Tope Folarin
| ụdịekere | nwoke  |
|---|---|
| mba o sị | Njikota Obodo Amerika |
| aha enyere | Tope, Temitope |
| ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 1982 |
| Ebe ọmụmụ | Ogden |
| asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye aka | Bekee |
| ọrụ ọ na-arụ | odee akwụkwọ |
| ebe agụmakwụkwọ | Harris Manchester College, Morehouse College, University of Oxford |
| Ọrụ ama ama | A Particular Kind of Black Man |
| Ihe nrite | Caine Prize, Rhodes Scholarship |
| webụsaịtị | http://topefolarin.com |
Tope Folarin (amụrụ ya n'afọ 1981) bụ onye edemede Naijiria na Amerịka na onye isi oche nke Institute for Policy Studies . O ritere ihe nrite Caine nke afọ 2013 maka edemede Afrịka maka obere akụkọ ya "Miracle".[1] N'ọnwa Eprel afọ 2014, a kpọrọ ya aha na ọrụ Hay Festival's Africa39 dị ka otu n'ime ndị edemede 39 Sub-Saharan Africa dị afọ iri anọ nwere ikike na talent iji kọwaa ọnọdụ mpaghara ahụ.[2] E depụtara akụkọ ya "Genesis" maka nke afọ 2016 Caine Prize.[3]
Mmalite ndụ ya
dezieA mụrụ ya dị ka Oluwabusayo Temitope Folarin na Ogden, Utah, nye ndị mbịarambịa Naijiria, ma nwee ụmụnne anọ tọrọ ya - ụmụnne nwoke atọ na nwanne nwanyị, ha niile amụrụ na United States.[4][5] O tolitere na Grand Prairie, Texas, ebe ya na ezinụlọ ya kwagara mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na anọ.[6]
N'ikwu okwu banyere nkuzi ya n'ajụjụ ọnụ n'afọ 2016, Folarin kwuru na a zụlitere ya na ụmụnne ya na "nkwanye ùgwù miri emi" maka Naịjirịa na Afrịka. Ụmụaka ahụ chọsiri ike ileta Naịjirịa, mana nsogbu ego gbochiri ezinụlọ ahụ ime nke ahụ. "Echere m na edemede m na-egosipụta akụkụ abụọ a nke ndụ m - mmetụta nke ịdị nso na Naịjirịa, yana ebe dị anya," ka o kwuru.[7]
Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ sekọndrị, ọ debara aha na Morehouse College. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ otu afọ na ọkara dị ka nwa akwụkwọ mgbanwe, nke mbụ na Bates College na Maine, mgbe ahụ na Mahadum nke Cape Town na South Africa, tupu ọ laghachi US ma gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Morehouse n'afọ 2004, na B.A. A kpọrọ ya onye agụmakwụkwọ Rhodes nke afọ 2004, na n'oge ọkọchị nke 2004 bụ Galbraith Scholar na Mahadum Harvard Ụlọ akwụkwọ ndị ọchịchị nke Kennedy .[6][8] Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ọ gara England ịmụ na Mahadum Oxford, ebe ọ bụ onye otu Harris Manchester College, gụsịrị akwụkwọ n'afọ 2006 na M.Sc. na mmụta nke Afrịka na M.Sc. na Comparative Social Policy .[5]
Ọrụ Ya
dezieN'afọ 2013, Folarin ghọrọ onye edemede mbụ bi na mpụga Afrịka iji merie Caine Prize, nke o meriri maka obere akụkọ ya "Miracle". Akụkọ a mere na Texas na ụka na-ezisa ozi ọma na Naijiria.[9] Ihe nrite nke ihe nrite - nke a na-emeghe maka onye ọ bụla a mụrụ na Afrịka, bụ onye mba Afrịka, ma ọ bụ onye nne na nna ya bụ ndị Afrịka - mere ka ụfọdụ mkparịta ụka banyere ma njikọ onye edemede ahụ na Afrịka siri ike.[10][11][12]
"Abụ m onye edemede nke nọ na disapora Naijiria, na Caine Prize pụtara ọtụtụ ihe - ọ dị m ka enwere njikọ na ọdịnala dị ogologo nke ndị edemede Africa. Ihe nrite Caine na-agbasa nkọwa ya na oke ya. Ana m ewere onwe m dị ka onye Naijiria na onye Amerịka, njirimara abụọ ahụ bụ ihe dị mkpa maka onye m bụ. Iji merie ... ọ dị ka akara nke nkwenye. "[9]
N'ọnwa Eprel afọ 2014, a kpọrọ ya aha na ndepụta mmemme Hay Africa39 nke ndị edemede nọ n'okpuru afọ iri anọ nwere ikike na talent iji kọwaa ọnọdụ na akwụkwọ Afrịka.[13]
Ọ rụrụ ọrụ na bọọdụ ndị isi nke Hurston / Wright Foundation na United States.[9]
Akwụkwọ mbụ ya, A Particular Kind of Black Man, bụ nke Simon & Schuster bipụtara n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ afọ 2019. N'ime ya, Folarin na-ede banyere ezinụlọ Naijiria, nke ọhụrụ na America, ka ha na-agbalị ịnabata.[14] N'afọ 2021, Folarin meriri Ihe nrite maka akụkọ ifo nke Whiting .[15]
N'afọ 2021, a kpọrọ ya dịka onye isi oche nke Institute for Policy Studies, ụlọ ọrụ na-eche echiche na-aga n'ihu nke dị na Washington, DC ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye isi oche.[16]
Ndụ onwe
dezieFolarin bi na Washington, DC.[17]
Mbipụta ya
dezie- A Particular Kind of Black Man, Simon & Schuster, 2019
Akụkọ dị mkpirikpi
dezie- "Miracle," Transition, No. 109, Persona (2012), pp. 73–83[18]
- "The Summer of Ice Cream", Virginia Quarterly Review, Fall 2014, Vol. 90, No. 4, pp. 54+[19]
- "New Mom, from a novel in progress," Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara, Bloomsbury Publishing, October 2014.
- "Genesis," na "Callaloo," Vol 37, No. 5, Fall 2014.<https://muse.jhu.edu/article/565044</ref>
Edensibia
dezie- ↑ "Previous winners: 2013 Tope Folarin", The Caine Prize.
- ↑ Africa39 list of artists, Hay Festival.
- ↑ Alison Flood, "Nigerian author Tope Folarin in running for second Caine prize", The Guardian, 11 May 2016.
- ↑ Tope Folarin — internationales literaturfestival berlin. www.literaturfestival.com. Retrieved on 2022-03-14.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Tope Folarin", How Rhodes Scholars Think, 2007.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Krissah Thompson, "Tope Folarin finds his place in the literary world", Washington Post, 24 July 2013.
- ↑ Akati Khasiani, "#CainePrize2016 | Interview with Tope Folarin", Brittlepaper.com, 29 June 2016.
- ↑ "Black Students Awarded Rhodes Scholarship", Jet, 5 January 2004.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Liz Bury, "Caine prize won by Tope Folarin's 'utterly compelling' short story", The Guardian, 9 July 2013.
- ↑ Aaron Bady, "Miracles and Wonder, Faith and Diaspora: On Tope Folarin’s 'Miracle'", New Inquiry, 27 May 2013.
- ↑ Carolyn Kellogg, "Nigerian American Tope Folarin takes Caine Prize for African lit", Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2013.
- ↑ Simon Allison, "The Caine Prize controversy: How African do you have to be?", Daily Maverick, 11 July 2013.
- ↑ "Spotlight on Tope Folarin: 'I don't want to continue being an artist for long'", Africa39 Blog.
- ↑ Book Marks reviews of A Particular Kind of Black Man by Tope Folarin (en-US). Book Marks. Retrieved on 2019-08-09.
- ↑ Tope Folarin. Whiting Award (2021). Retrieved on 2021-04-15.
- ↑ Big news at IPS: Meet our next director, Tope Folarin (en-US). Institute for Policy Studies (2021-05-13). Retrieved on 2021-06-21.
- ↑ Charlotte Lytton, "Nigerian Tope Folarin wins Caine Prize for tale of deceit in Texas church", CNN, 9 July 2013.
- ↑ "Transition 109". Transition Magazine at the Hutchins Center.
- ↑ Tope Folarin, ""The Summer of Ice Cream", VQR, Fall 2014.