Ola Opesan

Ola Opesan (an haife shi a shekara ta Alif dari tara da sittin da shida 1966) marubuci ne na Najeriya da kuma Birtaniya, ɗan jarida kuma masanin ilimi. Ya wallafa littafinsa na farko, Wani Lonely Londoner (1991), a karkashin sunan Gbenga Agbenugba .

Ola Opesan
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	1966 (57/58 shekaru)
ƙasa	'Yan Najeriya na Burtaniya
Karatu
Makaranta	Jami'ar Obafemi Awolowo
Sana'a
Sana'a	Marubuci da marubuci

Rayuwa

An haifi Ola Opesan a Landan ga iyaye 'yan Najeriya a shekarar Alif dari tara da sittin da shida wato 1966. Ya koma tare da iyalinsa zuwa kasar Najeriya lokacin da yake dan shekara goma, yana zuwa makaranta a can, kuma yana halartar Jami'ar Ife. Ya koma London don nazarin Rubutun rubutun, ya kammala karatun talabijin da bidiyo, kuma ya rubuta rubutun fina-finada yawa.

Yayinda yake Landan Opesan ya karanta littafin Sam Selvon mai suna The Lonely Londoners, sannan a matsayin maida martani, ya rubuta nasa littafin, mai suna "Another Lonely Londoner" wato Wani Lonely Londoner . An rubuta littafin shi a cikin lafazi na cakudan Turanci da turancin Najeriya wato pidgin, littafin yana magana ne game da kwarewar matasa 'yan Najeriya a London. Bayan ware shi da akayi a matsayin baƙo dan gudun hijira ta hanyar haɗuwa da wariyar launin fata na Burtaniya, Tauraron labarin littafin wato Akin ya yanke shawarar komawa Najeriya:

He had spent the greater part of his life in London, and he had come to realise that though the colour of him passport blue, the colour of him skin tell him, he had no choice about where was home.

A cikin shekarar alif dari tara da casa'in da shida zuwa alif dari tara da casa'in da bakwai1996-7 Opesan ya kasance mai gyaran rubutu na mujallar rayuwar Najeriya wato Nigerian lifestyle magazine Ovation . A shekara ta 1997 ya buga littafinsa na biyu, Many Rivers to Cross, a ƙarƙashin sunansa. A cikin 1999 ya zama editan wata mujallar salon rayuwa, Omega . Ya kuma ba da gudummawa ga wani rubutu game da kasuwancin Afirka a Burtaniya zuwa littafin Penguin na 2000 IC3.

Opesan ta sami cancanta ta digiri na farko wato BA a ilimin Nazarin Kasuwanci daga Jami'ar Gabashin London da cancanta ta digiri na biyu wato masters MA a Sadarwar Jama'a daga Jami'ar Leicester kafin horo a matsayin malamin lissafi na makarantar sakandare. Ya zama shugaban bangaren lissafi kuma daga baya mataimakin shugaban malamai a Makarantar George Mitchell da ke Leyton. A shekara ta dubu biyu da bakwai 2007 ya koma Legas inda ya zama wanda ya kafa Makarantar Meadow Hall, Lekki, Legas. A can ya kuma rubuta wani littafi na gabatarwa game da Tarihin Najeriya, Najeriya a cikin 101 Headlines .

Ayyuka

Kamar yadda Gbenga Agbenugba

• Wani mai zaman kansa na London. London: Littattafan Ronu, 1991.

Kamar yadda Ola Opesan

• Koguna da yawa da za a haye. [Hasiya]  
• 'Yaduwar kasuwancin Afirka a Burtaniya: za su zama 'yan Afirka na kasuwancin Burtaniya', a cikin Courttia Newland & Kadija Sesay, eds., IC3: Littafin Penguin na Sabon Rubuce-rubucen Black a Burtaniya, London: Penguin, 2000, shafi na 197-206. 
• Lyricism: tafiya zuwa tsakiyar tunani. London: Littattafan Ronu, 2013.
• Najeriya a cikin manyan labarai 101: baya, fitila zuwa nan gaba. London: Littattafan Ronu, 2015. Tosin Kajopelaye-Ola da Pere Frey ne suka zana hoton.