Shirley Childress Saxton
Shirley Childress Saxton (alizaliwa 1947–2017)[1] alikuwa mwalimu na mkalimani wa lugha ya alama kutoka Marekani mwenye asili ya Kiafrika. Alitumbuiza na kundi la Sweet Honey in the Rock kuanzia mwaka 1980 hadi 2017.[2]
Wasifu
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Maisha ya Awali na Elimu
Shirley Childress alizaliwa na kukulia Washington, D.C., na wazazi viziwi, Herbert na Thomasina Childress, jambo lililomfanya Lugha ya Alama ya Marekani kuwa lugha yake ya kwanza.[3] Alikuwa na dada wawili, Maxine Childress Brown na Dkt. Khaula Murtadha Watts. Saxton alipata shahada ya kwanza katika Elimu ya Viziwi kutoka Chuo Kikuu cha Massachusetts Amherst na alifanya masomo ya kuhitimu katika Chuo Kikuu cha District of Columbia.
Kazi
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Shirley Childress alianza shughuli yake ya kutafsiri kwa ajili ya viziwi katika Kanisa la Shiloh Baptist huko Washington, D.C. Alikuwa mkalimani aliyethibitishwa na alikuwa mwanachama wa Shirika la Wakalimani wa Lugha ya Alama kwa Viziwi (Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf). Alifundisha madarasa ya utangulizi ya Lugha ya Alama ya Marekani (ASL) na kuendesha warsha za kitaalamu za kutafsiri muziki kote nchini. Alijiunga na kundi la muziki la Sweet Honey in the Rock mwaka 1980.
Ndoa na Watoto
Shirley Childress aliolewa na Pablo Saxton. Alikuwa na watoto wawili wa kiume, Reginald na Deon.
Kifo
Shirley Childress alifariki dunia tarehe 6 Machi 2017 akiwa na umri wa miaka 69 kutokana na matatizo yaliyosababishwa na virusi vya West Nile.
Marejeo
[hariri | hariri chanzo]- ↑ Washington City Paper week beginning Thursday March 24, 2017(WCP published every Thursday) article: "Her Sign From Above" by Alona Wartofsky
- ↑ Gray, Katti. "Sweet Honey in the Rock delivers protests, ballads", Chicago Tribune, 2005-11-06, p. 6 (Tempo). "Shirley Childress Saxton, who translates the singing into American Sign Language, came aboard in 1980."
- ↑ Daniels, Dawn Marie; Sandy, Candace, whr. (2000). "I Stretch My Hands to Thee". Souls of my Sisters: Black women break their silence, tell their stories, and heal their spirits. Dafina Books. ISBN 1-57566-653-7.