Wp/igl/Zulu Sofola
Template:Wp/igl/Use Nigerian English Nwazuluwa Onuekwuke "Zulu" Sofola (efu óchu ékéfa nolu ogwu nyo mejí efu ódò 1935 lo tí efu óchu ekéla nolu melu efu ódò 1995)[1] chí ẹgba ejuodudu ku ma du kpogo kí chí omí onubule Nigerian kí ko otakíd íya kpayí dírama [2] Sofola ño chí ako‘ne ñwu gé ugbo unyí kócha ísakuli Unibacìítî kpaí í wa mu dí oma onubule ejuodudu kí chí Professor ùgbo ku ma chí ífimu efu Africa.[3]
àbàkwéne ñwu
Nwazuluwa Onuekwuke Sofola[4] ma bí efu éwo kí chí Bendel State akubí ñw Nwaugbade Okwumabua kpaí ene kí chí íchíf Ogana Okwumabua ene kí chí Igbo kí kwo Issele-Uku, Aniocha North Local Government Area, abajoyí í mu dí efu Delta State. Í lo tunyí kocha ótakada ye í èdo mëfa ísakulu ye í gometí ogijo efu Asaba kpaí ísakilu abobule batísm kí dí efu éwo Agbor ochakadu í dí efu éwo Delta State.[citation needed] todu ábu kí‘achí úkolo omamale efu únyí Úkoche ísakulu ,í che ní awodú ya ku ma duenwu kí lo tí ísakulu alafa kí neke f‘otakída-enwu chekpe tí ugbojí ojiane amenefu ye í efu éwo Nashville, Tennessee.[5]Template:Wp/igl/Failed verification Spending her adolescence and early womanhood in the US, í chukocha ye í Southern Baptist Seminary,ya ní BA efu English ye ugbo Virginia Union University efu Richmond, Virginia efu ódò 1959.[citation needed] í ya ño ní MA ñwu efu dírama (Play writing kpaí Production)kwí The Catholic University of America efu Washington DC efu odo1965.[1] ya da bí wafu Nigeria efu 1966, kpaí ya ño mu dí àkone eñwu éfu ye í ùjọ ùgbo Kuma chí ífílmu ye í University of Ibadan, Oyo State,ùgbo kí ní PhD-nw efu Theatre Arts (Tragic Theory) efu ódò 1977.[6]
enwu chana-nwu
Í chí‘ye "efu íya echí one anyí kwí Óhilaà agbadé kpaí tí ye oguchekpo manyu ye abilewa ye í Afrīka kí che ñoche tane".[7] í ñ‘ dí ameñwu egíní che'kwu eñwu afiteju ", kí ya akwate eñwu kpai ritual kí chí añwago íñwa eñwu agbadé oguchekpo kpaí eñwu abilewa efu ye kí chí attama ukpahu onekele"[8] ma deju gó anekaa efu onubule ochochí kí dukpe ojima efu Nigerian literature.[9] í ya mu du eñwu arewa íjuwe ñu í‘mòto akí otakída Afrika . Sofola's most frequently performed plays are Wedlock of the Gods (1972) and The Sweet Trap (1977),[8] í lekwu efu ódò 1995 alu kí chí omó odo Ọ̀gbọ̀mẹ́ta .
Amenwu kí né
- Scholarly awards and distinctions both nationally and internationally.[10]
- Recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship.[11]
- Represented Nigeria at the first International Women Playwrights Conference.[12]
Selected works
- The Deer Hunter and The Hunter's Pearl (1969), London: Evans Brothers.[13]
- The Disturbed Peace of Christmas (1971), Ibadan: Daystar Press.[13][14]
- Wedlock of the Gods (1972), Ibadan: Evans.[15]
- The Operators, Ibadan: Ibadan University, 1973.[citation needed]
- King Emene: Tragedy of a Rebellion (1974), Heinemann Educational Books. Template:Wp/igl/ISBN
- The Wizard of Law (1975), Evans Bros. Template:Wp/igl/ISBN
- The Sweet Trap (1977); Ibadan: Oxford University Press. Template:Wp/igl/ISBN
- Old Wines Are Tasty (1981), Ibadan: Oxford University Press. Template:Wp/igl/ISBN
- Memories in the Moonlight (1986), Ibadan: Evans Brothers.[16]
- Queen Omu-ako of Oligbo, Buffalo: Paul Robeson Theatre, 1989.[17]
- Eclipso and the Fantasia, Illorin, Nigeria: 1990.[18]
- The Showers, Illorin, Nigeria: 1991.[19]
- Song of a Maiden: A Play, Illorin, Nigeria: Heinemann, 1992.[citation needed]
- Lost Dreams and Other Plays, Ibadan: Heinemann, 1992.[19]
Further reading
- Ezenwamadu, Nkechi Judith, and Chinyere Theodora Ojiakor. "Proverbs and Postproverbial Stance in Selected Plays of Emeka Nwabueze and Zulu Sofola." Matatu 51, no. 2 (2020): 432–447.
- Gikandi, Simon (2002), Encyclopedia of African Literature, Routledge. Template:Wp/igl/ISBN - p. 502
- Gilbert, H. (1996), Post-Colonial Drama: Theory, Practice, Politics, Routledge. Template:Wp/igl/ISBN - p. 183 (on Sofola's use of proverbs).
- Kolawole, M. E. M. (1999), Zulu Sofola: her life & her works, Caltop Publications (Nigeria). Template:Wp/igl/ISBN
- http://www.critical-stages.org/15/nigeria-the-challenge-of-and-for-the-female-playwright/
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biography Template:Wp/igl/Webarchive, ′Zulu Sofola official website.
- ↑ "Nigeria's female writers have arrived" Template:Wp/igl/Webarchive, Sun newspaper (Nigeria), 11 December 2005.
- ↑ "Zulu Sofola: A legacy of creativity and generosity -". The NEWS. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ↑ Ifeanyi Iyegbu, "Nwazuluwa Onuekwuke Sofola", Issele-Uku Association of North America.
- ↑ "Sun 18 May 2014". The Guardian (in English). 18 May 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ↑ "Zulu Sofola". ZODML (in English). 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ↑ Margaret Busby, Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent, London: Jonathan Cape, 1992, p. 450.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Sofola, Zulu", in Martin Banham, Errol Hill & George Woodyard (eds), The Cambridge Guide to African & Caribbean Theatre, Cambridge University Press, 1994; p. 82.
- ↑ Africa Database Template:Wp/igl/Webarchive
- ↑ Woman.NG (23 December 2017). "First Women: Zulu Sofola - The First Female Professor Of Theatre Arts In Africa". Woman.NG (in en-US). Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ↑ "bookshy: 56 Years of Nigerian Literature: 'Zulu Sofola". bookshy. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ↑ Fitzsimmons Linda (May 1989). "First Women Playwrights Conference". New Theatre Quarterly 5 (18): 123. ISSN 0266-464X. doi:10.1017/s0266464x00003018. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Nigeria—The Challenge of (and for) the Female Playwright". Critical Stages/Scènes critiques (in en-US). 25 June 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ↑ Eni Kenneth Efakponana (2012). "Zulu Sofola and the Nigerian Theatre Influences and Traditions". Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies: 154–169. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ↑ Fuchs Anne (1999). New Theatre in Francophone and Anglophone Africa: A Selection of Papers Held at a Conference in Mandelieu, 23-26 June, 1995 (in English). Rodopi. ISBN 978-90-420-0725-3.
- ↑ Sofola Zulu. (1986). Memories in the moonlight. Ibadan: Evans Brothers. ISBN 978-978-167-176-0.
- ↑ "PAUL ROBESON THEATRE NOISY 'QUEEN OMU-AKO' OFFERS A LOOK AT WEST AFRICAN CULTURE". The Buffalo News (in en-us). 3 May 1989. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ↑ "SOFOLA, 'Zulu". Encyclopedia.com. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Publications Europa (2003). International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004 (in English). Psychology Press. ISBN 978-1-85743-179-7.
External links
- zulusofola.com ′Zulu Sofola official website.
- Zulu Sofola at Black Plays Archive, National Theatre.
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