Paul Robeson mawaƙi ɗan Amurka ne, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo, kuma mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin ɗan adam, wanda ya zama ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun fitattun baƙi na zamaninsa. An ɗauke shi da yawa a matsayin babban mashahurin baƙar fata na farko, kuma ya shahara saboda muryar bass mai zurfi, gwanintarsa, da kuma sadaukar da kai ga adalci na zamantakewa.
An haifi Paul Robeson a Princeton, New Jersey, a 1898.
Ya halarci Jami'ar Rutgers kuma ya sami gurbin karatu don yin karatu a Makarantar Koyon Columbia, kafin ya juya zuwa aiki da kiɗa.
Robeson ya zama sananne a cikin 1920s da 1930s a matsayin mawaƙa kuma mai wasan kwaikwayo, wanda ke yin zane-zane a cikin kayan tarihi kamar The Emperor Jones da Othello.
Duk cikin aikinsa, Robeson ya yi amfani da shahararsa don yin magana game da wariyar launin fata da rashin daidaituwa, da kuma tallafawa gwagwarmayar mutanen da ke aiki da kuma zaluntar marasa rinjaye a duniya.
An ba da sunan Robeson a lokacin Yaƙin Cacar Baki saboda ra'ayoyin siyasarsa na hagu, kuma gwamnatin Amurka ta soke fasfon nasa, ta hana shi tafiya ƙasar waje na wasu shekaru.
Duk da waɗannan ƙalubalen, Robeson ya ci gaba da kasancewa muhimmiyar murya don adalci na zamantakewa, kuma gatan gado ya kasance abin ƙarfafawa ga masu fasaha da masu fafutuka a yau.
Paul Robeson ya shahara saboda muryar bass mai zurfi, gwanintarsa, da kuma sadaukar da kai ga adalci na zamantakewa. Ya yi rawar gani a wasu matakai da dama, wadanda suka hada da The Emperor Jones da Othello, sannan kuma ya kasance fitaccen mai fafutukar kare hakkin jama'a da hakkokin ma'aikata.
Paul Robeson yana da alaƙa da ƙungiyoyin kwaminisanci a cikin shekarun 1930 zuwa 1940, sannan kuma memba ne a majalisar kare haƙƙin ɗan adam, wacce ke da alaƙa da Jam'iyyar Kwaminis. Koyaya, yana da mahimmanci a lura cewa ra'ayoyin siyasa na Robeson sun kasance masu rikitarwa kuma sun samo asali akan lokaci, kuma yana yawan sukar Tarayyar Soviet.
Paul Robeson wataƙila sananne ne saboda ƙaddamar da waƙar 'Ol' Man River 'daga Show Boat. Ya kuma yi rubuce-rubuce da dama daga wasu sanannun wakoki, wadanda suka hada da 'Ballad for Americans' da 'Joshua Fit the Battle of Yariko.'
Paul Robeson ya sami lambobin yabo da girmamawa da yawa a duk lokacin aikinsa, gami da NAACP's Spingarn Medal da Stalin Peace Prize. An kuma shigar da shi cikin Kwalejin Kwallon Kwando na Fame da kuma Cibiyar Wasan Kwallon Kafa ta Kasa.
Abubuwan da Paul Robeson ya gada a matsayin mai fasaha da gwagwarmaya suna da yawa kuma suna da fa'ida. Gudummawar da ya bayar ga fannonin kide-kide, wasan kwaikwayo, da fim, da kuma aikinsa na gajiya ga adalci na zamantakewa da 'yancin ɗan adam, sun yi wahayi ga tsararrun masu fasaha da masu fafutuka. Ya kasance muhimmin mutum a tarihin gwagwarmayar kare hakkin dan adam da kuma tarihin al'adun Amurkawa sosai.