Odafe Atogun

Odafe Atogun
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Lokoja,
Sana'a
Sana'a	Marubuci

Odafe Atogun marubucin Najeriya ne. Littafin littafinsa na farko, Taduno's Song (2016), an zaba shi don Gidan Rediyo na BBC 2 Book Club, kuma an kwatanta shi da Franz Kafka da George Orwell a cikin nazari mai mahimmanci. Bayan yarjejeniyar littafinsa biyu tare da Canongate, Penguin Random House da Arche Verlag, Atogun's na biyu novel, Wake Me When I'm Gone, An buga a 2017. An fassara aikinsa zuwa harsuna da yawa.

Rayuwa

An haifi Odafe Atogun a Najeriya, a cikin garin Lokoja . Rayuwa a cikin mawuyacin yanayi tun yana yaro, Atogun ya sami tserewa ta ikon tunaninsa, a ƙarshe yana bin hanyar rubuta cikakken lokaci. Ya ce ya rubuta da dare "lokacin da duniya ke barci."

An kwatanta rubuce-rubucensa da kyau da na Franz Kafka, George Orwell har ma da Amos Tutuola

Atogun ya ba da sha'awar rubuta labarai maras lokaci waɗanda ke ɗaukar mai karatu. Tun bayan buga littafinsa na farko, ya yi sha'awar aikin Kafka. Ayyukan Milan Kundera, JM Coetzee, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, da Chinua Achebe sun yi tasiri a kansa.

Yana zaune a Abuja. Yana da ɗa daga dangantakar da ta gabata, wanda ya sadaukar da littafinsa na farko.

Littafin farko na Atogun, Waƙar Taduno Canongate ne ya buga shi. Labari ne na "Kafkaesque" wanda "yana tunanin irin wannan dystopia bayan mulkin mallaka". Ya ba da labarin shahararren Taduno wanda marubucin ya ce ya yi koyi da Marigayi Mawakin Afrobeat Fela Kuti .

A cikin littafin, an faɗi wannan: "Za a yi wahala mutum ya sami tatsuniya kamar yadda aka rubuta da kyau kuma mai ɗaukar hankali sosai." "Kalubale ne mai kyau, mai ban sha'awa ga masu mulkin kama karya da suka mamaye Afirka-da duniya," littafi ne wanda "aiki ne mai wadata, mai tarin yawa, bincika darussan 'yanci, darajar kai, gafara da aminci. " Libre kai tsaye ya kira shi "cikakkiya mai ban sha'awa, ban sha'awa halarta a karon ta marubuci wanda ya ɗauki ƙarfin tasiri da yawa kuma ya yi amfani da su da alherin da ba a saba gani ba."

An jera littafin a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin "Boyayyen duwatsu masu daraja na 2016 na Guardian UK: mafi kyawun littattafan da ƙila ka rasa"

Littafin Ouida ne ya buga bugu na Najeriya.

Tashe Ni idan na tafi

Canongate ne ya buga littafin Atogun na biyu a cikin 2017. An bayyana shi a matsayin "marasa lokaci", "sihiri" da "labari mai ƙarfi na gwagwarmayar mace ɗaya don sauyi da 'yancin kai, duk da cikas", haɗe "abubuwa na al'ada tare da babban hali na tsakiya zuwa haifar da labari mai ban tsoro da ban mamaki." Yana "tabbatar da gamsuwa sosai da ban sha'awa, karanta." Shi ne "ƙarfi mai natsuwa da saƙon imani da bege wanda zai daɗe tare da ku bayan kun juya shafi na ƙarshe."

Emily Roberts na Jaridar Student Newspaper ta ce marubucin "ya yi nasarar kwatanta cin hanci da rashawa da ke cikin wannan garin wanda, ko da yake na almara, yana nuna jigogi da za a iya gane su a wannan zamani, kamar yadda dokokin zalunci na shugabannin ubanni suka yi watsi da 'yancin mata a al'adu da yawa" suna ba da " sukar masu ra'ayin mazan jiya, da baya. al'ummomi da kuma nuna ikon daidaikun mutane wajen sabawa tsohuwar al'ada .

Littafin Ouida ne ya buga shi a Najeriya a cikin 2018.

Fitattun sharhi da hirarraki

• Yadda Fela Kuti ya zaburar da Odafe Atogun a farkon waƙar Taduno a BBC Focus on Africa
• Ranar Rubutu na a cikin Guardian
• Sharhin Takarda: Waƙar Taduno ta Odafe Atogun a cikin Herald Scotland
• Wayyo Ni Lokacin da Na Rasa ta Odafe Atogun a cikin sharhin Guardian
• Tambaya & A tare da Odafe Atogun, Mawallafin Waƙar Taduno Na Kelchi Njoku akan Takarda Brittle
• Hira da Odafe Atogun akan Binciken Independent na Washington