Wana Udobang
| ụdịekere | nwanyị  |
|---|---|
| mba o sị | Naijiria |
| Ebe ọmụmụ | Lagos |
| ọrụ ọ na-arụ | odee uri, freelance journalist, filmmaker |
| ebe agụmakwụkwọ | University for the Creative Arts |
Wana Udobang, nke a makwaara dị ka Wana Wana, bụ onye edemede Naijiria, onye na-ede uri, onye nta akụkọ, onye na'eme ihe nkiri, na onye na-eme ihe nkiri na onyonyo.[1] Ọrụ ya apụtala na BBC, Al Jazeera, Huffington Post, BellaNaija, na The Guardian, A kọwawo ya dị ka "otu n'ime ndị mmeri kachasị ukwuu nke okwu ọhụrụ anyị na-ekwu okwu na-abanye n'ime oghere".[2][3][4]
Akụkọ ndụ na ọrụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ ya na Lagos, obodo di na Naịjirịa, Udobang gụsịrị akwụkwọ na nzere mbụ na akwụkwọ akụkọ na Mahadum maka nka okike. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, ọ rụrụ ọrụ na BBC World Service dị ka onye na-emepụta ihe nkiri n'onwe ya. Ọ rụkwara ọrụ dị ka onye nyocha na Wise Buddah Productions, Above the Title Productions, na Somethin 'Else.
Mgbe ọ laghachiri Lagos, ọ rụrụ ọrụ na 92.3 Inspiration FM na Lagos, Naịjirịa, ruo afọ isii dị ka onye na-egosi n'redio na onye na-emepụta ihe.
E bipụtara akụkọ ifo ya na uri ya na Brittle Paper na ebe ndị ọzọ n'ịntanetị na n'akwụkwọ. Ọ bụ onye gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Farafina Creative Writers Workshop nke Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie na-eme kwa afọ.
Dị ka onye na-ede uri, ọ na-eme ihe nkiri ngosi na gburugburu Naịjirịa. Abọm okwu mbụ ya, nke e wepụtara na 2013, akpọrọ Dirty Laundry .[5][6]
N'afọ 2017, o wepụtara abọm nke abụọ, nke akpọrọ In Memory of Forgetting . A kọwawo abọm ahụ dị ka "onye nwere obi ike n'ụzọ dị egwu", "ụda nkịta ụmụ nwanyị" nke na-agba gburugburu "ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ụmụ nwanyị na-eguzogide, mmeri na ọgụ ha, mmerụ ahụ ha na ngosipụta nke Kraịst.[7][8][4] Udobang na-akọwa ya dị ka "nchịkọta nke ncheta na-agagharị na ahụmịhe nke sitere na ebe ndị na-adịghị mma na ajụjụ na imezigharị onwe onye".[9]
N'afọ 2020, a họpụtara Wana ka ọ sonye na 54th International Writing Program Fall Residency na Mahadum Iowa, site n'enyemaka nke United States Department of State. Ka ọ dị ugbu a, ndị edemede Naijiria 35 esonyewo na IWP Fall Residency. Nke a bụ ndị ama ama n'etiti ha bụ Elechi Amadi (1973), Cyprian Ekwensi (1974), Ola Rotimi (1980), Femi Osofisan (1986), Niyi Osundare (1988), Festus Iyayi (1990), Lola Shoneyin (1999), Obari Gomba (2016) na Tade Ipadeola (2019).[10]
Edensibịa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Onyemaechi. "I may one day go back to being a radio presenter, says Wana Udobang", TheCable Lifestyle, 27 June 2017. Retrieved on 23 November 2017.
- ↑ Writing a New Nigeria – Episode guide – BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved on 23 November 2017.
- ↑ Udobang. "'The exorcism was over in 15 minutes but nothing changed' – LGBT life in Nigeria", The Guardian, 21 February 2017. Retrieved on 23 November 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Okolo. "Essentials: Wana Udobang's 'In Memory Of Forgetting' is not a feminist album, it is so much more", The Native, 5 September 2017. Retrieved on 23 November 2017.
- ↑ Spoken Word With Wana Udobang In 'Not For Sale'. jaguda.com (6 October 2013). Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved on 23 November 2017.
- ↑ dirty laundry – WanaWana. wanawana.net. Retrieved on 23 November 2017.
- ↑ Keside Anosike: An Insight into Wana Udobang's Spoken Word Album – In Memory of Forgetting. bellanaija.com (11 September 2017). Retrieved on 23 November 2017.
- ↑ "Wana Udobang's "In Memory of Forgetting" Spoken Word Album Tells Reality Grimly", FilterFree, 17 August 2017. Retrieved on 23 November 2017.
- ↑ "It Starts From Writing Honestly | A Conversation with Wana Udobang | By Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún", Brittle Paper, 23 August 2017. Retrieved on 23 November 2017.
- ↑ Nigerian, Udobang, selected for prestigious International Writing Programme. Vanguard (21 July 2020). Retrieved on 2 February 2021.