Christopher Tagbo Onyekwelu (an haife shi a shekara ta 1898, ba a san ranar mutuwarsa ba) ɗan kasuwan ɗan Najeriya ne wanda ya taka rawa na farko wajen haɓaka masana'antar rikodin na asali a cikin ƙasar. An haife shi a garin Nawfia jihar Anambra kuma ya yi makarantar firamare a kusa.[1]

CT Onyekwelu
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Onitsha, 1898
ƙasa Najeriya
Mutuwa 29 ga Yuni, 1971
Karatu
Harsuna Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a ɗan kasuwa

Rayuwar kasuwanci

gyara sashe

Ya fara kasuwancin dabino a farkon shekarun 1920 kuma ya sayar da mafi yawan amfanin gonar ga kamfanin kasar Nijar . [ana buƙatar hujja]</link>Daga baya ya tsunduma cikin wasu sana’o’i kamar su sayar da kayayyakin gyaran kekuna da shinkafar ragoon amma daga baya ya gano cewa kamfanonin ‘ yan kasashen ketare sun kasance manyan wadanda ke da damar, cudanya da albarkatu don fitar da masu fafatawa. Don ya sami kansa, ya fara shigo da wayoyi na gramophone don masana'antar rikodin gida. Gasar ƙetare ba ta yi kaɗan ba yayin da masana'antar ke mamaye bambance-bambancen masu fasaha na gida da kamfanoni masu ƙarancin tallafi na hukuma. Tare da taimakon wasu kamfanoni na Turai ya sami wurin don taimakawa wajen rikodin kaset na yare a waje. A cikin ’yan shekaru, ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu rarraba kaset na faifai a Nijeriya. Bayan karshen yakin duniya na biyu, yawancin abokan huldarsa na kasashen waje da ke nahiyar Turai sun yi watsi da yarjejeniyar rabon su. Daga nan Christopher ya yanke shawarar gina masana'anta. Duk da haka, an ɗauki lokaci mai tsawo kafin masana'antar ta zama gaskiya kuma tare da taimakon injiniyan rediyo na Jamus Werner Becker aka gina masana'antar kuma an yi rikodin farko a cikin Disamba 1958 - Janairu 1959.[2] A cikin 1961, ya kafa haɗin gwiwa tare da Philips wanda ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu rarraba bayanai da masana'anta a Najeriya.

  1. Uwechue, Raph (1991). Makers of Modern Africa. United Kingdom: Africa Books Limited. p. 601. ISBN 0903274183.
  2. Bender, Wolfgang (2007). Der nigerianische Highlife. Wuppertal, Germany: Peter Hammer Verlag. p. 247. ISBN 9783779500612.