U-Rosina Umelo (owazalwa uRosina Martin, 1930) ungumbhali waseNigeria.Waziwa ngezindaba zakhe ezimfushane, izincwadi zezingane kanye nenganekwane yakhe yabantu abadala.Ubuye washicilela ngaphansi kwegama elithi Adaeze Madu. URosina "Rose" Martin wazalelwa eCheshire, eNgilandi, futhi wafunda eBedford College, University of London . Washada noJohn Umelo waseNigeria ngo-1961, wahlangana naye eLondon Underground.Ngo-1965, bobabili bathuthela eNigeria . Ufundise isiLatini eQueens School, e- Enugu, kwaze kwaba yilapho kugqashuka iMpi Yombango yaseNigeria (1967-70).Waba yisakhamuzi saseNigeria ngo-1971 ngomshado.Wayengummeli oyinhloko futhi wadala lesiNgisi lwezifundo izinto. Kamuva, u-Umelo waba umqondisi wesikole. Umelo unezingane okungenani ezine. Umelo uqoqe izindaba zakhe ezimfushane ezingu-12 zabantu abadala engomeni ethi The Man Who Ate the Money (1978), ezinhlanu zazo zawina izindondo. U-Nancy J. Schmidt, ebhalela i- Africa Today, ubize incwadi ka-Umelo kwethi The Man Who Ate the Money ngokuthi “kusha,” nakuba isihloko sakhe sasiphathelene nezindikimba ezivamile ezinganekwaneni zase-Afrika. Umelo uphinde wabhalela uchungechunge oludumile lwabantu abadala olushicilelwe uMacmillan, olubizwa ngePacesetters Series .