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Sam Ukala

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Sam Ukala
Rayuwa
Haihuwa18 ga Afirilu, 1948
ƙasaNajeriya
Mutuwa2021
Karatu
HarsunaTuranci
Pidgin na Najeriya
Sana'a
Sana'amarubucin wasannin kwaykwayo, Malami, mai tsara fim, darakta da maiwaƙe

Sam Ukala Listenⓘ (1948-2021) an bayyana shi a matsayin 'babban hoton wallafe-wallafen'. Ya kasance marubucin wasan kwaikwayo na Najeriya, mawaki, marubucin gajeren labari, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo, darektan gidan wasan kwaikwayo, mai shirya fina-finai da kuma masanin kimiyya.[1]

Rayuwar sana'a

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Sam Ukala ya kasance Farfesa a fannin wasan kwaikwayo da wasan kwaikwayo a Jami'ar Jihar Delta, Abraka, Najeriya . Ukala ya kuma kasance Farfesa a fannin wasan kwaikwayo da wasan kwaikwayo a jami'o'in Najeriya da yawa, gami da Jami'ar Jihar Edo . Daga 1993-1994, a matsayin ma'aikacin ilimi na Commonwealth, ya kuma yi bincike kuma ya koyar a Makarantar Wasanni ta Turanci na Jami'ar Leeds a Ingila. A matsayinsa na masanin kimiyya, ya gabatar da ka'idar 'folkism', halin da ake ciki na yin wasan kwaikwayo na wallafe-wallafen akan tarihin da al'adun 'yan asalin ƙasar da kuma tsara su da kuma yin su daidai da kyawawan abubuwan da ke tattare da tarihin gargajiya na Afirka da wasan kwaikwayon.[2][3] Ya kasance Shugaban Delta State Chapter na Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) 2021 .[4]

Rubuce-rubuce

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Wasannin da Ukala ta buga sun hada da The Slave Wife, The Log in Your Eye, Akpakaland (wanda ya lashe kyautar ANA / British Council na 1989 don Drama), Break a Boil da Placenta of Death . Yaƙin Iredi, 'rubutun gargajiya', ya lashe kyautar Najeriya ta 2014 don wallafe-wallafen. Ya dogara ne akan tashin hankali na 1906 na Masarautar Owa (yanzu wani ɓangare na Jihar Delta) a kan mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya. Kamar yadda yake a cikin sassan da suka gabata, yana amfani da kuma kawo sabuwar rayuwa ga wallafe-wallafen baki da siffofin wasan kwaikwayo na gargajiya.

Ukala ya kuma yi aiki tare da gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Burtaniya Horse and Bamboo Theatre a cikin 1998-1999 kuma tare da Bob Frith ya rubuta wasan kwaikwayo na gani Harvest of Ghosts, wanda ya zagaya Burtaniya da Netherlands. Wannan wani gwaji ne ga Ukala, wanda ya dogara da rawa, kiɗa, da kuma abubuwan gani masu ƙarfi maimakon kalmar da aka faɗi.[5] Farfesa Martin Banham, babban editan gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Afirka: Playwrights & Politics, ya yi la'akari da shi a matsayin 'haɗin ƙwarewar al'adu', da kuma 'mai ban sha'awa, mai sauƙi', misali na gidan wasan kwaikwayo. Ya ji wasan ya cancanci samarwa a Afirka kuma, a ƙarshe, Sam Ukala ya kirkiro wani nau'i a Jami'ar Jihar Edo da ke Ekpoma.

Al'adun gargajiya

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Ukala ya kirkiro hanyar wasan kwaikwayo wanda ya fara a cikin rubuce-rubucensa masu ban mamaki. Ya kira wannan 'folkism', kuma ya bincika manufar a cikin aikinsa na ilimi. 'Folkism' ya girma ne daga imaninsa game da bukatar mulkin mallaka a cikin gidan wasan kwaikwayo, da kuma sha'awar bincika ka'idodin gargajiya na Afirka na kyau da daidaituwa mai ban mamaki. A cikin gina wasansa ya samo asali ne daga al'adar baki ta Afirka. Musamman ya haɓaka kayan daga al'adar baki na mutanen Ika (na yankin arewa maso yammacin Jihar Delta a Najeriya). Wannan yana aiki a cikin siffofi na zamani.[6] Lokacin da yake Leeds a 1993-1994 yana binciken shahararren gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Ingilishi, wanda ya kai shi ga gano aikin gidan wasan kwaikwayo da Bamboo a Lancashire. Ayyukansu sun kasance da nisa da zama gidan wasan kwaikwayo na gargajiya, saboda ya yi amfani da siffofin wasan kwaikwayo na zamani, amma Ukala ya yi wahayi zuwa gare shi da abin da ya gani a matsayin wahayi na al'umma. A cikin 1995 Bob Frith, wanda ya kafa Horse da Bamboo kuma darektan, ya ba da shawarar haɗin gwiwa; Sam ya yarda kuma wannan ya fara ne a watan Nuwamba 1998.

Kyaututtuka da girmamawa

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  • Kyautar Najeriya don Kimiyya da Littattafai (Literature) don Iredi War . [7] Kyautar adabi mafi girma ta Afirka.
  • 2000 Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Pillar of Arts Award for Prose for Skeletons: A Collection of Short Stories.
  • 1989 Kyautar Majalisar ANA / Burtaniya don Wasan kwaikwayo don Akpakaland . [8]
  1. Udo, Mary (30 March 2017). "UKALA, Prof. Samuel Chinedum". Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation (in Turanci). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. Eregare, Emmanuel A. (2017). "Folkism and Modern Nigerian Theatre: A Study of Sam Ukala's Iredi War". EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts (in Turanci). 6 (1–2). doi:10.4314/ejotmas.v6i1-2.8. ISSN 2449-1179.
  3. "THE CONTRIBUTION OF FOLKISM TO MEANINGFUL THEMATIC EXPLORATION IN NIGERIAN PLAYWRITING". Afribary (in Turanci). Retrieved 27 May 2020.[permanent dead link]
  4. "BREAKING: Popular Nigerian playwright, Prof. Sam Ukala is dead". TheNewsGuru (in Turanci). 14 September 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  5. "1999/2000 Harvest of Ghosts". Bob Frith (in Turanci). 31 August 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  6. Bello, Idaebvor. "Sam Ukala: African tradition in his plays" (PDF). Jpanafrican. University of Benin. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2026-03-09.
  7. "Sam Ukala wins 2014 Nigeria Prize for Literature". City Voice. 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  8. Olatunbosun, Yinka (2015-03-08). "Celebrating Two Literary Icons" (in Turanci). This Day. Archived from the original on Jul 26, 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2023 via PressReader.