** (amụrụ n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 1950) bụ onye nyocha Ghana, onye nta akụkọ na onye na-eme ihe ike na mba Afrịka nke a na-ekwu na ọ bụ ya mepụtara n'afọ 1987 ka ọ bụrụ ọnwa akụkọ ojii na UK. Ya na Ansel Wong, Addai-Sebo so dezie akwụkwọ 1988 Our Story: A Handbook of African History and Contemporary Issues . Ọrụ Addai-Sebo gbasara kọntinent Afrịka, United Kingdom na United States, ndị na-emetụta ya gụnyere C. L. R. James, Chancellor Williams, John Henrik Clarke, na Jewell Mazique.

## Ihe ndị mere n'oge gara aga
A mụrụ ya ma zụlite ya na Ghana, Addai-Sebo so na Kwame Nkrumah's Young Pioneers Movement. Agụmakwụkwọ ya kpọgara ya na 1970s na United States, ebe ọ na-arụsi ọrụ ike mgbe "Negro History Week" ghọrọ "Black History Month", ma hụ otú ememe mba ya kwa afọ si mee ka obi dị ọhụrụ n'ime ụmụaka ndị Africa America. N'etiti ndị ya na ha rụkọtara ọrụ na US bụ C. L. R. James, Chancellor Williams, Yosef Ben-Jochannan, John Henrik Clarke, Kwame Ture, na Jewell Mazique. Addai-Sebo guzobere mmemme redio na Pacifica Radio nke a na-akpọ African Roots American Fruits ma na-eduzi mmemme agụmakwụkwọ ụlọ akwụkwọ na ọbá akwụkwọ Washington, DC. 

Na Jenụwarị 1984, ọ kwagara England, na-achọ ebe mgbaba site na mkpagbu ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị n'oge ọchịchị nke onye bụbu onye isi agha Jerry John Rawlings. Ka ya na nwunye ya, Nana Akua Owusu, bi na London, n'oge na-adịghị anya, Addai-Sebo na ndị otu Black activist dị ka C. L. R. James na Darcus Howe na-emekọrịta ihe, n'ime otu afọ mgbe ọ bịarutere na-arụ ọrụ nke Special Projects Coordinator na Greater London Council (GLC), na Onye isi oche nke African Refugees Housing Action Group, na mgbe e mesịrị Operations Manager nke Notting Hill Carnival.

### Ọnwa Akụkọ Ndị Ojii UK
Dị ka onye nhazi ọrụ pụrụ iche nke Ethnic Minorities Unit na GLC, Addai-Sebo nyere aka n'ịmalite ọnwa akụkọ Black History nke UK kwa afọ, nke mbụ emere na 1987. O " chepụtara emume kwa afọ nke onyinye nke Africa, ndị Afrịka na ndị Afrịka sitere na mmepeanya ụwa site n'oge ochie ruo ugbu a ma nweta nkwado dị ukwuu site n'aka ndị ndu GLC na ILEA na karịsịa site n'ebe Maazị Ansel Wong, Onye isi nke Ethnic Minorities Unit na onye ndú GLC, Maazị Ken Livingstone. N'ikwu okwu banyere mkpali ya na 2020, Addai-Sebo dere, sị:"M kụziri banyere ọdịnala Africa na United States, ụmụaka na ndị mụrụ ha gwara m na o nyere ha mmetụta ọhụrụ nke onwe ha. N'agbanyeghị nnukwu ụlọ ọrụ agụmakwụkwọ ya niile, UK ka bụ ihe na-emetụta ọchịchị, ọchịchị na ịkpa ókè agbụrụ.  Emere m atụmatụ site n'enyemaka nke ndị ọsụ ụzọ na GLC's Ethnic Minorities Unit (EMU), nke Ansel Wong duziri. Anyị malitere GLC Historical Lectures and Concerts, nke mere na Febụwarị ruo Mee 1986 iji kwado onyinye Afrịka nyere na mmepeanya. Ruo otu izu, anyị jupụtara na Royal Albert Hall na ụmụ akwụkwọ iji gee egwu na okwu ndị na-akpali akpali. Ndị ọkà okwu gara obodo ma mee ka mkpọtụ dị. Rev. Jesse Jackson, Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Marcus Garvey Jr., Sally Mugabe, Graca Machel, John Henrik Clarke, Yosef Ben-Jochannan, Burning Spear, Ray Charles, Max Roach, Hugh Masekela na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ bịara London n'etiti afọ 1985 na 1988 na oku nke GLC iji kwado mkpọsa megide ịkpa ókè agbụrụ na ịkpa ókè. " A ga-achịkọta okwu ndị ahụ n'ime *akwụkwọ* Our Story: A Handbook of African History and Contemporary Issues (London Strategic Policy Unit, 1988), nke Addai-Sebo dezigharịrị na Ansel Wong.thumb|Akyaaba Addai-Sebo pictured after a 2022 interview with AKADi Magazine in the United Kingdom.jpg"Ebumnuche mbụ anyị bụ ibu ụzọ mepụta oghere ọdịbendị na-enyere aka na kalenda ememe UK ma mgbe ọha na eze nabatara ya ma kwado ya gbasaa ememe nke Ọktoba dị ka otu ọnwa na Oge Akụkọ Black. Iji mee ka Oge Akụkọ Ojii bụrụ emume nke ịdị ebube nke ọdịbendị dị iche iche na uru bara uru na ịdị n'udo. Nye uche ndị Afrịka, iji nweta nkwekọrịta - ma mkpịsị ugodi ojii na ọcha nke ọkpọkọ na ụda. "

N'abalị mbụ n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 1987, GLC kwadoro Dr Maulana Karenga si na US iji gosipụta onyinye nke ndị isi ojii n'akụkọ ihe mere eme niile, Addai-Sebo wee mee atụmatụ iji kweta onyinye nke ndị Afrịka, ndị Eshia na ndị Caribbean nyere ndụ akụ na ụba, ọdịbendị na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na UK, na mpaghara ndị ọzọ malitere ịmalite Ọktobe dị ka Ọktoga dị ka Ọnwa Akụkọ Ndị isi ojii na UK. 

Addai-Sebo kwuru, sị: "Ọ bụ ezie na m malitere echiche ahụ, ime Black History Month bụ mgbalị jikọrọ aka, ọ gaghịkwa enwe ike inweta ya na-enweghị London Strategic Policy Unit, nzukọ e guzobere mgbe gọọmentị Thatcher wepụrụ GLC na 1986. E nwere ọtụtụ ndị na-etinye aka, ọ na-esikwa ike ịkpọ onye ọ bụla aha. Otú ọ dị, enwere m ike ịkpọ aha Ansel Wong, Linda Bellos, Ken Livingstone, Paul Boateng, Margaret Hodge, Anne Matthews, Narendra Makenji, Peter Brayshaw, Drew Stevenson, Bernard Wiltshire, Herman Ouseley, Ken Martindale, Vitus Evans, Chris Boothman, Lord Gifford, Bernie Grant, Shirley Andrews na Edward Oteng n'etiti ọtụtụ ndị ahụ. Anyị jisiri ike mee ka nke a bụrụ ihe niile gbasara otu.

Addai-Sebo dị na Ghana. Ọ bụkwa onye nta *akụkọ*, o dere maka ụlọ ọrụ gụnyere Pambazuka News na Graphic Online.

## Onyinye na mmata
N'afọ 2018, akwụkwọ akụkọ African Voice kpọrọ Addai-Sebo aha na ndepụta nke "ndị Ghana 61 nwere mmetụta na Diaspora".

N'ọnwa Disemba afọ 2022, Mahadum London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) nyere Addai-Sebo nzere Doctorate of Literature.

## Ihe odide

## Njikọ mpụga

* Ọgbọ ọ bụla, "The Origins of Black History - An Interview with Akyaaba Addai-Sebo", Black History Month, 20 February 2017.
* "NUBIART ARCHIVE: Akyaaba Addai-Sebo - Mmalite nke BHM na Britain (2004) "
* "BHM UK Conceiver Addai Sebo Message To AHMUK Launch 13 05 17". Site na YouTube, 22 Mee 2017.
* "Opal22's Flash Black - Akyaaba Addai Sebo, Onye guzobere Black History Season na UK", 23 Nọvemba 2020.
* Afọ 35 nke BHM: na mkparịta ụka na Akyaaba Assai - aebi | SOAS EDI chere usoro ndu , Mahadum SOAS nke London 28 Ọktoba 2022
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