Nii Parkes
Nii Ayikwei Parkes (/ˌniːˈi ˈaɪˈɪkweɪ ˈpɑːrks/; [1] amụrụ na 1 Eprel n'afọ 1974), [2] amụrụ na United Kingdom na nne na nna si Ghana, ebe a zụlitere ya, bụ onye n'edepụta uri, onye edemede, onye n'ebipụta akwụkwọ na onye n'akọwa ọdịbendị. Ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị edemede 39 na-erubeghị afọ 40 sitere na mpaghara Saharan' Africa bụ ndị a kpọrọ aha n'ọnwa Eprel n'afọ 2014 ndị dị ka akụkụ nke ọrụ Africa39 nke Hay Festival.[3] Ọ na-ede maka ụmụaka n'okpuru aha K.P. Kojo . [4]
Akụkọ ndụ
dezieA mụrụ ya na UK mgbe nne na nna ya na-agụ akwụkwọ n'ebe ahụ, a zụlitere Nii Parkes site n' afọ atọ ma ọ bụ anọ na Ghana, [5] ebe ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na Achimota School. Ọrụ nchịkọta akụkọ mbụ ya bụ na 1988 na-arụ ọrụ na magazin ụlọ akwụkwọ ya, The Akimotan, ọ gakwara n'ihu n'akwado, mgbe ọ dị afọ 17, filha! magazin, nwa akwụkwọ akụkọ mba Ghana mbụ n'agba akwụkwọ akụkọ mba. Parkes mechara gụọ akwụkwọ na England na Mahadum Manchester Metropolitan . Mgbe ọ nọ n'ebe ahụ, ọ pụtara dị ka onye n'ede uri ma bụrụkwa onye otu Black Writer's Group of Commonword . [2] Ọ bụ onye n'ede uri ụmụaka na Brighton Festival na 2007. [6]
- ↑ "Interview with Nii Ayikwei Parkes". Video by Pen International, 28 April 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Open Directory Project.
- ↑ List of artists Africa39, Hay Festival of Literature & the Arts.
- ↑ K.P. Kojo profile on Penguin website, Penguin, UK publisher.
- ↑ Laura Angela Bagnetto, "African novelists aren't travel guides", RFI, 20 January 2016.
- ↑ Nii Ayikwei Parkes Biography, Time to Read.