Unoma Azuah
Unoma Azuah (an haife ta a ranar 23 ga watan Yunin shekarar 1969) marubuciya ce ta Najeriya, marubuciya, kuma mai fafutuka wanda bincike da fafutuka suka mayar da hankali kan rubuce-rubucen LGBT a cikin adabin Najeriya. Ta buga littattafai guda uku, biyu daga cikinsu sun sami lambobin yabo na duniya. Ta mai da hankali kan batutuwan da suka shafi ƴan Najeriya,[1] kamar a cikin Jiki Mai Albarka: Sirrin Rayuwa na LGBT Nigerians (2016).[2]
 Unoma Azuah | |
|---|---|
| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa | 23 ga Yuni, 1969 (55 shekaru) |
| ƙasa | Najeriya |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a | gwagwarmaya |
Tarihin Rayuwarta
gyara sasheAn haifi Azuah ne a garin Ogwashi-Ukwu a jihar Delta ta Najeriya mahaifinta Tiv ne dan Ukan a karamar hukumar Ushongo ta jihar Benue da kuma mahaifiyarta ‘yar kabilar Igbo ‘yar Asaba a jihar Delta.[3]  Kasancewar an haife ta a lokacin yakin basasar Najeriya, iyayenta daga bangarorin biyu, ta taso galibinsu ‘yar kabilar Igbo ne, kuma an rabu da dangin ubanta saboda bai kamata sojan Tiv na Najeriya ya tsallaka layin abokan gaba ba ya shiga cikin kasar Biafra (Igbo).) mace.
Ta halarci Jami'ar Najeriya, Nsukka, inda a matsayinta na daliba, ta shirya mujallar adabi na sashen Ingilishi mai suna The Muse kuma ta sami lambobin yabo na mafi kyawun ɗalibar Rubutun Ƙirƙirar Rubutun na shekaru biyu a jere: 1992 da 1993. [4] Tana da Digiri na Farko a Turanci, Jami'ar Najeriya, Nsukka (1994), Master's a Turanci daga Jami'ar Jihar Cleveland, Ohio (2001) da Jagora a Fine Art daga Jami'ar Commonwealth ta Virginia, Richmond (2003).
Shawarwarin kare haƙƙin ɗan luwadi
gyara sasheAzuah itane 'yar Najeriya ta farko ta ya ba da al'amuran LGBTQI daidaitaccen gani a cikin karatun adabin Najeriya. Ta bar Najeriya a shekarar 1999, bayan da ta fuskanci barazana da dama ga rayuwarta saboda aikinta, kuma a yanzu ta raba lokacinta tsakanin Amurka da Najeriya don ci gaba da taimakawa tare da yin aiki da kungiyar LGBTQI ta Najeriya.[5]
A game da aikinta, Azuah ta ce, “A koyaushe na kan binciko jigon jima’i a cikin rubuce-rubuce na, musamman ma a cikin waqoqin da nake yi da waqoqi na. Kasusuwan da ake ci a haƙiƙa an yi wahayi zuwa ga labari na gaskiya. Rayuwar babban jigo a sako-sako tana nuna rayuwar baƙon Najeriya da na sadu da shi. Ya kasance mai tsananin son luwadi, amma idan ya je gidan yari ya zama abin lura ga masu cin zarafi, dan luwadi yakan zama mai cetonsa.” Game da dokar hana luwadi a Najeriya, ta kuma ce kamar haka: "Ina jin cewa shugabannin Najeriya na amfani da lamarin a matsayin wani makami don kawar da hankalin 'yan Najeriya daga damuwa da gaske kamar rashin damar tattalin arziki da samar da ababen more rayuwa. Guguwar kiristoci masu tsattsauran ra'ayi da ke mamaye Najeriya ya kara rura wutar wannan batu da bai kamata a ce a yi muhawarar kasa ba domin abin da manya masu yarda suke yi a cikin dakin kwanansu bai kamata ya shafi kowa ba.
Binciken da ta yi kan jigogin 'yan luwadi a cikin aikinta, da "kare jima'i", ga marubucin Najeriya an bayyana shi a matsayin "hakika jajircewa."[6] Yanzu 'yar kasar Amurka, ta ci gaba da kasancewa "ta shiga cikin kasarta ta asali ta hanyar musayar labaran zalunci da 'yan madigo, 'yan luwadi, bisexual da transgender al'umma a can."[7]
Rayuwar sana'a/Aiki
gyara sasheAzuah a halin yanzu taana koyar da rubutu a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Illinois - Chicago.
Labaran da ta wallafa
gyara sashe- Wakokin Dare. Legas: Oracle, 2002. Tarin Waka
- Wuta mai tsayin sama. Frederick, MD: Buga Amurka. Yuli, 2005. Littafin labari.
- Tsawon Haske. Jamus: VDM; Dokta Müller, 2008. Tarin gajerun labarai.
- Kasusuwan Abinci. New York: Bugawa Demarche, 2013. Buga na Amurka. Littafin labari.
- Akan Karyayyun fuka-fuki: Anthology na Mafi kyawun Waqoqin Nijeriya Na Zamani. New York: Dlite, 2014.
- Jiki Mai Albarka: Sirrin Rayuwar 'Yan Madigo na Najeriya, Luwadi, Madigo da Madigo: marasa almara. Jackson, TN: Cookingpotbooks, 2016[8]
Kyauta
gyara sashe- Mafi kyawun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararren da aka Haifa a Afirka ta yi
- Mafi kyawun marubucin almara na shekara ta 2006 don Sky-high Flames, Ƙungiyar Marubuta ta Najeriya / lambar yabo ta Flora Nwapa don almara, 2006
- Kyautar Griot Hero don haɗin gwiwar jama'a tare da Manya da ɗaliban makarantar sakandare, West Tennessee, 2008
- Wanda aka zaɓa, Thomas Ehrlich Kyautar Ilimin Ilimin Jama'a, Jami'ar Indiana, 2009
- Kyautar Littafin Aidoo-Snyder, Ƙungiyar Mata ta Ƙungiyar Nazarin Afirka, don Kasusuwan Abinci, 2011 [9]
- Wanda ya ci nasara, lambar yabo ta Hellman-Hammett don Flames na Sky-high [10]
Manazarta
gyara sashe- ↑ "I've always explored the theme of sexuality in my writing-Unoma Azuah-Vanguard News". Vanguard News. March 11, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
- ↑ Unoma Azuah- Visual Activism for the African LGBT: A Look at the Documentary "Born This Way". wgss.yale.edu. Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
- ↑ BIO". Welcome to Unoma Azuah.net!. February 1, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Unoma Nguemo Azuah", African Writing.
- ↑ Attitude meets Nigerian gay rights activist Unoma Azuah. Attitude Magazine. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
- ↑ Chewing on the bones of migration: A Review of Unoma Azuah's "Edible Bones". NigeriansTalk. February 26, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
- ↑ Unoma Azuah. "An ode to Chicago: My city of refuge". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
- ↑ BLESSED BODY: AN INTERVIEW WITH UNOMA AZUAH | KitoDiaries" . kitodiaries.com . Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize Archived 2022-06-30 at the Wayback Machine". African Studies Association, 24 May 2016. Accessed 24 March 2017
- ↑ Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize ". African Studies Association , 24 May 2016. Accessed 24 March 2017