Essi Matilda Forster
Essi Matilda Forster (12 Satumba 1922 - Agusta 1998). lauya 'yar Ghana ce, wacce itace mace ta farko 'yar asalin Gold Coast (yanzu Ghana) da ta cancanci zama lauya.
Essi Matilda Forster | |
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Rayuwa | |
Haihuwa | Sekondi-Takoradi (en) , 12 Satumba 1922 |
ƙasa |
Ghana Birtaniya |
Mutuwa | Accra, ga Augusta, 1998 |
Ƴan uwa | |
Abokiyar zama | E. F. B. Forster |
Sana'a | |
Sana'a | Lauya |
Rayuwar farko da ilimi
gyara sasheAn haifi Forster ga mahaifinta, George James Christian da mahaifiyarta, Aba Lucy French a Sekondi, Gold Coast akan 12 Satumba 1922. Mahaifinta ya fito daga tsibirin Gabashin Caribbean; Dominica amma ya zauna a garin Sekondi a cikin 1902. Mahaifinta ya dauki kansa a matsayin "dawowar gudun hijira" bayan halartar taron farko na Pan-African Congress wanda aka shirya a London a 1900. Shi ɗan kasuwa ne kuma ƙwararren lauya mai zaman kansa wanda ya wakilci Lardin Yamma a matsayin memba na Majalisar Dokokin Gold Coast daga 1930 zuwa 1940. Mahaifiyar Forster ta fito daga Shama a yankin Yammacin Gabar Gold Coast na lokacin.
Forster ta fara karatu a Ingila tun tana da shekaru biyar.A Ingila, an kira ta zuwa Bar a Grey's Inn a cikin Nuwamba 1945. A ranar 15 ga Afrilu 1947, an kira ta zuwa Bar a cikin Gold Coast.[1] Sannan ta zama mace ta farko da ta zama ‘yar asalin kasar Gold Coast da ta zama lauya, kuma mace ta uku a Birtaniya ta yammacin Afirka da ta samu wannan nasara. Lauyan Najeriya ta riga ta kuma mace ta farko a Afirka da ta samu wannan matsayi; Stella Thomas, da Frances Claudia Wright, wata lauya 'yar Saliyo wadda ta zama mace ta biyu a Afirka da ta zama lauya.
Aiki
gyara sasheBayan kiranta zuwa Bar a cikin Gold Coast, an kira Forster zuwa Gambiya Bar, sannan ta yi aiki a Gambia a matsayin lauya daga 1947 zuwa 1951. A watan Yulin 1951, ta koma Gold Coast tare da mijinta Edward Francis Bani Forster lokacin da gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta wancan lokacin ta nada ta zuwa aiki a Asibitin jinya na Accra. Forster ta ɗauki aiki a matsayin mukaddashin magatakarda na haihuwa, mace-mace da kamfanoni. Ta yi aiki a wannan ofishin na kusan wata shida. Daga 1957 zuwa 1982 ta kasance mai ba da shawara kan shari'a na Mobil Oil Ghana Limited.[1]
Baya ga aikin shari'a, Forster ta tsunduma cikin wasu ayyukan jama'a da ƙwararru. Ta kasance memba a kwamitoci da kungiyoyi daban-daban, wasu daga cikinsu ta ba da gudummawar kafa.Ta kasance memba ta kafa Kwamitin Ghana International School, kuma ta yi aiki a kwamitin daga 1954 zuwa 1959. Ta kuma yi aiki a Kwamitin Hana Gundumar Magisterial Accra a matsayin mamba, a kusa da lokacin da aka ambata. Ta taimaka ta sami reshen Accra na Inner Wheel Club, da Ƙungiyar Lauyoyin Mata ta Duniya (FIDA) a Ghana, waɗanda ke zama shugabar ƙungiyar. A cikin rayuwarta, Forster ta taka rawar gani a cikin Ƙungiyar Matasa ta Kirista (YWCA).[1] Ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar shugabanta kuma sakatariyar kwamitin masaukinta. Daga shekarar 1969 zuwa 1972, ta kasance shugabar hukumar kula da harkokin jinya da ungozoma ta Accra, sannan daga 1972 zuwa 1975, ta zama mamba a kungiyar jagororin mata da ‘yan mata ta duniya, yayin da ta jagoranci kwamitin mulkin Ghana 'Yan Mata.[1]
Rayuwa ta sirri da mutuwa
gyara sasheForster ta auri farfesa Edward Francis Bani Forster, masanin ilimin hauka na Gold Coast na zuriyar Gambia, akan 17 Disamba 1944. Tare, sun haifi 'ya'ya uku; 'ya mace da 'ya'ya maza biyu.[2] Ita Kirista ce kuma majami'ar Cocin Accra Ridge, inda ta yi aiki a matsayin sakatariyar Makarantar Lahadi na tsawon kusan shekaru goma sha bakwai (17), wanda ya kai daga 1963 zuwa 1980. Abubuwan sha'awarta sun haɗa da tafiya da aikin sa kai.[1] Ta mutu a watan Agusta 1988 tana da shekaru saba'in da biyar (75). A lokacin, ita ce mafi ƙwararrun lauya a Ghana Bar. An yi jana'izar ta a Cocin Accra Ridge, ranar 14 ga Agusta 1998.