Clemantine Wamariya
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.jpg) Clemantine in Berlin, 2017 |
Joyful Clemantine Wamariya (amụrụ n'afọ 1988) [1] bụ onye edemede, ọkà okwu, na onye na-akwado ihe ndị ruuru mmadụ na Rwanda.[2]
A mụrụ na Rwanda, a manyere ya ịhapụ ụlọ ya na Kigali na ndị mụrụ ya mgbe ọ dị afọ isii n'ihi mgbukpọ Rwandan. Ọ gbagara ya na ezinụlọ ya bi n'ebe ndịda mba ahụ mana a manyere ya ịgbapụ ọzọ mgbe ndị ogbugbu ahụ wakporo ezinụlọ ebe ahụ. Ya na nwanne ya nwanyị tọrọ ya gbapụrụ na mba ahụ wee nọrọ ọtụtụ afọ na-achọ ebe mgbaba site n'Africa tupu ha enye ya mgbaba na United States.
Ya na ezinụlọ ya biri na mpaghara Chicago wee malite ịga akwụkwọ na nke mbụ mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na atọ. Ọ nwetara nlebara anya mba ụwa na 2006 site na mpụta na Oprah Winfrey Show nke gosipụtara nnọkọ ịtụnanya na ndị mụrụ ya. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Yale, ọ gbasoro ọrụ dị ka onye na-akọ akụkọ na ntinye aka gụnyere okwu TED. N'afọ 2018, o bipụtara akwụkwọ na-akọ ahụmahụ ndụ ya, nke akpọrọ The Girl Who Smiled Beads. Ọ bụ 2019 nnata nke Alex Awards.
Ndụ mbụ na ahụmịhe n'Africa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ Wamariya na Rwanda ma too na mba itoolu dị iche iche n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ na ndịda Afrịka. Nna ya bụ onye ọchụnta ego na ngalaba tagzi na nne ya bụ onye nọọsụ na onye na-elekọta ubi, na-akụ mkpụrụ osisi na okooko osisi n'ụlọ ezinụlọ ahụ. O nwekwara onye na-elekọta ya.[3]
Mgbukpọ agbụrụ na Rwanda malitere n'ọnwa Eprel afọ 1994, mgbe Wamariya dị afọ isii. Ezinụlọ ahụ malitere ịnụ ụda olu site na égbè ahụ, nke nwanne ya nwoke Pudi kwuru na ọ bụ égbè eluigwe, ha chọpụtakwara na ndị agbata obi ha anọghị. N'ịghọta ihe ize ndụ ahụ, e zigara ya na nwanne ya nwanyị, Claire, n'ebe ndịda mba ahụ ibi n'ugbo nne nne ya. Mana nke ahụ adịghịkwa mma, a na-elekwa ezinụlọ ahụ anya maka igbu ọchụ. Ka ndị na-egbuchapụ agbụrụ kụrụ aka n'ọnụ ụzọ, nne nne ha gwara ya na Claire ka ha gbapụ. Site n'ịgagharị n'abalị ma zoo n'ehihie, na-eri mkpụrụ osisi, ha jisiri ike gbapụ na mba ahụ wee ghọọ ndị gbara ọsọ ndụ.
Ebe mbụ ụmụnne nwanyị ahụ rutere bụ ogige ndị gbara ọsọ ndụ na Burundi, mana ha enweghị ike ibi n'otu ebe ọ bụla ruo ogologo oge. Njikọ nke ime ihe ike n'ime ogige ahụ na ọchịchọ ịchọta ebe nwere ọdịdị bara ọgaranya pụtara na ha nọrọ ọtụtụ afọ na-eme njem n'etiti ogige ahụ.[4] N'ime afọ isii sochirinụ, ha si Burundi kwaga Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, ma mesịa gaa South Africa.[2] Site n'ebe ahụ, n'afọ 2000, ụmụnne nwanyị ahụ tinyere akwụkwọ na International Organization for Migration maka enyemaka, ma nye ha visa ndị gbara ọsọ ndụ na United States.[5]
Ịkwaga na United States
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Wamariya na ụmụnne ya nwanyị bụ ndị alaka Chicago nke ụlọ ọrụ na-ahụ maka ndị gbara ọsọ ndụ World Relief, nke ya na otu ezinụlọ nọ na Chicago, Illinois nke Kenilworth jikọrọ aka.[6]
Ozugbo ọ biri na US, Wamariya malitere ịga ụlọ akwụkwọ na nke mbụ mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na atọ.[1] Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na klas nke isii na Christian Heritage Academy,[2] tupu ọ kwaga New Trier High School na Winnetka dị nso.[1] Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na New Trier na 2008, ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na Mahadum Yale, ebe ọ nwetara nzere BA na Comparative Literature na 2014. [7]
Ọrụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Ọ pụtara na The Oprah Winfrey ShowIhe ngosi Oprah Winfrey
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Wamariya ghọrọ onye a ma ama na mba na mba ụwa mgbe ọ pụtara na The Oprah Winfrey Show na 2006, mgbe ọ ka bụ nwa akwụkwọ na New Trier. Ya na nwanne ya nwanyị Claire, e debara aha ya ka ọ pụta na ihe ngosi ahụ iji kwurịta ahụmahụ ya n'oge mgbukpọ agbụrụ ahụ. Mana n'amaghị ụmụnne nwanyị ahụ, Winfrey mere atụmatụ izute nne na nna ha na mberede. Ma nna ya ma nne ya lanarịrị mgbukpọ agbụrụ ahụ, ọ gakwara ha na ekwentị, mana ọ hụbeghị ha n'onwe ha ruo afọ iri na abụọ. Ndị na-emepụta ihe ngosi ahụ haziri ụgbọ elu ndị nne na nna si Africa ma gosipụta nnọkọ ha na telivishọn.[3] A kpọrọ Wamariya dị ka onye ọbịa na ihe ngosi Oprah ugboro atọ ọzọ n'ime afọ ndị sochirinụ, ọ pụtakwara na ihe ngosi ahụ mere ka mba ụwa mara ya.[8]
Onye na-akọ akụkọ
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Wamariya zụlitere mmasị na nka nke Akụkọ n'oge ọ nọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ, ka ọ na-ekerịta ahụmahụ ya na ụmụ akwụkwọ ibe ya.[9] Mgbe ọ pụtara na Oprah, ndị na-ahazi ihe omume, ọkachasị na ngalaba enyemaka, kpọrọ ya ka ọ kwuo okwu.[10] Mmekọrịta ya gụnyere Okwu TED, nke akpọrọ War and What Comes After, okwu nri ehihie na nri abalị, na ịpụta na mmemme nchịkọta ego.[11][10]
Mgbe ọ pụtasịrị na Oprah, na mgbe ọ bụ nwa akwụkwọ na Yale, Wamariya mere akụkọ akụkọ ya n'ofe US maka ihe ngosi ihe ncheta Holocaust nke United States (USHMM). N'ịkwado nke a, yana ọrụ ya na nzukọ ndị gbara ọsọ ndụ na Yale na New Haven, Connecticut, Onye isi ala Barack Obama họpụtara ya na bọọdụ USHMM.[1] A họpụtara ya ọzọ maka afọ ise nke abụọ na 2016 [12]
Onye dere ya
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Mgbe ọ gụchara akara ugo mmụta ya na Yale, Wamariya kwagara San Francisco, ebe ọ zutere onye nta akụkọ New York Times Elizabeth Weil, onye bi n'otu mpaghara ahụ. Ọ kọọrọ Weil ahụmahụ ndụ ya, ha abụọ malitekwara idepụta isiokwu dị ogologo. Ha nwetara nnabata dị mma ma kpebie ịgbasa ọrụ ahụ n'ime akwụkwọ zuru oke. Ha nọrọ afọ abụọ na-arụ ọrụ na ya, [1] wee wepụta ya na 2018. Aha akwụkwọ ahụ bụ The Girl Who Smiled Beads; nke a na-ezo aka na akụkọ nke onye nanny gwara ya mgbe ọ bụ nwata, bụ nke Wamariya na-achịkwa atụmatụ na akara aka nke ndị odide ahụ. N'ajụjụ & A ya na onye bipụtara akwụkwọ ahụ, ọ kpọrọ Elie Wiesel's holocaust memoir Night dị ka ihe mkpali, ebe ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ ahụ mgbe ọ nọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ.[2] Ọ bịara kweta n'ihe egwu ndị ọ diri wee gụọ ọrụ Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, Octavia Butler, na W.G. Sebald (onye kụziiri ya na "anyị na-ebi n'oge na ebe niile ozugbo") [13]
Ihe odide
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint. "LITTÉRATURE SANS FRONTIÈRES: Le témoignage bouleversant de la jeune Rwandaise Clemantine Wamariya", RFI, 19 January 2019. (in fr)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Diane Cole. "She Fled Rwanda To Survive — But Does Not Like The Words 'Refugee' Or 'Genocide'", NPR, 19 April 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Joanna Moorhead. "I was reunited with my long-lost family on Oprah", The Guardian, 28 April 2018.
- ↑ Alexis Okeowo. "From the Rwandan Genocide to Chicago: A Young Author Survived to Tell Her Story", The New York Times, 7 May 2018.
- ↑ Our Team: Clemantine Wamariya. Women for Women. Archived from the original on 2023-05-26. Retrieved on 2024-11-26.
- ↑ Chris Colin. "A Story for the Broken", San Francisco Magazine, 24 April 2018.
- ↑ Clemantine Wamariya: Author and Human Rights Advocate. re:publica. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved on 2019-07-10.
- ↑ Q & A with Clemantine Wamariya. Thompson Rivers University (11 March 2014).
- ↑ Clemantine Wamariya (13 February 2015). 10 Things I Have Learned as a Public Speaker. medium.com.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Nora Krug. "A moment on 'Oprah' made her a human rights symbol. She wants to be more than that", The Washington Post, 18 April 2018.
- ↑ War and what comes after. TED (24 April 2018).
- ↑ Bio - Clemantine. Clemantine.org. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved on 2019-07-10.
- ↑ Nonfiction Book Review: The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya, Elizabeth Weil. www.publishersweekly.com (2018-04-24). Retrieved on 2022-06-01.