Molara Wood

Molara Wood

mmádu

ụdịekere	nwanyị
mba o sị	Naijiria
aha enyere	Molara
aha ezinụlọ ya	Wood
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya	1967
Ebe ọmụmụ	Naijiria
ọrụ ọ na-arụ	onye ntaakụkọ, odee akwụkwọ
nnọchiaha nkeonwe	L484

Molara Wood (onye amuru n'afọ 1967) bu onye odee ihe okike Naijiria, odeakụkọ na onye nkatọ. A kọwawo ya dị ka "otu n'ime ndị ama ama na Arts na Naịjirịa". Akụkọ mkpirisi ya, akụkọ ifo ọkụ, uri na edemede ya apụtala n’ọtụtụ akwụkwọ. Ndị a gụnyere akwụkwọ ndị Africa taa, Chimurenga, Farafina Magazine, Sentinel Poetry, DrumVoices Revue, Sable LitMag, Eclectica Magazine, The New Gong Book of New Nigerian Short Stories (ed. Adewale Maja-Pearce, 2007), na Otu Ụwa: Agụmakwụkwọ zuru ụwa ọnụ nke Akụkọ dị mkpirikpi (ed. Chris Brazier; New Internationalist, 2009). O bi ugbu a na Lagos .

Mbido ndụ

Molara Wood, onye amụrụ na Naịjirịa ebiela ihe ọ kọwara dịka "ndụ nke na-emebi emebi", gụnyere afọ iri abụọ na Britain, ebe ọ gara akwụkwọ na mbụ ("Afọ atọ ma ọ bụ anọ karịsịa, bụ atụmatụ ya") . Ma ndụ na-eme. Ị naghị ahụ ka afọ na-atụgharị n'ime ibe ya, mgbe ahụ, i teeta otu ụbọchị, ọ bụrụ na ị nọọla na England afọ iri abụọ. N'ajụjụ ọnụ 2015 nke ya na Oyebade Dosunmu maka Aké Review, Wood kọwara: "Ọbụna ogologo oge tupu ụbọchị UK m, ebielam na Northern na South-Western Naịjirịa ya na Los Angeles - niile site na afọ iri na otu ma ọ bụ iri na abụọ. Enwere echiche nke na ị naghị enwe oge mgbe niile, enweghịkwa ọnọdụ - na afọ ndị a na Britain na-eme ka nke ahụ dịkwuo ukwuu. Mmetụta ahụ anaghị apụ na ịlaghachi Nigeria, ọ bụ naanị na-agbanwe agbanwe, dịka ndị mmadụ na-ekwu banyere m na-abịa dịka onye si 'pụọ', ọbụlagodi mgbe m na-agbalị ịbanye. Ya mere enwere m mmetụta nke ọma maka mwepu nke dislocation na ntinyeghachi. London bụụrụ m nnukwu tebụl ka m wee lelee ụlọ ihe nkiri a nke ahụmịhe mmadụ n'ihe gbasara ndị mbịara Naịjirịa."

N'afọ 2007 ka a toro akụkọ ifo ya nke ukwuu na asọmpi nkenke akụkọ nke Commonwealth Broadcasting Association ,. N'afọ 2008, ọ meriri asọmpi nkenke akụkọ nke John La Rose Memorial . Kemgbe ọ laghachiri na Nigeria, ọ bụ Arts na Culture Editor nke akwụkwọ akụkọ na- esote (nke kwụsịrị mbipụta na 2011), ma na-ede ugbu a otu kọlụm Arts maka The Guardian na Lagos, ebe ọ nọ ugbu a. N'oge ya na Ọzọ ọ bụ onye nchịkọta akụkọ Teju Cole 's Letters to a Young Writer series. Ọ bụkwa onye na-ede blọgụ.

Nchịkọta nkenke akụkọ ya, Indigo, bipụtara n'afọ 2013 site na Parrésia Publishers . A nabatara Indigo nke ọma, na Critical Literature Review kpọrọ ya "ihe ụtọ onye na-agụ". Dị ka Oyebade Dosunmu si ede: "Osisi na-akọ akụkọ banyere ndị mmadụ bi n'etiti oghere 'indigo': ókèala mbata na ọpụpụ, mba onye na-abụghị nke omenala multicultural na ókè nke mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya. Ụwa ndị a na-agbaba n'ime ibe ha na ndị bi na ha na-agbagharị, na-akparịta ụka n'ụzọ dị ukwuu nke ọnọdụ ụmụ mmadụ - amụghị nwa, ịchụso ịma mma, ara, ọnwụ - mgba, mgbe niile, ịkụ mgbọrọgwụ n'ájá na-agbanwe agbanwe." Ọtụtụ n'ime akụkọ ndị ahụ metụtara ndụ ụmụ nwanyị Africa na-akparịta ụka maka nsogbu dịka ịmụ nwa, ịlụ otu nwanyị na ịlụ nwanyị di ha nwụrụ. Wood kwuru na "ndị a bụ ihe odide nke nwanyị na nwanyị. Enwere m mmetụta ọmịiko dị ukwuu, mmetụta dị mma maka ihe ụmụ nwanyị na-agabiga. Echeghị m na a n'enye ndị a ọgwụgwọ zuru oke n'akwụkwọ ndị nwoke na-ede akwụkwọ, ya mere ọ dị anyị n'aka, bụ ndị inyom na-ede akwụkwọ, inye ihe ùgwù na olu na ahụmihe ụmụ nwanyị."

Wood bụ onye ọka ikpe maka afọ 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature . Ọ nọ na Board Advisory of Aké Arts and Book Festival wee sonye n'ọtụtụ ihe odide gụnyere akwụkwọ Lagos & Art Festival.

Akwụkwọ akụkọ

• Indigo (obere akụkọ), 2013.

Njikọ mpụga

• Molara Wood's Wordsbody blọọgụ na nka na omenala.
• Oyebade Dosunmu, "Peripatetic Lives: Interview with Molara Wood, Author of Indigo" (ajụjụ ọnụ), Aké Review, 30 November 2015.
• Miriam N. Kotzin, "Molara Wood, The Per Contra Interview", Per Contra: International Journal of Arts, Literature and Ideas .