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Adam Small | |
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Born | Wellington, South Africa |
21 Disemba 1936
Died | 25 Juunu 2016 Cape Town, South Africa | (aged 79)
Occupation | Writer |
Known for | Poetry |
Height | Templeeti:Infobox person/height |
Adam Small (biri ndụ site na 21 Disemba 1936 ma rụọ na 25 June 2016) bụ onye edemede si obodo South Africa, O sonyere na Black Consciousness Movement na ọrụ ndị ọzọ.[1] A maara ya dị ka onye edemede mara mma nke dere akwụkwọ n'asụsụ Afrikaans nke na-ekwu maka ịkpa ókè agbụrụ ma na-akọwa ọnọdụ ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị.[2] Ụfọdụ nchịkọta gụnyere uri Bekee, ọ sụgharịrị onye na-ede uri Afrikaans N P van Wyk Louw n'asụsụ Bekee.
A mụrụ Adam Small na ụbọchị 21 na ọnwa Disemba n'afọ 1936 na Wellington. Ọ banyere na ụlọ akwụkwọ n'afọ 1953 na St Columbas High School dị na Athlone na Cape Flats. Ọ gara Mahadum nke Cape Town ebe ọ gụrụ maka nzere na asụsụ na nkà ihe ọmụma. N'afọ 1963 ọ gụsịrị MA (cum laude) na nkà ihe ọmụma nke Nicolai Hartmann na Friedrich Nietzsche. N'otu oge ahụ ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na Mahadum nke London na Mahadum nke Oxford.
Adam ghọrọ onye nkuzi na nkà ihe ọmụma na Mahadum áhà ya bụ Fort Hare na afọ 1959, n'afọ 1960 ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị guzobere Mahadum Western Cape (UWC) mgbe a họpụtara ya dị ka Onye isi nke Ngalaba Nkà ihe ọmụma. Na mbido afọ 1970 ọ sonyeere Black Consciousness Movement.
N'afọ 1973, a manyere ya ịhapụ UWC. Nke a mere ka ọ kwaga Johannesburg, ebe ọ ghọrọ Onye isi nke Ọrụ Ụmụ akwụkwọ na Mahadum nke Witwatersrand (Wits). Ọ laghachiri na Cape Town n'afọ 1977, ebe ọ bụ onye nduzi nke Western Cape Foundation for Community Services ruo afọ 1983. N'afọ 1984 ọ laghachiri na UWC dị ka Onye isi nke Ngalaba Ọrụ Ọha, ọkwá o nwere ruo mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká n'afọ 1997.
E nyere Small ihe nrite Hertzog n'afọ 2012 maka enyemaka ya na ụdị ihe nkiri. Agbanyeghị na a nabatara onyinye ahụ nke ọma maka ịbụ ogologo oge, esemokwu ụfọdụ bilitere n'ihi na Academy, n'ime onyinye ahụ, mebiri otu n'ime iwu nke ha na-ekwu na a ga-enye onyinye ahụ naanị onye edemede bipụtara ọrụ ọhụrụ na nke dị mkpa n'otu ụdị n'ime afọ atọ gara aga. E bipụtara egwuregwu ikpeazụ Small n'afọ 1983. Otu n'ime uri ya a ma ama nke ọma bụ nke a na-akpọ "Doemanie".
Mgbe ọtụtụ iri afọ gachara n'anya ọha na eze, Small, na ụbọchị 14 na ọnwa Septemba ne afọ 2013, natara nnabata dike na Breytenbach Centre na Wellington, ebe ọ bụ onye ọbịa nsọpụrụ na mmemme uri nke etiti ahụ. Ọ gụrụ ụfọdụ uri sitere na akwụkwọ akụkọ ọhụrụ ya bụ Klawerjas. N'afọ 2015, a na-agbasa ihe nkiri ọhụrụ, Maria, Moeder van God, na mmemme mmemme nka kwa afọ nke Radio Sonder Grense.
- ↑ Writer, poet Adam Small dies. News24 (25 June 2016). Retrieved on 25 June 2016.
- ↑ Albert S. Gérard, European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, p. 224