Molara Wood (an haife ta a shekara ta 1967), marubuciya ce ƴar Najeriya, ƴar' jarida kuma mai-kushe, wanda aka bayyana ta da zama "ɗaya daga cikin fitattun muryoyi a fannin fasahar Adabi a Najeriya".[1] taƙaitattun labaranta, da jawabai, da labaran almara, da labarun adabi da kuma littattafai sun bayyana a rubuce-rubuce da dama a sassan duniya, waɗanda suka haɗa da Littattafan Afirka A Yau, Chimurenga, Farafina Magazine, Sentinel Poetry, DrumVoices Revue, Sable LitMag, Eclectica Magazine, New Gong Book of New Nigerian Short Stories (ed. Adewale Maja-Pearce, 2007), da Duniyar Aaya: Sabon Saƙon Tsarin Duniya na Storiesan Labarun (ed. Chris Brazier; New Internationalist, 2009).[2] A yanzu haka tana zaune a Legas.[3]

Molara Wood
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Najeriya, 1967 (56/57 shekaru)
ƙasa Najeriya
Sana'a
Sana'a ɗan jarida da marubuci

Bayan Fage gyara sashe

An haife ta a Najeriya, Molara Wood ta rayu da abin da ta bayyana a matsayin "rayuwa mai cikakken fahimta", wacce ta kunshi shekaru 20 a Biritaniya, inda ta fara karatu cikin ("Shekaru uku ko hudu). Amma rayuwa ta faru. Ba za ku ga shekarun suna mirgine juna ba, sannan ku farka a rana ɗaya, kuma kun kasance a cikin England shekaru 20 ").[4] A cikin hirar da ta yi da Oyebade Dosunmu na shekarar 2015 don Aké Review, Wood ta yi karin haske cewa: "Ko da ma kafin kwanakin Burtaniya na kasance a Arewa da Kudu Maso Yammacin Najeriya da kuma Los Angeles—tun daga shekaru goma sha daya ko sha biyu. Akwai wata ma'ana wacce kullun ku batare lokaci, ba kuma wuri ba—kuma shekarun da kuke yi a Biritaniya kawai ake hada su. Halin baya tafiya baya komawa Najeriya, kawai tana rikidewa, yayin da mutane ke ambata game da ni nazo wucewa a matsayin wani 'daga', koda ina kokarin hadewa. Don haka ni kam hankalina ya kan karkata batun sakewa da sake hadewa, kuma London ta kasance wani babban matsayi a gare ni in lura da wannan wasan kwaikwayon na kwarewar dan Adam dangane da bakin haure 'yan Najeriya."[1]

A shekarar 2007, an yaba da tarihinta a cikin Commonwealth Broadcasting Shortasashen Commonwealth Short Short Competition, kuma a shekara ta 2008 ta sami nasarar ƙaddamar da gasar Tarihi Kananan Labaran Wasanni na John La Rose.[5]

Tun bayan dawowarta Najeriya, ta kasance Edita da Al'adu na Jaridar Next (wacce ta daina bugawa a shekarar 2011), kuma a halin yanzu tana rubuta wani shafin fasaha ga The Guardian a Legas, inda yanzu haka take.[6] Ita ce kuma mai rubutun ra'ayin yanar gizo.[3]

Tarin takaitattun labarai, Indigo, an buga ne a shekarar 2013 ta Parrésia Publishers.[7] An karɓi Indigo da kyau, tare da Ra'ayin Rubuce-rubucen Critical suna kira shi "yardar mai karatu".[8] Kamar yadda Oyebade Dosunmu ya rubuta: "Itace yana ba da labarin mutane waɗanda ke zaune a cikin 'bigirorin' indigo': iyakar bakin haure, ƙetaren ƙasashe na jama'a da yawa, da iyakokin motsi. Wadannan duniyoyin suna canzawa zuwa juna, mazaunan su kuma za su yi cudanya da juna, suna tattaunawa kan iyakar yanayin yanayin dan adam - bakarare, da (fated) tsere, hauka, mutuwa—gwagwarmaya, a duk tsawon lokacin, don dasa tushen a yashi mai canzawa."[1] Yawancin labarun suna magana ne game da rayuwar matan Afirka na sasantawa kan matsalolin da suka shafi bakararre, al'adar aure da bazawara, Wood kuma ta ce "waɗannan sune rubuce-rubucen mace, mace. Ina da tausayawa, jin daɗin abin da mata suke bi. Ba na jin an ba wa waɗannan magani yadda ya dace a rubuce-rubucen marubutan maza, don haka ya rage namu, marubutan mata, ne za mu sami damar muryoyinsu da kuma kwarewar mata."

Wood ta kasance alkaliya a gasar lambar yabo ta Etisalat na adabin wallafe-wallafe (Etisalat Prize foe Literature) na 2015,[9] tana Kuma kan kwamitin mashawarta masu ba da shawara kan Aké Arts and Book Festival kuma ta kasance mai halarta a cikin al'amuran rubuce-rubuce da dama da suka hada da Littafin Littattafai & Art Arts.[10]

Littafai gyara sashe

  • Indigo (gajerun labaru), 2013.

Manazarta gyara sashe

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Oyebade Dosunmu, "Peripatetic Lives: An Interview with Molara Wood, Author of Indigo" Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine (interview), Aké Review, 30 November 2015.
  2. "Reviews Editor" Archived 2019-07-09 at the Wayback Machine, Editorial Board, Sentinel Poetry Quarterly.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Wordsbody blog.
  4. Miriam N. Kotzin, "Molara Wood, The Per Contra Interview", Per Contra: The International Journal of the Arts, Literature and Ideas.
  5. "The John La Rose Memorial Short Story Competition", Wordsbody, 17 March 2008.
  6. Molara Wood profile at The Guardian (Nigeria).
  7. Anote Ajeluorou, "Molara Wood kicks off CORA Book Trek 2016 with reading from Indigo, Route 234", The Guardian (Nigeria), 17 July 2016.
  8. Joseph Omotayo, "Indigo by Molara Wood" (review), 31 December 2013.
  9. Judges Archived 2019-07-09 at the Wayback Machine, Etisalat Prize for Literature.
  10. "Molara Wood Reads from 'Indigo', Other Works, At Quintessence" Archived 2016-11-27 at the Wayback Machine, CORA 2016 Events, 5 July 2016.

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