Bassey Ikpi

Onye na-ede uri na-asụ Naijiria
Bassey Ikpi
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ụdịekerenwanyị Dezie
mba o sịNaijiria, Njikota Obodo Amerika Dezie
Ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya3 Ọgọọst 1976 Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụIkom Dezie
Ọrụ ọ na-arụodee uri, Odee akwụkwọ Dezie
ebe agụmakwụkwọUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County, Eleanor Roosevelt High School Dezie
Ebe obibiNjikota Obodo Amerika Dezie
nnọchiaha nkeonweL484 Dezie

Bassey Ikpi bụ onye Naijiria amụrụ na America na-ese okwu, onye ode akwụkwọ, na onye na-akwado ahụike uche. [1] Ọ pụtago na HBO 's Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry ugboro ise [2] abụ uri ya emepeela ihe ngosi maka ndị nka na-emeri Grammy Award . Ọ bụkwa onye akwụkwọ akụkọ ya nke M na-ekwu Eziokwu Mana m na-asị Asị ụgha . [3] kacha ere na New York Times N'afọ puku abụọ na ịrị abụọ, o kpere Indiana Review Creative Nonfiction Prize. [4] O gosikwara na mkpọsa nkwanye ugwu ụmụ nwanyị Otu narị nke OkayAfrica puku abụọ na ịrị abụọ, [5] nke mere mmemme ụmụ nwanyị na-arụ akụrụngwa maka ọgbọ ndị Africa n'ọdịnihu. [6]

Mmalite ndụ na ọrụ dezie

A mụrụ Ikpi n'Ikom, Cross River State, Nigeria, n'abalị atọ, n'ọnwa Ọgọst na puku otu afọ narị iteghete na iri asaa na isii, n'ime n'ezinaụlọ Naijiria bụ ndị sibu na Ugep . [7] Mgbe ọ dị afọ anọ, ya na ndị mụrụ ya kwagara Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States ebe o biri ruo mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na atọ. Mgbe ahụ ọ kwagara Greenbelt, Maryland, nke dị na Washington DC .

Ọ gara mahadum nke Maryland, Baltimore County ka ọ mụọ asụsụ bekee . Mgbe ọ nọ na kọleji, ọ malitere ịme abụ uri ya na sekut igwe mepere emepe na Baltimore na Washington DC . [8] Ọ hapụrụ ihe ọ na-agụ n'afọ ikpeazụ ya ịkwaga New York City .

 
Bassey Ikpi na Nairobi (October 2015)

Ọrụ Ikpi malitere na ihe ngosi ihe nkiri America Teen Summit, nke e gosịrị na igwe onyonyo Black Entertainment . [9] Ọ kwagara, mgbe ọ gbara ihe dị ka afọ iri abụọ na otu, gaa New York City maka ohere ndị ọzọ. Ọ bụ n'ebe ahụ ka ọ chọpụtara "The Louder Arts Movement", Nuyorican Poets Café, na mgbe e mesịrị Def Poetry Jam . [7] Ọ bụkwa n'ebe ahụ ka ọ mụtara ka e si eji ihe odide ya kpọrọ ihe. [10] Ọ ghọrọ onye na-ese okwu ọnụ na-aga nke ọma n'obodo ahụ ma gosipụta onwe ya na ngosi Def Poetry Jam TV ruo oge 5, soro ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na-eme njem otu afọ malite na Edinburgh Fringe Festival, nakwa otu afọ ọzọ, na-eme njem nleta mba na ndị njem nleta. Ihe nkedo Broadway izizi. Ya na ndi Def Poetry Jam na-eme njem bido n'afọ puku abụọ na otu ruo n'afọ puku abụọ na anọ. [10]

Nchọpụta bipolar dezie

Na ọnwa mbụ n'afọ puku abụọ na anọ, na Chicago, n'otu n'ime njem nlegharị anya ya na mba ahụ maka Def Poetry Jam, o nwere nkoropụ site na ịda mbà n'obi, nchekasị na nchekasị na-akpata ehighị ụra nke ọma. [7] [11] Ụbọchị ole na ole ka e mesịrị, na New York City, a chọpụtara na ọ nwere Bipolar II Disorder, o dere banyere ya n'ihu ọha na otu echiche na Huffington Post na ọnwa mbụ n'afọ puku abụọ na ịrị na otu. [12] ihe ọ kwuru na ọ dị ebe ahụ kemgbe ọ bụ nwata. [13] O kwugokwa banyere ya n'ihu ọha n'ọtụtụ ebe ọha na eze, dịka ụzọ isi nyere ndị ọzọ aka imeri ihere na ịghọta mgba. Odegokwa ọtụtụ mpempe ndị nweere onwe ha "maka ọtụtụ ụlọ ọrụ mgbasa ozi gbasara isiokwu ahụike uche na nkọwa omenala pop ndi gụnyere Ebony, Huffington Post, Essence, xoJane na The Root ." [14]

NLaghachi na Naijiria dezie

Ọ laghachiri Nigeria na mbụ mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na abụọ, ma mesịa lọta mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na asatọ. N'afọ puku abụọ na ịrị na abụọ, mgbe ọ dị afọ iri atọ na isii, ọ laghachiri Lagos, Nigeria ịrụ ọrụ n'okwu ọnụ, ide ihe, na mgbasa ozi nke Televishọn. [15]

Mgbe ọ nọ na Lagos, ọ haziri ihe ọ kpọrọ "Basseyworld Presents Naija Poetry Slam", asọmpi National Poetry Slam, nke mbụ na obodo ahụ, na ọwa iteghete, na afọ puku abụọ na ịrị na abụọ. [15] A kọwara ihe ngosi a dịka "ụzọ iji nye ụtọ ụzọ ọhụrụ Bassey si weta nkà nke okwu ọnụ na mgbede nke abụ uri na mkparịta ụka na-akpali akpali." [16] [17]

N'afọ puku abụọ na ịrị na anọ, ọnwa ole a tọọrọchara ọtụtụ narị ụmụakwụkwọ na Chibok dị na Naịjirịa, Ikpị haziri 'Do The Write Thing' bụ mmemme iji gosi nkwado site n'okwu ọnụ maka mgbasa Bring Back Our Girls . [18] O sokwara onye ọ gụ egwu Naijiria ama ama 2Face Idibia dekọkwaa egwu na-akwado otu a kpọrọ 'Break The Silence'.

Ọrụ Siwe na Ụbochi Ọ dịghị ihere dezie

Ikpi tọrọ ntọala The Siwe Project, e nyere aha Siwe Monsanto, nwa nwanyị enyi ya nwanyi dị afọ iri na ise, onye gburu onwe ya na afọ puku abụọ na ịrị na otu, mgbe oke ịda mbà n'obi gasịrị [19] [20] dị ka ụzọ isi gbaa ndị nwere ọrịa uche ume ka ha bụrụ nwee mmụọ ịchọ enyemaka na ịchịkwa ọrịa ha na ka ha ghara ịtụ egwu ma ọ bụ ihere ikwu banyere ya." [21] E debanyere aha Siwe Project dị ka "ọrụ zuru ụwa ọnụ anaghị akwụ ụgwọ maka ịkwalite mmata ahụike uche n'ogbe mba ụwa niile." [21] [22]

E mere oru a na ọwa ịrị abụọ na afọ puku abụọ na ịrị na na abụọ. [20]

Na abalị abụọ nke ọnwa Julaị, na afọ puku abụọ na ịrị na atọ, e mere “Ụbọchị Ihere Ọ dịghị” nke mbụ na mgbasa ozi ọha, ebe a na-agba ndị mmadụ na-alụ ọgụ na ịda mbà n'obi ma ọ bụ ọrịa uche ka ha bipụta akụkọ ha n'emeghị ihere nye ụwa. [23] "Ohere maka ndị mmadụ gbara gburugburu n'ụwa iji gbakọta na nlekọta ahụike uche ... [na] mkparịta ụka n'ezoghị ọnụ banyere mkparị ọrịa uche, nyocha, na nhọrọ ọgwụgwọ. Ebumnuche nke ụbọchị enweghị ihere bụ ịgba ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ ume ka ha chọọ ọgwụgwọ n'enweghị ihere. [22]

Ana m ekwu Eziokwu mana ana m atụ Asị dezie

Na abalị anọ nke ọnwa Mee, afọ puku abụọ na ịrị na asaa, a mara ọkwa na akwụkwọ mbụ ya, ihe ncheta aha ya bụ Making Friends With Giants nke Harper Perennial ga-ebipụta na puku abụọ na ịrị na asatọ

Akwụkwọ a e mesịrị bagharia A na m ekwu Eziokwu ma a na m atụ Asị, e bipụtara ya na ọnwa Ọgọst afọ puku abụọ na iri na itenani, mesịrị ọsọsọ bụrụ New York Times bestseller. Essence kọwara ya dịka njịkọta ederede di egwu. Kola Tubosun kpọrọ ya "ọ dịka ihe nduzi ụzọ maka ndi nwéré mmasị ị mụta maka etu ọrịa ụbụrụ si emetụta ndị mmadụ.

Akwụkwọ ahụ, e mechara degharịa aha ya ka Ana m ekwu Eziokwu, mana m na-asi asi, ebipụtara n'onwa asatọ na afọ puku abụọ na ịrị na iteghete, wee bụrụ onye kacha ere <i id="mwmQ">New York Times</i> ngwa ngwa. Essence kọwara ya dị ka "nchịkọta edemede mara mma". [24] Kola Tubosun na-akpọ ya "ụdị ihe izi ụzọ maka ndị nwere mmasị ịmụta otú ọrịa uche si emetụta ndị mmadụ." [25]

A kọwara akwụkwọ a dị ka "ọrụ dị omimi nke onwe nke na-akọ akụkọ ndụ onye Naijiria-American na-ebi ndụ na ọrịa bipolar II na nchekasị, na nwanyị nwere agba na ịlụso ọgụ nyere ihere gbara ya gburugburu." [26] Edemede ndị a na-ekpuchi ihe isi ike ya dị ka nwatakịrị na-esi na Nigeria na-aga America, na-alụ ọgụ na esemokwu ezinụlọ, ịda mbà n'obi na ụlọ ọgwụ, na-eduga na nyocha ya na ọgwụgwọ maka ọrịa bipolar II. [24]

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Ntụaka dezie

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