Stephen Adebanji Akintoye

Stephen Adebanji Akintoye,wanda kuma aka fi sani da S.Banji Akintoye (an haife shi a shekara ta 1935),haifaffen Najeriya ne ilimi,marubuci kuma marubuci.Ya halarci Makarantar Christ's Ado Ekiti,Najeriya daga 1951-1955, kuma ya karanci tarihi a Kwalejin Jami'ar (Kwaleji na Jami'ar London),Ibadan (1956-1961),da karatun digiri na uku daga 1963-1966 a Jami'ar.na Ibadan,inda ya samu digirin digirgir a fannin tarihi a shekarar 1966.Ya koyar a Sashen Tarihi a Jami’ar Obafemi Awolowo,Ile-Ife,Najeriya,inda ya zama Farfesa kuma Daraktan Cibiyar Nazarin Afirka daga 1974-1977.Ya kuma koyar da Tarihin Afirka a jami'o'i a Amurka ciki har da Jami'ar Kudancin Florida,Tampa,Florida; Montgomery County Community College,PA,da Jami'ar Gabas,St.Davids,Pennsylvania. Akintoye ya rubuta littattafai hudu,babi a cikin littattafan haɗin gwiwa da yawa,da kuma labarai da yawa a cikin mujallu na masana.Ya kasance mai jagoranci na dan wani lokaci a siyasar Najeriya kuma ya yi aiki a majalisar dattawan Najeriya daga 1979-1983 a lokacin jamhuriya ta biyu. A halin yanzu yana zaune a Cotonoue,Jamhuriyar Benin.Akintoye na daya daga cikin manyan malamai a halin yanzu akan tarihin kabilar Yarbawa. Ayyukansa na baya-bayan nan,A History of the Yoruba People (Amalion,2010),ya zana shekaru da yawa na sababbin bincike da tunani game da nazarin Yarbawa wanda ke kalubalantar wasu ra'ayoyi masu rinjaye a baya game da asalin Yarbawa.Wannan aikin ya kori asalin Gabas ta Tsakiya da Larabawa waɗanda masana irin su Marigayi Samuel Johnson (1846-1901) suka faɗa kuma ya ba da fifiko ga ayyukan da Ulli Beier ya yi a zamanin Pre-Oduduwa da sauransu. Akintoye ya kuma ba da fifiko ga matsayin Ifè fiye da na Oyo.Wani mai bita,Wale Adebanwi,ya lura cewa:“...wannan littafin ya yi takara kai tsaye kuma ya karkatar da hankalin tarihin Yarbawa daga abin da mutane da yawa suka kira asusun Oyo-centric na Samuel Johnson...Inda Johnson ya guje wa tatsuniyar halitta cewa ya sanya Ife a matsayin wuri mai tsarki na asalin zuriyar Oduduwa da kuma Orirun (madogarar halitta),Akintoye, bisa ga gaskiya,ya mayar da Ile-Ife zuwa wurin da ya dace a matsayin "ibi ojumo ti mon wa'ye" (inda. alfijir ya fito).. "