Osonye Tess Onwueme

Osonye Tess Onwueme
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) Fassara
Employers University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire (en) Fassara
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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]

Rayuwar farko da ilimi

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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]

  • A Hen Too Soon (1983)
  • Broken Calabash (1984)
  • The Desert Encroaches (1985)
  • The Reign of Wazobia (1988)
  • Ban Empty Barn and other plays (1986)
  • Legacies'' (1989)
  • Three Plays: an anthology of plays by Tess Onwueme (1993)
  • Tell It To Women: an epic drama (1995).
  • Riot In Heaven: drama for the voices of color (1996; 2006)
  • The Missing Face, a play (1997; 2000)
  • Shakara: Dance-Hall Queen: a play (2000; 2006)
  • Then She Said It: a play (2003)
  • What Mama Said, an epic drama (2004)
  • No Vacancy (2005)

Lambobin yabo

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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]

Kara karantawa

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  • Simon Gikandi, Encyclopedia of African Literature, Routledge (2002), - pp. 414–15
  • Ini Uko, Gender and Identity in the Works of Tess Onwueme, Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press, 2004
  • Chris Dunton, "Nigeria and the Diaspora, Solidarities and Discords: The Drama of Tess Onwueme", in Toyin Falola (ed.), Nigeria in the Twentieth Century. Durham, North Carolina. Carolina Academic Press, 2002. pp. 791–798
  • Therese Migraine-George, "African Women on the Global Stage", African Women and Representation: From Performance to Politics. Trenton: Africa World Press, 2008. pp. 157–178.
  • Kanika Batra, "Daughters who Know the Language of Power: Community, Sexuality, and Postcolonial Development In Tess Onwueme's Tell it to Women," Interventions: Journal of Postcolonial Studies, Vol. 9, 1 (2007), 124–138, (ISSN 1369-801X print/1469-929X online)
  • J. O. J. Nwachukwu-Agbada, "Tess Onwueme: Dramatist In Quest of Change", Ranar Adabin Duniya (Summer 1992), 464–467.

Hanyoyin haɗin waje

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Bayanin kula

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  1. N. Graham Nesmith. "Osonye Tess Onweume. What Mama Said: An Epic Drama", in African American Review, Spring-Summer 2005 accessed at March 29, 2007.
  2. Ibrahim Hirsi (4 September 2015). "'They can be stopped': Bukola Oriola takes her story of surviving domestic violence from Minnesota to Nigeria". Minn Post. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  3. Marvie Brooks, "Onwueme, Tess", Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing, Routledge, 2001, p. 243.
  4. "Celebrating Prof Tess Onwueme". Vanguard News (in Turanci). 2019-01-26. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  5. "Delta-Born Tess Onwueme Celebrated Abroad". The Pointer News Online (in Turanci). 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2020-05-30.[permanent dead link]
  6. "Onwueme, Osonye Tess 1955– | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  7. "Guide to the Tess Osonye Onwueme Papers, 1975-2014". University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (in Turanci). Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  8. "African Books Collective: Tess Osonye Onwueme". www.africanbookscollective.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  9. "Riot In Heaven: Drama for the Voices of Color". Dr. Tess Onwueme's Official Website (in Turanci). Retrieved 2020-05-30.[permanent dead link]
  10. "African novel, women, theatre and culture, dramatist, Tess Onwueme". www.writertess.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  11. Postcolonial Web