Osonye Tess Onwueme | |
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Rayuwa | |
Haihuwa | Ogwashi-Uku, 8 Satumba 1955 (69 shekaru) |
ƙasa | Najeriya |
Karatu | |
Makaranta |
Jami'ar Obafemi Awolowo Jami'ar jahar Benin |
Harsuna |
Turanci Pidgin na Najeriya |
Sana'a | |
Sana'a | maiwaƙe, marubucin wasannin kwaykwayo da university teacher (en) |
Employers | University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire (en) |
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Osonye Tess Onwueme, wanda aka fi sani da T. Akaeke Onwueme (an haife ta 8 ga Satumba 1955) 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ne ta Nijeriya, malama kuma mawaƙa, wacce ta yi fice a rubuce-rubuce tare da jigogin adalci na jama'a, al'adu, da mahalli. A shekarar 2010, ta zama Babban Malama a Jami’ar Litattafan Duniya, bayan bin hidimarta na musamman a matsayin Babbar farfesa ta Bambancin Al’adu da Turanci a Jami’ar Wisconsin – Eau Claire. Ta hanyar wasanninta, tana iya amfani da gidan wasan kwaikwayo a matsayin matsakaici don nuna ra'ayoyi marasa kyau na tarihi kamar matan Afirka, da kuma ba da ƙarin haske game da rayuwar Afirka. Tana kula da ayyukanta na talauci da matasa na duniya, tare da gogewa da damuwar (Afurka) Kasashen Waje a cikin aikin kirkirarta. A cikin 2007, Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka ta sanya ta a cikin Shirin Shugaban Majalisar diflomasiyyar Jama'a na Arewa, Gabas da Yammacin Indiya. Taron 2009 na Tess na Duniya: Tsarin Mata, Matasa, Duniya, da Labaran Lafiya, wanda aka keɓe shi kawai ga aikin marubucin, ya samu nasarar ne daga masana na duniya a babban birnin tarayyar Najeriya, Abuja, bayan lambar yabo ta Fonlon-Nichols ga dan wasan kwaikwayo. Tana ɗauke da ɗayan rukunin mahimman marubutan Afirka.[1] Ita ma mai magana ce game da tashin hankalin cikin gida.[2]
An haife ta Osonye Akeake a cikin Ogwashi Ukwu, jihar Delta a yanzu, ga dangin lauya Chief Akaeke da Maria Eziashr. Osonye ta yi karatu a makarantar sakandaren Mary Mount; lokacin da take makarantar ne ta fara yin rubutu. Bayan ta kammala karatun sakandare, ta auri wani masani a fannin ilmin abinci, I. C. Onwueme, ta haifi yara biyar, a lokacin da ta je Jami’ar Ife, don digiri na farko a fannin ilimi (1979) da kuma digiri na biyu a adabi (1982). Ta samu digirinta na uku a Jami’ar Benin, inda take karantar wasannin kwaikwayo na Afirka. A 1998 ta auri Obika Gray, masanin kimiyyar siyasa na Jamaica.[3]
Ta lashe lambobin yabo na duniya da yawa, gami da: babbar kyautar Fonlon-Nichols (2009),[4] kyautar Phyllis Wheatley/Nwapa ga fitattun marubutan bakar fata (2008),[5] Martin Luther King, Jr./Caeser Chavez Fitaccen Mawallafin Marubuta (1989/90),[6] Distinguished Authors Award (1988),[7] da kyauta Tarayyar Marubutan Nijeriya Masu Wasan kwaikwayo, wanda ta ci nasara sau da yawa tare da wasan kwaikwayo kamar The Desert Encroaches (1985),[8] Tell It To Women (1995),[9] Shakara: Dance-Hall Queen (2001),[10] Then She Said it (2003), daga cikin girmamawa da yawa da shirye-shiryen wasanninta na duniya.[11]