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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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Biography Template:Wp/igl/Webarchive, ′Zulu Sofola official website.
  2. "Nigeria's female writers have arrived" Template:Wp/igl/Webarchive, Sun newspaper (Nigeria), 11 December 2005.
  3. "Zulu Sofola: A legacy of creativity and generosity -". The NEWS. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021. 
  4. Ifeanyi Iyegbu, "Nwazuluwa Onuekwuke Sofola", Issele-Uku Association of North America.
  5. "Sun 18 May 2014". The Guardian (in English). 18 May 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2021. 
  6. "Zulu Sofola". ZODML (in English). 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2021. 
  7. Margaret Busby, Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent, London: Jonathan Cape, 1992, p. 450.
  8. 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.
  9. Africa Database Template:Wp/igl/Webarchive
  10. 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. 
  11. "bookshy: 56 Years of Nigerian Literature: 'Zulu Sofola". bookshy. Retrieved 29 May 2020. 
  12. Fitzsimmons Linda (May 1989). "First Women Playwrights Conference". New Theatre Quarterly 5 (18): 123. ISSN 0266-464X. doi:10.1017/s0266464x00003018.  Unknown parameter |s2cid= ignored (help)
  13. 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. 
  14. 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. 
  15. 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. 
  16. Sofola Zulu. (1986). Memories in the moonlight. Ibadan: Evans Brothers. ISBN 978-978-167-176-0. 
  17. "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. 
  18. "SOFOLA, 'Zulu". Encyclopedia.com. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020. 
  19. 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. 

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