Thomas Cullen Young

Thomas Cullen Young
Kubabika	27 October 1880 Edinburgh, Scotland
Kufwa	14 June 1955 (1955-06-15) (aged 74) Britain
Ukhazikiki	Scottish
Ntchito	Missionary, anthropologist, author, editor
Known for	Ethnography, mission work abroad
Notable work	Notes on the history of the Tumbuka-Kamanga peoples in the Northern Province of Nyasaland. (1970)

Thomas Cullen Young (1880-1955) wakaŵa munthu wa ku Scotland uyo wakachitanga umishonale ku Malaŵi mu 1904. Mu uteŵeti wake wa umishonale, wakadodoliskanga comene pa kusambira mitheto na vinjeru vya ŵanthu ŵa mu cigaŵa ici kuti wamanye makora mulimo wa umishonale.

Wakaŵa na nkharo yiwemi pa nkhani ya masambiro, chisopa, na umoyo wa ŵanthu, ndipo paumaliro wakawovwira kuti paŵavye mphindano pakati pa ŵasayansi ŵa ŵanthu na ŵamishonale awo ŵakakhalanga mu chigaŵa ichi. Cullen Young wakaŵa na vilato vyakupambanapambana, nga ni uteŵeti wa umishonale, masambiro, kusanda ŵanthu, na ndyali. Ivyo wakalemba vikakhwaskanga chomene ŵanthu ŵa ku Africa, ndipo vikawovwira chomene pa nkhani za ndyali. Nyengo yikati yajumphapo, wakamba kutemwa chomene viyowoyero, mitheto, na mdauko wa ŵanthu ŵa ku Africa. Ivyo Young wakachita pakusanda ŵanthu ŵa mtundu wa Tumbuka-Kamanga ndivyo vikaŵa vyakwamba kulembeka vya ŵanthu ŵa kumpoto kwa Malaŵi. Kweniso wakaŵa paubwezi na Hastings Kamuzu Banda, uyo wakaŵa pulezidenti wakwamba wa Malaŵi. Mubali Young wakuwoneka kuti ni munthu wakuzirwa comene uyo wakalemba vya nyengo iyi.

Mu 1931, Young wakaluta ku Britain kukateŵetera nga ni nkhwantha ya vyaru vinyake.