Micheal B. Nsimbi

Dr. Michael Bazzebulala Nsimbi, MBE (Yazaalibwa mu Gwokusatu 10, 1910 – Ogwokusatu 5, 1994) yali musomesa Munnayuganda, omutontomi eyatwalibwanga nga Taata w’ebiwandiiko by’Abaganda, yali mutandisi w'olulimu Oluganda, obuwangwa n’engeri y’okuwandiika.

Obuto bwe n'okusoma kwe

Yazaalibwa Masaka, yasomera ku St. Henry’s College, Kitovu, ne St. Mary's College, Kisubi, oluvannyuma n'e yegatta ku Yunivasite y'e Makerere, gye yakugukira ng'omusomesa.

Emirimu gye

Mu myaka gya 1940, Nsimbi yafulumya Ennono z'Abaganda (Ensibuko ya Baganda), omulimu ogw'omusingi mu kukulaakulanya okuwandiika n'okuwandiika ebyafaayo by'Oluganda. Yatandikawo ekibiina ky’Oluganda mu 1950 okukuuma, okumanyisa n’okutumbula enkozesa y’Oluganda mu Baganda n’abatali Baganda, era n’akolagana ne JD Chesswas okufulumya ebitabo omuli ebisomesebwa mu misomo gy'olulimi Oluganda. Ssentebe w’ekibiina kino okuva mu 1963 okutuuka mu 1987, Nsimbi, wamu ne Dr Livingstone Walusimbi, baali basaale nnyo mu kutandikawo ensoma ey’olulimi Oluganda omulundi ogwasooka ku Yunivasite y’e Makerere mu 1976, yunivasite yokka mu ggwanga mu kiseera ekyo. N’ekyavaamu, ensoma ya siniya yatandikibwawo mu 1979, n’ensoma y’amatendekero g’abasomesa mu ggwanga mu 1984. Mu 1989 yaweebwa diguli y’obusawo ey’ekitiibwa (Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa) okuva e Makerere.

Nsimbi era yakubirizza okuzuukusa ennimi n’obuwangwa obulala obw’omu ggwanga lya Uganda. Yafuulibwa MBE mu 1960, n’aweebwa omudaali gwa Uganda Independence Medal mu 1963. Yafa nga March 5, 1994, era mu mwaka gwe gumu n’aweebwa ekitiibwa olw’okutondawo enteekateeka ya Dr. Nsimbi Scholarship Scheme olw'okussa ekitiibwa mu mulimu gwe yakola mu kutumbula olulimi n’obuwangwa bw’Oluganda.

Byawandiiseeko

• Ennono z'Abaganda (Ensibuko ya Baganda) .
• Olulimi Oluganda
• Ennyinyonnyola y’Empandiika y’Oluganda eya Standard Orthography (1958, 1963), ne J. D. Chesswas
• The Kagenda series: Kitagenda ne Kagenda, Kagenda ne Banne, Kagenda ne banne bakola ki?
• Omweso Mu Uganda (Omweso, Omuzannyo Abantu gwe Bazannya mu Uganda) (1969)
• Amannya, Ebika n'Ebigambo by'Oluganda (1980) .
• Njize Okusoma Kato Ne Nnakku Ekitabo (1990), ne JD Chesswas
• Siwa Muto Lugero (1990)
• Amanya Amaganda N'Ennono Zaago (1990)

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