Frank Odoi (onye na-ese ihe nkiri)

Onye omenkà Kenya

 

A mụrụ Frank Odoi, otu n'ime Ndị na-ese ihe nkiri kachasị mma n'Africa, n'obodo Tarkwa nke dị n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ Ghana n'afọ 1948. [Ihe odide ala peeji 1][1]Ọ bụ naanị nwa nwoke n'ime ụmụnne nwanyị asaa. Nna ya nwụrụ mgbe ọ dị obere ma nne ya zụlitere ya. Ọ lụrụ Monicah Asami, onye mechara gbanwee aha ya ka ọ bụrụ Caroline Odoi. Ha nwere ụmụ nwanyị atọ Maureen Atulo, Francesca Ajua Odoi na Francine Ashardey Odoi.[2]

Ndụ na ọrụ

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Mgbe Frank gụsịrị akwụkwọ elementrị, ọ gbalịrị ịbanye n'òtù ndị agha ma a jụrụ ya n'ihi na ọ ka dị obere. Ya mere, ọ debanyere aha na Ghanatta School of Fine Arts and Design ma mesịa chọta ọrụ na Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Ọgwụ na Ghana ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-enyere aka na nkà mmụta ọgwụ.[3]

N'ọgwụgwụ 1970s, Odoi kwagara Kenya ebe o sonyeere ndị doyen nke ndị na-ese ihe nkiri Kenya, Terry Hirst, wee bụrụ onye nyere aka na magazin ọchị ọchị nke Hirst bụ Joe. Dị ka Hirst na-echeta, "Frank ahụla akwụkwọ akụkọ Joe na Ghana. wee bịarutere Nairobi ka ọ sonyere anyị [Ya mere] anyị debere ya nwa oge, o wee jiri ịnụ ọkụ n'obi rụọ ọrụ maka Joe." Odoi mechara keta ọkwa Terry na akwụkwọ akụkọ Daily Nation dị ka onye na-ese ihe nkiri mana ọ gara n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ na mbipụta ndị ọzọ yana mmekorita ya na ndị na-ese foto Kenya ndị ọzọ dịka Paul Kelemba, Gado, na Kham.[4][2]

N'etiti akwụkwọ ha jikọrọ aka bụ Sukumawiki (ebe Frank bịanyere aka n'ọrụ ya dị ka "Frank Odoi, Sinker of Noah's Ark!"), Men Only, Pichadithi na African Illustrated. Frank rụkwara ọrụ na akwụkwọ agụmakwụkwọ na ihe ọchị [5] ma nọrọ afọ atọ dị ka onye na-ese ihe na International Centre For Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), ọrụ ọ kọwara dị ka ihe ịma aka: "Ị nwere ike iche n'echiche onye na-eme ihe nkiri na-arụ ọrụ n'etiti ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị niile !!! Nke ahụ bụ ihe ịma aka, mana emere m ya afọ atọ! "[6][3]

Ọrụ Frank apụtawokwa na akwụkwọ mba ụwa dị iche iche dị ka Ugandan Monitor, New Vision of Uganda, Daily Graphic of Ghana, Noticias (Mozambique), Dejembe Dapanda (Denmark), Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) na magazin BBC's Focus on Africa . [2][7] O mekwara ihe ngosi na East Africa, West Africa na Europe.[1][2]

Satirical cartoon of Muammar Gaddafi
Ihe osise Frank Odoi

Ma eleghị anya, ọrụ Frank kacha mara amara bụ usoro Akokhan. Usoro ihe nkiri a na-atọ ọchị bụ banyere asọmpi ogologo narị afọ dị n'etiti Akokhan na ajọ onye nemesis ya, Tonkazan. Onye na-akwado akwụkwọ ọchị ọchị nke Western mgbe ọ bụ nwata, Frank chọrọ onye dike nke ike ya sitere na isi mmalite "enweghị nkọwa" n'adịghị ka ndị dike Western bụ ndị "nwetara ike ha site na sayensị ... ma si otú a na-akọwa ngwa ngwa." Ya mere o kere Akokhan, onye dike Afrịka gbadoro ụkwụ na akụkọ ifo Afrịka nke enweghị ike ịkọwa isi mmalite ike ya. "Kpọọ ya anwansi, ma mgbe ị na-eku ume ndụ n'echiche efu, ọ na-akwụsị ịbụ anwansi ... na-ebute echiche efu na mgbọrọgwụ Africa-okpukpe nyere m Akokhan." E bipụtara nchịkọta akwụkwọ mbụ nke Akokhan na Finnish na Finland na 2007 na nsụgharị Bekee bụ nke Kenway Publications malitere na Nairobi.na . [8]

Otu n'ime orụ Frank ọzọ ama ama bụ usoro Golgoti nke pụtara n'akwụkwọ akụkọ dị na Ghana na East Africa. Usoro isiokwu a bụ maka onye na-eme nchọpụta ọcha nke na-abịa n'Africa, ma na nke ugbu a, a na-akọ akụkọ ahụ site n'echiche onye ojii. E bipụtala ụdị akwụkwọ nke usoro ihe nkiri Golgoti na Finland na England.[9]

Frank Odoi bụ onye otu World Comics Finland na onye isi oche nke East African association of Cartoonists (Katuni). [2] Ọ natara ihe nrite nke onye na-ese ihe nkiri nke afọ na Kenya na 1985, 1986, na 2004 na ihe nrite onye na-eme ihe nkiri nkeafọ na Ghana na 2005. [9] Ọ bụ onye nduzi nke Four Dimension Innovative, [1] ụlọ ọrụ mgbasa ozi nke dị na Nairobi, ebe o nyere aka mepụta ma malite XYZ Show, ihe ngosi nwa bebi siri ike yiri ihe ngosi British 1980 Spitting Image na France's Les Guignols. [10]

Frank nwụrụ na 21 Eprel 2012 mgbe matatu (ụgbọ ala obere ụgbọ njem ọha na-aga n'okporo ụzọ Kenya) ọ nọ na-agbapụ n'okporo ụzọ wee daba n'ime olulu, gbuo onye na-ese foto na onye njem ọzọ. [7] [11][12]

Ihe edeturu

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Edensibia

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  1. "The Flipside: Tribute to an Icon", The Daily Nation, 5 May 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Kelemba, Paul. Africa's Hergé Takes A Bow. The Star, 29 April 2012. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved on 9 May 2012.Kelemba, Paul. . The Star, 29 April 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Wa Wanjiru, Kimani. "Akokhan – more than a comic: A Chat with Frank Odoi". Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  4. Frank Odoi: "where grass has grown, grass will grow". Retrieved on 9 May 2012.
  5. Odoi, Frank. Boyi Learns a Lesson. East African Educational Publishers, 2008.
  6. ________ . Bomba the Cub East African Educational Publishers, 2008.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Frank Odoi: Kenya mourns Ghanaian cartoonist", BBC, 24 April 2012, 24 April 2012. Retrieved on 26 May 2012."Frank Odoi: Kenya mourns Ghanaian cartoonist". BBC, 24 April 2012. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  8. Odoi, Frank. Akokhan: More Than A Comic Story. Kenway Publications, 2007.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Kenya Mourns the Death of Frank Odoi the Veteran Ghanaian Cartoonist. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved on 9 May 2012.
  10. Ross, Will. "Using puppets to battle Kenya corruption", BBC, 7 July 2009, 7 July 2009. Retrieved on 26 May 2012.
  11. "Cartoonist killed as bus veers off road", The Daily Nation, 24 April 2012.
  12. Smith, David. "Cartoonist Frank Odoi killed in Kenya road accident", The Guardian, 24 April 2012, 25 April 2012. Retrieved on 26 May 2012.