Josiah Jesse "JJ" Ransome-Kuti (Haihuwa ranar 1 Yuni 1855 - mutuwa ranar 4 Satumba 1930). Malamin addinin kirista a Najeriya ne kuma mawaki.[1] An san shi da sanya waƙar Kirista zuwa waƙar ƴan asali,[2] da kuma rubuta waƙoƙin kirista a cikin harshen Yarbanci.

Josiah Ransome-Kuti
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Abeokuta, 1 ga Yuni, 1855
ƙasa Najeriya
Mutuwa 4 Satumba 1930
Ƴan uwa
Abokiyar zama unknown value
Ƴan uwa
Karatu
Harsuna Yarbanci
Pidgin na Najeriya
Sana'a
Sana'a Malamin addini da mai rubuta kiɗa

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An haifi Josiah Jesse Likoye Ransome-Kuti a ranar 1 ga watan Yuni, 1855, a Igbein, Abeokuta, Jihar Ogun. Iyalinsa ’yan asalin Egba ne da iyayensa, Kuti ( c. 1820 – 1863) da Anne Ekidan Efupeyin ( c. 1830 - Yuli 1877),[3] an haife su duka a Abeokuta kuma. Kakannin mahaifin Josiah, Jamo da Orukoluku, sun fito ne daga garin Orile Igbein da ke cikin dajin Egba, amma duk da haka sun kasance biyu daga cikin farkon mazauna Abeokuta lokacin da aka kafa ta a shekarar 1830. Josiah Ransome-Kuti ya yi baftisma a shekara ta 1859. Yana da 'yar'uwa 1, Eruwe Lousia Kuti. Yayin da mahaifiyarsa, Anne, ta kasance farkon tuba zuwa addinin Kiristanci, mahaifinsa, Kuti, mabiyin addinin Yarbawa ne na gargajiya, kuma ya ƙi addinin Kiristanci da tasirin Turawa a Abeokuta. Juyowar da matarsa ta yi ya ba shi takaici, kuma yana yawan adawa da ita a ƙoƙarinta na yin tasiri a kan ɗansu. Duk da haka, a cikin shekarar 1863, Kuti ya mutu, ya bar Anne ya rene shi a matsayin Kirista mai addini.[4] Ya yi rajista a matsayin ɗalibi a Cibiyar Horar da Ƙungiyoyin Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru ta Church, Abeokuta, kafin ya wuce zuwa Cibiyar Horar da Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru ta Church, Legas a shekarar 1871.[5]

Jim kaɗan bayan kammala karatunsa a Coci Missionary Society Training Institute, Legas, Ransome-Kuti ya samu aiki a matsayin malami a Makarantar St. Peter, Ake, Abeokuta, sannan ya tafi a shekarar 1879 don koyar da waka a makarantar ’yan mata ta CMS, Legas, inda ya zama malami. ya haɗu da matarsa Bertha Anny Erinade Olubi.[5] A cikin shekarar 1891, an naɗa shi catechist a Gbagura Church Parsonage, Abeokuta kafin ya kafa cocin Gbagura, cocin gida inda ya canza mutane zuwa addinin Kirista ta hanyar iyawa wajen fassara waƙoƙin bisharar Ingilishi zuwa waƙoƙin bishara na asali.[5][6]

Ransome-Kuti ya zama diacon a shekarar 1895, ya naɗa firist a shekarar 1897 kuma an naɗa shi alƙalin gunduma daga shekarun 1902 zuwa 1906.[5] A shekarar 1911, an naɗa shi Fasto a Cocin St. Peter’s Cathedral Church, Ake bayan ya taba zama mai kula da majami’ar Abeokuta. [7]

A cikin shekarar 1922, an naɗa shi Canon na Cocin Cathedral of Christ, Legas kuma a cikin shekarar 1925, ya zama ɗan Najeriya na farko da ya fitar da kundin rikodin bayan ya naɗa waƙoƙin yaren Yarbanci da yawa a cikin gramophone ta hanyar Zonophone Records.[1][8]

Rayuwa ta sirri

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Ya auri Bertha Erina Olubi a shekarar 1882, 'yar Rev. Daniel Olubi (1830-1912) da Susannah Olubi (nee Daley) (1821-1924). Sun haifi 'ya'ya uku; Anne Lape Iyabode Ransome-Kuti, Azaria Olusegun and Israel Oludotun. Ya kuma haifi wasu 'ya'ya biyar daga wasu dangin. Zuriyarsa za ta ci gaba da zama dangin Ransome-Kuti. Diyarsa Anne tana da diya, Grace Eniola Soyinka, wacce Ransome-Kuti da matarsa suka reneta.

Manazarta

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