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Ayesha Harruna Attah

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Ayesha Harruna Attah
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Accra, 1983 (40/41 shekaru)
ƙasa Ghana
Karatu
Makaranta Mount Holyoke College (en) Fassara Digiri a kimiyya : Biochemistry
Columbia University School of the Arts (en) Fassara Master of Science (en) Fassara : magazine journalism (en) Fassara
New York University (en) Fassara Master of Fine Arts (en) Fassara : creative writing (en) Fassara
Harsuna Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a Marubuci da marubuci

Ayesha Harruna Attah (an haife ta a watan Disamban shekarar 1983) marubuciya ce haifaffiyar kasar Ghana.[1][2] Amma Tana zaune a Senegal.[3]

Shekaru na farko da ilimi

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An haifi Ayesha Harruna Attah a babban birnin kasar Ghana (Accra), a cikin shekarun 1980, karkashin gwamnatin soja, ga wata uwa wacce ta kasance 'yar jarida kuma uba wanda ya kasance mai zanen hoto.[4] Attah ta ce: "Iyayena sun kasance babban tasiri na na farko. Sun gudanar da wata mujallar adabi mai suna Imagine, wadda ke da labaru game da Accra; labarai kan fasaha, kimiyya, fina-finai, littattafai, zane-zane-wanda na fi so. Sun kasance (kuma har yanzu suna nan) jarumai na. Na gano Toni Morrison a lokacin ina da shekaru goma sha uku, kuma na shanye, na cinye duk abin da ta rubuta, na tuna karatun Paradise, kuma yayin da ma'anarta ta guje ni gaba daya a lokacin, an bar ni kamar littafi mafi ban mamaki da aka rubuta kuma wata rana na so in rubuta duniyar da ke cike da jarumai mata, kamar yadda Ms. Morrison ta yi."[5]

Ayesha Harruna Attah

Bayan ta girma a Accra, ta koma Massachusetts kuma ta yi karatun kimiyyar halittu a Kwalejin Mount Holyoke,[6] sannan Jami'ar Columbia,[7] kuma ta sami MFA a Rubutun Halitta a Jami'ar New York.[8][3]

Rubutu

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Ta wallafa litattafai guda biyar.[3] Littafinta na farko Harmattan Rain (2009) an rubuta shi ne sakamakon haɗin gwiwa daga Per Ankh Publishers - a ƙarƙashin jagorancin mawallafin marubucin Ghana Ayi Kwei Armah - da TrustAfrica,[9] kuma an ba shi cikin jerin sunayen Kyautar Mawallafan marubutan na 2010 (Yankin Afirka).[10] Littafin tarihinta na biyu na Saturday's Shadows, wanda aka buga a World Editions[11] a cikin 2015,[12] an zabi shi ga Kwani? Manuscript Project,[13] kuma an buga shi a cikin Yaren mutanen Holland (De Geus).[14] Littafin tarihinta na uku shine The Hundred Wells of Salaga (2019), suna ma'amala da "dangantaka, buri da gwagwarmaya a rayuwar mata a Ghana a ƙarshen karni na 19 a lokacin ɓarkewar Afirka".[15] Ta rubuta The Deep Blue Between, labari ne ga matasa manya. Kuma sabon littafinta na biyar, Zainab Take New York za'a fito dashi a watan Afrilun 2022.

A matsayinta na lambar yabo ta AIR ta 2014, Attah ta kasance marubuciya a Instituto Sacatar a Bahia, Brazil.[16] Ta kuma sami lambar yabo ta Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship a shekara ta 2016 don littafin da ba na almara ba game da tarihin kola nut.[17]

Harmattan Rain (2008)

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An rubuta Harmattan Rain a cikin 2009, bin labarin dangin Ghana na ƙarni uku, ciki har da Lizzie-Achiaa, Akua Afriyie da Sugri.

Ayesha Harruna Attah

Lizzie-Achiaa ita ce jaruma ta danginsu, wacce ta gudu tana neman mai sonta kuma a lokaci guda tana neman aikin jinya. 'Yarta tawaye, mai zane Akua Afriye, ta buge da kanta a matsayin mahaifi ɗaya a cikin ƙasar da aka yi ta fama da rikice-rikice, kuma 'yar Akua Afriye Sugri kyakkyawa ce, yarinya mai wayo wacce ta girma sosai sannan ta bar gida zuwa jami'a a New York, inda ta koya cewa wani lokacin mutum na iya samun 'yanci da yawa.[18]

Saturday's Shadows (2015)

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An kafa shi a cikin shekarun 1990s Yammacin Afirka, Saturday's Shadows yana game da "dangi da ke fafitikar ci gaba da haɗin kai a tsakiyar yanayin siyasa", wanda aka ce: "Attah ta sake tabbatar da ƙwarewar ta a matsayin marubuciya. Ta nuna rashin cancantarta a matsayinta na marubuciya tare da daidaito da wadatar ci gaban halayenta."[19]

The Hundred Wells of Salaga (2019)

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Aminah tana rayuwa mai kyau har sai da ta rabu da gidanta da mummunan rauni a kan tafiya wacce ta canza ta daga mai mafarkin rana zuwa mace mai juriya. Wurche, 'yar babban sarki, tana matukar bukatar taka muhimmiyar rawa a kotun mahaifinta. Wadannan rayuwar mata biyu suna haduwa kamar yadda rikici tsakanin mutanen Wurche ke barazana ga yankin, a lokacin girman cinikin bayi a karshen karni na sha tara.[20]

Ta hanyar abubuwan da Aminah da Wurche suka samu, Hundred Wells of Salaga suna ba da ra'ayi na ban mamaki game da bauta da yadda yaƙin Afirka ya shafi rayuwar mutanen yau da kullun.

The Deep Blue Between (2020)

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Gidan yan'uwa tagwaye Hassana da Husseina sun lalace bayan mummunan hari. Amma wannan ba ƙarshen ba ne amma farkon labarinsu, wanda zai kai su biranen da ba a san su ba, inda za su ƙirƙira sabbin iyalai, su kawar da haɗari kuma da gaske za su fara sanin kansu. Yayinda tagwayen ke bin hanyoyi daban-daban a Brazil da Gold Coast na Yammacin Afirka, suna da alaƙa ta hanyar mafarkin ruwa. Amma fa'idodin su zai taɓa jawo su tare? Wani babban kasada mai cike da tarihi mai cike da tarihi, The Deep Blue Between labari ne mai motsawa game da shaidu waɗanda zasu iya jurewa har ma da canji mafi ban mamaki.[21]

Ayyuka

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Littattafai

Kasidu

  • "Skinny Mini", Ugly Duckling Diaries, Yuli 2015[22]
  • "The Intruder", The New York Times Magazine, Satumba 2015[23]
  • "Cheikh Anta Diop – An Awakening", Chimurenga, 9 Afrilu, 2018[24]
  • "Opinion: Slow-Cooking History", The New York Times, 10 Nuwamba 2018[25]
  • "Inside Ghana: A Tale of Love, Loss and Slavery", Newsweek, 21 Fabrairu, 2019[26]

Sauran rubuce-rubuce

  • "Second Home, Plus Yacht", Yachting Magazine, Oktoba 2007[27]
  • "Incident on the way to the Bakoy Market", Asymptote Magazine, 2013
  • "Unborn Children", a cikin Margaret Busby, New Daughters of Africa, 2019.

Manazarta

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  1. ↑ Lee, A. C. (14 November 2013). "Young African Writers Hold Forth in Brooklyn". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Patrick, Diane (6 December 2013). "African-American Books Around the World". Publishers Weekly.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Ayesha Harruna Attah'". Pontas Agency. Archived from the original on 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  4. ↑ Ayesha Harruna Attah, "Why I Write" Archived 31 ga Yuli, 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Authors — World Editions, 30 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Daniel Musiitwa, "Interview with Ghanaian Author Ayesha Harruna Attah", Africa Book Club, 1 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Mount Holyoke Event Archive: 2008-2015". Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Alumni Bookshelf". Columbia Alumni Association. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Ayesha: Ghana's rising literary icon". CP Africa. 1 April 2010. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "Interview with Ghanaian Writer, Ayesha Harruna Attah", Geosi Reads, 11 March 2013.
  10. ↑ "Shortlists for the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize – Africa Region". Books Live.
  11. ↑ James, Anna (13 October 2014). "Visser of De Geus launches English language publisher". The Bookseller.
  12. ↑ Attah, Ayesha (2015). Saturday's Shadows. World Editions. ISBN 978-94-6238-043-1.
  13. ↑ "Kwani? Manuscript Project Shortlist". Kwani?. 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  14. ↑ "English and Dutch Debut for New-York Based Ghanian Writer Ayesha H. Attah". Book Trade. 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "One Hundred Wells" page Archived 2019-08-04 at the Wayback Machine at Pontas Agency.
  16. ↑ Koinange, Wanjiru (11 September 2014). "Introducing the 2014 Artists in Residency Award Laureates". Africa Centre.
  17. ↑ "Morland Writing Scholarships for 2016". Miles Morland Foundation.
  18. ↑ Darkowaa Adu-Kofi (2 September 2014). "A review of Harmattan Rain, by Ayesha Harruna Attah". Ayiba Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  19. ↑ "Saturday's Shadows by Ayesha Harruna Attah", Conscientization 101.
  20. ↑ Harruna., Attah, Ayesha (2019). The hundred wells of Salaga, a novel. ISBN 978-1-59051-995-0. OCLC 1091285955.
  21. ↑ Attah, Ayesha Harruna (2020-10-15). The Deep Blue Between (in Turanci). Pushkin Press. ISBN 978-1-78269-267-6.
  22. ↑ Attah, Ayesha (July 2015). "Skinni Mini". Ugly Duckling Diaries. Archived from the original on 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  23. ↑ Attah, Ayesha (September 4, 2015). "The Intruder". The New York Times Magazine.
  24. ↑ Attah, Ayesha Harruna (9 April 2018). "Cheikh Anta Diop – An Awakening". Chimurenga. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  25. ↑ Attah, Ayesha Harruna (10 November 2018). "Opinion: Slow-Cooking History". The New York Times.
  26. ↑ Attah, Ayesha Harruna (21 February 2019). "Inside Ghana: A Tale of Love, Loss and Slavery". Newsweek.
  27. ↑ Attah, Ayesha (3 October 2007). "Second Home, Plus Yacht". Yachting Magazine.
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