Theophilus Herman Kofi Opoku (1842 - 7 Yuli 1913) ɗan asalin Akan masanin harshe ne, mai fassara, masanin ilimin falsafa, malami kuma ɗan mishan wanda ya zama ɗan asalin Afirka na farko da Ofishin Jakadancin Basel ya naɗa shi Fasto a Ƙasar Gold Coast a 1872.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Opoku ya yi aiki tare da juna. tare da ɗan ƙasar Jamus mai wa’azi da ilimin falsafa Johann Gottlieb Christaller da kuma ’yan’uwansu ’yan’uwansu masana harsuna na Akan, David Asante, Jonathan Palmer Bekoe, da Paul Staudt Keteku a fassarar Littafi Mai Tsarki zuwa yaren Twi.

Theophilus Opoku
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Akropong (en) Fassara, 1842
Mutuwa Akropong (en) Fassara, 7 ga Yuli, 1913
Karatu
Makaranta Kwalejin Ilimi ta Presbyterian, Akropong
Sana'a
Sana'a missionary (en) Fassara
Imani
Addini Presbyterianism (en) Fassara

Rayuwar farko da ilimi

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An haifi Theophilus Opoku a shekara ta 1842 a Akropong da ke Akuapem, kimanin kilomita 48 daga arewacin Accra.[1][2][3][5] He was the son of Nana Yaw Darko, the linguist of the paramount chief and Nana Akua Korantema.[8] Shi ɗa ne ga Nana Yaw Darko, masanin harshe na babban sarki kuma Nana Akua Korantema. Yaw Darko ya kasance mai yin addinin gargajiya na Akan kuma ya mutu tun yana matashi. Kakan Opoku shine babban sarkin Akropong, Omanhene, Nana Addo Dankwa. Abokin aikinsa na harshe, David Asante dan uwansa ne. A lokacin ƙuruciyarsa, ya kasance mai rauni da rauni.

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Manazarta

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Kwakye, Abraham Nana Opare (2018). "Returning African Christians in Mission to the Gold Coast". Studies in World Christianity. Edinburgh University Press. 24 (1): 25–45. doi:10.3366/swc.2018.0203.
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  6. Iheanacho, Maureen O. (2014). Theophilus Opoku, indigenous pastor and missionary theologian, 1842-1913 in SearchWorks catalog. searchworks.stanford.edu (in Turanci). Sub Saharan Publishers. ISBN 9789988550608. Archived from the original on 30 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  7. Keteku, H. J (1965). The Reverends Theophilus Opoku and David Asante (in Turanci). Accra: Waterville Pub. House. OCLC 796225.
  8. "REV. THEOPHILUS HERMAN OPOKU (1842-1913) | Total Visits 9461 | Amandla News". Amandla News (in Turanci). 18 December 2013. Archived from the original on 30 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.