Samuel Ajayi Crowther

Samuel Ajayi Crowther
bishop (en) 1864 -
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Iseyin (birni), 1809
ƙasa	Najeriya Birtaniya
Ƙabila	Yarbawa
Mutuwa	Lagos, 31 Disamba 1891
Makwanci	Lagos
Yanayin mutuwa	Sababi na ainihi (Bugun jini)
Ƴan uwa
Yara	view Thomas Babington Macaulay (Nijeriya)
Karatu
Makaranta	Fourah Bay College (en) Jami'ar Oxford
Harsuna	Turanci Yarbanci Pidgin na Najeriya
Sana'a
Sana'a	Anglican priest (en) , Bible translator (en) , missionary (en) , linguist (en) , Malamin addini da Missionary Bishop (en)
Employers	Church of England (en)
Imani
Addini	Anglicanism (en)

Samuel Crowther, ( c. 1809 - 31 Disamba 1891),masanin harsunan Yarbawa ne,limami,kuma bishop na Anglican na farko na Afirka ta Yamma.An haife shi a Osogun(a yanzu Ado-Awaye,Jihar Oyo,Najeriya),shi da iyalinsa barayin.. bauta sun kama shi yana dan shekara goma sha biyu.Wannan ya faru ne a lokacin yakin basasar Yarabawa,musamman yakin Owu na 1821-1829,inda aka yi wa kauyensa Osogun hari.Daga baya aka sake siyar da Ajayi ga dillalan bayi na Portugal,inda aka saka shi a cikin jirgin don a kai shi Sabuwar Duniya ta Tekun Atlantika.

Rundunar Sojin Ruwa ta Yammacin Afirka ta Squadron ta kubutar da Crowther daga bauta a wata tashar ruwa da ke bakin teku,wanda ke tilasta wa Burtaniya takunkumi kan cinikin bayi na Atlantic.An sake tsugunar da mutanen da aka 'yantar a Saliyo.A Saliyo,Ajayi ya karɓi sunan Ingilishi na Samuel Crowther,kuma ya fara karatunsa da Ingilishi.Ya karɓi addinin Kiristanci kuma ya danganta shi da ƙabilar Krio da ke hawan Saliyo a lokacin.Ya karanci harsuna kuma an nada shi minista a Ingila,inda daga baya ya sami digiri na uku a jami'ar Oxford.Ya shirya nahawun Yarbanci da fassarar Littafin Anglican na Addu'a gama gari zuwa Yarabanci,kuma yana aiki a kan fassarar Littafi Mai Tsarki na Yarbanci,da kuma sauran ayyukan harshe.