Solomon Babalola
Solomon Adeboye Babalola (an haife shi a Ipetumodu, Jihar Osun, Nijeriya, 17 Disamba 1926 – 15 Disamba 2008) ɗan ilimin Najeriya ne, mawaki kuma masani.

Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haifi Farfesa Solomon Adeboye Oladele Babalola a ranar 17 ga Disamba, 1926, a cikin gidan Babalola na Ile-Ajo. Mahaifinsa, Joseph Olawuni Omowunmi Babalola (Ajala) ƙwararren kafinta ne, wanda ya shahara wajen sake gina gidaje a Ipetumodu bayan mummunar guguwa da ta lalata a farkon ƙarni na 20; don haka sunan iyali "Alatunse na Ipetumodu" - "The Fixer", iyali da ke inganta yanayin su. Mahaifinsa kuma Kirista ne mai sadaukarwa.

Babalola ya yi baftisma cikin Cocin Christ of the Church Missionary Society (C.M.S.). Ya samu tarbiyyar kirista mai karfi kuma ya halarci makarantar firamare ta C.M.S Christ, Wasimi, Ipetumodu. Ya kasance memba mai ƙwazo a cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa na coci kuma yakan rera waƙa a cikin shawa a tsawon rayuwarsa. Babalola ya karbi Kristi a matsayin Ubangijinsa kuma Mai Ceto a lokacin da yake Kwalejin Igbobi, kuma Bishop na Legas, Rt. Rev. Gordon Vining ranar 24 ga Nuwamba, 1943.

Ilimi 
A shekarar 1936, yana dan shekara 10, Malaminsa, Mista S.T ya zabi Babalola. Fakoya, zai zana jarabawar shiga makarantun gwamnatin Najeriya. An gudanar da wannan jarrabawar ne a garin Ibadan, kuma a matsayinsa na yaro Standard Four ya fafata da manyan yara maza a mataki na shida da na biyar. Gudu ne mai kyau na aiki; a shekarar 1937 ya dauki jarrabawar shiga kwalejin Igbobi da ke Legas, sannan aka shigar da shi Form daya a watan Janairun 1938. Wannan shi ne mafarin bajintar karatunsa.

Adeboye ya kasance babban shugaba kuma Kyaftin gidan Oluwole daga Janairu zuwa Yuni 1944, kafin ya wuce Kwalejin Achimota da ke Gold Coast, a yanzu Ghana, don yin karatun matsakaicin digiri na Fasaha, a kan tallafin karatu daga Kwalejin Igbobi. A makarantar Achimota ne aka samu cikakken sakamakon jarabawar shaidar kammala makaranta na kwalejin Igbobi. Ya wuce da 9 'A's ko "alphas". Wannan ya sa ya shahara.

An gayyaci Babalola ne domin ya zana jarabawar zuwa Sashen Jami’a duk da cewa an ba shi admission kai tsaye bisa la’akari da ilimin da ya yi a baya. Bayan haka, ya sami sakamakon B.A. Jarabawa – “A” Mai Kyau sosai a Turanci da Latin; "B" mai kyau a cikin Geography da Tattalin Arziki.

Sana'a 
Daga 1946 – 1948, ya kasance malami. A ranar 8 ga Agusta, 1946, ya koma Kwalejin Igbobi inda aka yi masa lakabi da "Nine-Alphas Babalola" ko "Accurate Man" - a wannan karon yana cikin ma'aikatan koyarwa. A watan Agustan 1947, ya nemi tallafin karatu na jindadin mulkin mallaka da ci gaban gwamnatin Najeriya. Ya sami nasarar samun tallafin karatu a Kwalejin Sarauniya a Jami'ar Cambridge, Ingila yana da shekaru 22.

Ya isa Cambridge a watan Oktobar 1948 kuma ya shiga ƙungiyar Kiristoci na Student sannan kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin Sakatare na Ƙungiyar ɗaliban Afirka. A birnin Cambridge ne ya amsa bukatar da Sashen Yammacin Afirka na BBC ya yi na a mika wa jama'arsu fassarar ayar Turanci a cikin baka. 

Babalola ya fassara rubutun Yarabanci na “Ijala”, wakoki, wanda mafarauta na Yarabawa suka saba nishadantar da kansu. An yi la'akari da shigarwar mafi kyau kuma Babalola ne zai watsa shi a cikin Shirin Sabis na Afirka ta Yamma mai taken "Kira Yammacin Afirka." An biya shi kuɗi don rikodin rikodin studio! Daga nan sai Mista Swanzy na BBC ya aika da fassarorin zuwa Editan Jaridar Royal African Society's Journal "African Affairs" don dubawa don bugawa. Editan ya buga wannan fassarorin baiti na Turanci a cikin fitowar mujalla a jere, kuma yabon da ya samu ya fi kuɗin da editan ya hana! Babalola ya kammala karatunsa na B.A. Digiri na girmamawa daga Jami'ar Cambridge a cikin 1951 kuma daga baya aka ba shi MA (Cantab) kamar yadda al'adar wannan babbar cibiyar take.

Solomon Adeboye Babalola ya halarci Kwalejin Achimota da ke Ghana. Bayan ya yi digirinsa na farko a shekarar 1946, ya koyarwa a Kwalejin Igbobi.[1] A shekarar 1948 ya samu gurbin karatu karo na biyu a kwalejin Queens's Cambridge, inda ya samu digiri a shekarar 1952. Ya dawo Kwalejin Igbobi ya ci gaba da koyarwa, ya kuma tashi ya zama shugaban makarantar Afirka na farko, duk da kasancewarsa shugaban makarantar. ƙaramin ma'aikaci. An ba shi digirin digiri a fannin adabin Yarabanci. 1n 1962, an nada shi malami a Cibiyar Nazarin Afirka ta Jami'ar Obafemi Awolowo. A 1963, ya kasance Farfesa a fannin Harsunan Afirka a Jami'ar Legas.

A cikin 1966, ya buga The Content and Form of Yoruba Ijala (Jaridun Jami'ar Oxford). Aikin ya gabatar da tatsuniyoyi na kabilar Yarabawa, nau'ikan wakoki da kuma tarihin wakokin Ijala (wakokin mafarauci), wanda aka fassara zuwa Turanci. Ta lashe lambar yabo ta Amaury Talbot don kyakkyawar gudunmawa ga mutanen Afirka ta Yamma na adabi a waccan shekarar. Har ila yau, aikin ya buɗe don bincike na duniya game da harsunan Afirka, a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Babalola a Jami'ar Legas. Makarantar Nazarin Afirka da Asiya ta jami'ar an kafa ta ne a shekarar 1967, tare da Babalola daya daga cikin malamai uku, kuma ta mai da hankali kan harsunan Najeriya irinsu Yoruba, Igbo, Edo da Hausa.

Ayyukan ilimi na Babalola sun yi fice wajen kiyaye yawancin al'adun baka na Afirka.[1][5] Adeboye Babalola ya rasu ne a ranar Litinin 15 ga Disamba, 2008.

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