Simi Bedford
| ụdịekere | nwanyị  |
|---|---|
| mba o sị | Obodoézè Nà Ofú, Naijiria |
| aha ezinụlọ ya | Bedford |
| ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 1941 |
| Ebe ọmụmụ | Lagos |
| asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye aka | Bekee |
| ọrụ ọ na-arụ | ode akwukwo ifo, odee akwụkwọ, onye mgbasa ozi |
| ebe agụmakwụkwọ | Durham University |
| Ebe obibi | London |
| Ọrụ ama ama | Yoruba Girl Dancing |
| nnọchiaha nkeonwe | L484 |
Simi Bedford bụ onye na- ede akwụkwọ akụkọ Naijiria dabere na Britain. Akwụkwọ mpụta mbụ ya n'afọ 1991 Yoruba Girl Dancing (1991), akwụkwọ akụkọ gbasara ndụ nwata nwanyị Naijiria ezigara England ka ọ nweta agụmakwụkwọ ụlọ akwụkwọ nkeonwe, tụlere nke ọma na mbipụta ma bụrụ isiokwu nke mkpirisi BBC Radio 4 . [1] E bipụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ ya nke abụọ, Ọ bụghị na Silver, n'afọ 2007.
Akụkọ ndụ
dezieA mụrụ Bedford na Legoosi, Nigeria, [2] nye nne na nna si Sierra Leone bịa ebe ahụ. [3] Nna nna ya ochie si Naijiria wee napụta ha n’ụgbọ ohu. [4] Bedford nọrọ na nwata ya na Legoosị tupu ezigara ya akwụkwọ na Britain, [5] ebe ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ ụlọ akwụkwọ site na afọ isii. [6]
Ọ gụrụ Iwu na Mahadum Durham, ma mesịa rụọ ọrụ na mgbasa ozi, gụnyere dịka onye na-eweta redio na onye nyocha telivishọn. [6] N'ịbụ onye bi na London, ọ lụrụ ma zụlite ụmụ atọ. [5] Ugbu a, ọ gbara alụkwaghịm na di ya na-ese ihe, bụ Martin Bedford, ma ha ka na-enwe mmekọrịta enyi na enyi, ọbụna na-ekerịta ohere ọnụ n'otu ụlọ dị na Devon . [7]
Edemede ya
dezieAkwụkwọ akụkọ mpụta mbụ nke Bedford bụ nwa agbọghọ Yoruba na-agba egwu bụ ihe gbasara onwe ya, na-akọ ahụmịhe nke agụmakwụkwọ nwa agbọghọ Naijiria na Britain, [8] nke Francine Prose kọwara na nyocha Washington Post dị ka: “[b] edere nke ọma… ozugbo acerbic na mmegharị., na-egbu mgbu na-akwụwa aka ọtọ maka ọnụ ahịa ọpụpụ na mgbanwe." [9] Akara akụkụ ise nke Yoruba Girl Dancing (nke Margaret Busby, nke Adjoa Andoh gụrụ na David Hunter mepụtara) ka agbasasara n'akwụkwọ BBC Radio 4 's n'oge ụra na October 1991. [10] Ewepụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ a n'afọ 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa . [11] [12]
Akwụkwọ akụkọ nke abụọ Bedford, Ọ bụghị na Silver (2007), bụ akụkọ ifo akụkọ ihe mere eme, na-elekwasị anya na etiti narị afọ nke 18 West Africa, ịgba ohu na aghụghọ ụlọ ikpe. [13] N'ịdabere na akụkọ nna ochie nke onye edemede ya, Ọ bụghị na Silver pụrụ iche n'ime akwụkwọ gbasara ịgba ohu n'igosi ndụ ndị mmadụ n'Africa tupu ha agbao ohu. [4] Onye na-enyocha Spectator ’s kwubiri, sị: “Akwụkwọ a na-akwụwa aka ọtọ enweghị ihe ndetu ụgha ma ọ bụ nke mmetụta uche, ọ nweghị ihe mara mma. A na-akụziri onye agha ojii chere ihe ize ndụ a na-atụghị anya ya ihu ka ọ chetụ n'echiche nke kacha njọ, 'Lee agụ n'anya.' Simi Bedford na-eme nke ahụ. Ọrụ ịhụnanya nke nwere obi ike na nke na-adịghị ahụkebe." [14]
Akwụkwọ akụkọ
dezie- Nwanyị Yoruba na-agba egwu, London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1991, ; Mandarin, 1991. .
- Ọ bụghị na Silver, London: Chatto & Windus, 2007, ; Vintage (akwụkwọ akụkọ), 2008, .
Edensibia
dezieNjikọ mpụga
dezie- ↑ Hodapp, James, "The Proto-Afropolitan Bildungsroman: Yoruba Women, Resistance, and the Nation in Simi Bedford's Yoruba Girl Dancing", The Global South, Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 2016, pp. 130–149.
- ↑ Leese, Peter, Britain Since 1945: Aspects of Identity, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, p. 50.
- ↑ Simi Bedford interview on Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4, 25 July 2007. YouTube.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Bedford's 'Complete' Slave Picture", BBC News, 3 September 2007. Retrieved on 4 February 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cooper (2011). Stories Fly: A Collection of African Fiction Written in Europe and the USA. New Africa Books, 60. ISBN 9780864866080.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Simi Bedford", Black British Women Writers.
- ↑ Hodgkinson. "Divorced? You Can Be Friends With Your Ex. I Should Know.", The Telegraph, 20 July 2015. Retrieved on 3 February 2016.
- ↑ Griswold (2000). Bearing Witness: Readers, Writers, and the Novel in Nigeria. Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology, 26–27. ISBN 978-0691058290.
- ↑ Prose, Francine (27 September 1992), "England through young African eyes", Washington Post.
- ↑ "Listings", Radio Times, Issue 3539, 23 October 1991, p. 93.
- ↑ Busby, Margaret (9 March 2019), "From Ayòbámi Adébáyò to Zadie Smith: meet the New Daughters of Africa", The Guardian.
- ↑ New Daughters of Africa contributors, Myriad Editions.
- ↑ Dabydeen. "Not With Silver, by Simi Bedford", The Independent, 30 August 2007. Retrieved on 3 February 2016.
- ↑ Durrant, Digby, "Pity the oppressed; fear the oppressed", The Spectator, 7 November 2007.