Dami Ajayi

Dami Ajayi
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Najeriya, 1986 (37/38 shekaru)
Karatu
Makaranta	Jami'ar Obafemi Awolowo
Sana'a
Sana'a	maiwaƙe, psychiatrist (en) , essayist (en) da mai wallafawa
Muhimman ayyuka	A Woman’s Body Is a Country (en)

Dami Àjayí (an haife shi a shekarar 1986) mawaƙi ne kuma ɗan Najeriya ne, likita, marubuci kuma mai suka kiɗa. Shi ne ya kafa mujallar Saraba a shekarar 2008. Shi ne marubucin tarin waƙoƙi guda biyu da littafi.

Tarihin Rayuwa

An haifi Dami Àjayí a Najeriya a shekarar 1986. Yayin da yake karatun digiri na farko a fannin likitanci a Jami’ar Obafemi Awolowo da ke Ile-Ife, ya kafa Mujallar Saraba tare da wani ɗalibi. Ya kuma haɗa kan kafafen yaɗa labarai The Lagos Review da YabaLeft Review, tare da marubuta Toni Kan da Tunji Olalere bi da bi.

An nuna Àjayí a cikin shirin Rubutun Sabuwar Najeriya kashi biyu na Rediyo 4 na BBC.

Waƙa

A shekarar 2011, An jera Àjayí a cikin "Mawaƙin Matasa ne na Najeriya Takwas waɗanda Waƙoƙinsu Ke Daɗaɗawa" a cikin Sentinel UK Poetry Blog. Tarin waƙoƙinsa na farko, Clinical Blues, an tantance shi (a cikin rubutun hannu) don Kyautar Melita Hume a 2012. WriteHouse ne ya buga shi a cikin 2014, kuma an daɗe yana cikin jerin sunayen Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa.

A shekarar 2017, tarin waƙoƙinsa na biyu, Jikin Mace Ƙasa ce, ta Ouida Books ne ya buga). Game da aikin, Àjayí ya ce: "Ina son littafina ya nuna yadda sunan 'ƙauna' ya zama fi'ili, kuma a ƙoƙari na ina zana daga tafki na kaina, ina fatan abubuwan da nake da su sun kasance guda ɗaya da na duniya." An bayyana shi a matsayin wanda "ya rubuta game da soyayya kamar giya wanda ke nutsar da mutum cikin tunaninsa."

Larabci da suka

Àjayí ya rubuta gajerun labarai waɗanda aka buga a Najeriya da kuma ƙasashen waje. A halin yanzu yana ba da bita mai mahimmanci game da kiɗan Najeriya ga adadin wallafe-wallafen kan layi.

Ya kuma kasance ɗaya daga cikin editocin tarihin daga Limbe zuwa Legas: NonFiction daga Kamaru da Najeriya, wanda ya kasance sakamakon taron bita da aka gudanar a Limbe ga matasan marubutan Afirka.

Littattafai

• Clinical Blues (2014)
• Jikin Mace Ƙasa ne (2017)