Sylvia Arthur

Sylvia Arthur, laamba nyɛla  Ghana nima amaa ka bɛ daa lee n doɣi o London, England. O nyɛla sasabira, lahabalitira, communications consultant, literary curator n ti pahi cultural activist. Yuuni 2017 la puuni, o daa nyɛla ŋun n yina n ti kpa private library Accra, Ghana, ka di yuli m boli Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora (LOATAD),  ni di nyɛ luɣ'shɛli polo bɛ yɛn n niŋdi bohimbu, preservation, ka lahi n-tiri niriba lahabali zaŋ kpa African mini Diaspora literature din daa yɛn n che ka bɛ "puhi di chuɣu ka lahi n gu ka n taɣi Africa kpaŋmaŋa tohibu shɛŋa din deei bi n yi polo na global literary canon nima sani." LOATAD lahi nyɛla n niŋdi ʒinahigu n-tiri sasabiriba biɛhigu shee, domin ŋuni Arthur maŋmaŋa gba daa n ka biɛhigu shee ni Hedgebrook din m be Washington State mini Santa Fe Art Institute din m be New Mexico la mini tiŋ'shɛŋa din m pahi pahi puuni.

Arthur sabbunima nyɛla din n jɛndi yɛl'gola din m be identity, diaspora mini biɛhigu shee puuni. Bukunima mini tuun'shɛŋa o ni n sabi ka n yihina nima n-nyɛ The Guardian, Lithub, BBC, n ti pahi British Journalism Review. Ŋuna n daa n sabi yuuni 2015 buku ŋɔ Get Hired: Recession-Proof Strategies for Finding a Job Now. Tum yuuni 2022 puuni ka o daa n-nyɛ National Geographic Explorer so ŋun daa n niŋdi o vihigu ka di nyɛ oral history project ni o sabi Africa paɣaba ban yuma daa n gbaai yuum'pihiyobu m mali chana biɛhisi bee taarihinima n sɔŋ,

Arthur ka bɛ daa n zaŋ yuuni 2023 Brittle Paper African Literary Person of the Year yuli la n-ti.
 O taarihi 
Sylvia Arthur laamba nyɛla Ghananima amaa ka bɛ daa lee n doɣi ŋuna London, England, ka o daa lahi n zooi nimaani. O daa n deela o Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism n yina University of Westminster puuni, ka daa n deei MA in Narrative Nonfiction Writing mii puuni n yina City University, London. O ni daa n-nyɛ runner n tumdi n-tiri Sky News nima n naai, o daa chaŋmi nti n lɛbi reporter News Africa magazine puuni ka lahi n-nyɛ ŋun m mali freelanced n-ti The Guardian, BBC mini British Journalism Review, nti m pahi o ni daa m pili listings outlet What's On Ghana niŋbu yuuni  2005 la puuni zuɣu. O lahi nyɛla ŋun daa n-nyɛ assistant producer n-ti BBC, ITV nti m pahi Sky.

Yuuni 2010 la puuni, o daa n yila London n chaŋ Brussels, Belgium, ni o ti n tum tuma yuma ayi; bɛ ni m boli shɛba ni communications agency nima la n daa n kpuɣi o ka o tumdi ka n-nyɛ consultant n-ti European Commission's Directorate General for Employment. Di ni daa ti n-niŋ ka o sabi ni: "di ni daa n-niŋ ka n tahi m maŋa tiŋa shɛli puuni n ni daa n ʒi so, n daa n zaŋla m maŋa n niŋ gbana yulibu puuni, sabbu mini karimbu puuni din kuli yɛn n che ka m bi n ko biɛhigu maa. Bakɔi kam puuni n daa yi n darilabukunima cavernous secondhand bookstore shɛli puuni, amaa ŋanima daa m pala din n-nyɛ castoffs, ŋanima daa nyɛla ŋan n gahim n yi di ko; ka nyɛ bɛ ni n lihi shɛli zuɣu viɛyelinga ka di n ka cracked spines ka n yina sasabiriba ban m be dunia yaɣa maa puuni. Di daa ŋmanila n zuɣu ka bɛ daa n sabi ŋanima, di ni daa n-niŋ ka bɛ daa n chaŋ ka n che transient biɛhigu ŋɔ n naai, n tari kamani niri kam ni n-niŋ an organ shɛm la. Ŋanima daa nyɛla ŋan n-ti ma biɛhigu. Din nima n daa n gbubi ma saha shɛli n ni daa m bori ŋun yɛn n tabi ma ka n che gaŋbu shɛli din daa m paai ma maa." Lala bukunima maa pam daa nyɛla gbanpiɛlla sasabiriba ni daa n sabi shɛŋa, di mii yi daa nti n-niŋ ka buku shɛŋa din daa m be o sani maa daa ti n galisi n yaɣi o ni n sɔŋdi li luɣ'shɛli polo tariga, o daa yi m mali li mi n niŋdi container n tahiri Ghana, din nyɛ luɣ'shɛli o ni tooi n chana nti n kaari o daŋ.

 Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora 
Saha shɛli o ni daa n ti paɣi n yi zani ni o kahi n labi Ghana na yuuni  2017 la puuni, o daa n zaŋla o bukunima 1,300 shɛli din daa m be o ma yiŋa tum yuuni 2011 la puuni n yoogi di daa n-nyɛ Libreria Ghana la. Di yi daa n-niŋ ka a subscribe, din ŋuna a nyɛla ŋun ni tooi n karim ka m paŋ bukunima lala library maa puuni. Libreria Ghana m pa n lɛbi Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora (LOATAD), kamani bɛ ni daa n yɛli shɛm silimin goli May biɛɣu pishi dali, yuuni 2020 puuni: "Ti gbaami ni ti n taɣi to yuli ka di nyɛ din wuhiri ti ni n-nyɛ shɛba,  ti ni n niŋdi binshɛli, ni ti ni n ʒiya n-ti shɛli. Ti nyɛla library shɛba ban n deei bɛ maŋa sulinsi ka ti zaɣa nyɛ din m be buku'shɛŋa ŋan sasabiriba nyɛ ban n yi Africa mini African Diaspora puuni na. Ti nyɛla ban m mali Africa tinsi mini din tiŋ'kɔɣa maa zaa bukunima."

Tum yuuni 2022 la puuni, LOATAD daa n-ti la soli ka bɛ niŋ residency programme di puuni ka daa lahi n che ka West Africa tingbana puuni sasabiriba mali nɛn'shɛŋa din daa m be lala library maa puuni n kuri bɛ bukaata nima ka naain lahi n tumdi ni longform writing project niŋ. O maŋmaŋa daa nyɛla ŋun n di anfaani lala residences maa puuni ka di shɛŋa n-nyɛ Hedgebrook din m be Washington State mini Santa Fe Art Institute din m be New Mexico, Arthur kpahimya ni: "A yi n che Africa sasabiriba n-niŋ luɣ'shɛli polo bɛ literary forebears tuma ni m be, a nyɛla ŋun n taɣi bɛ tɛha ni binyɛra ni m be shɛm. A lihi gbansabila sabbu breadth mini depth ni tiŋ'shɛŋa ti ni n wuhiri sasabiriba mini sasabiriba shɛba ban m mali zaashehi viɛyelinga a ni n nya ka bɛ nyɛla daŋ."
 Paɣabunima mini pin'gahinda shɛŋa o ni n nya 
Speaking engagements shɛŋa Arthur ni n tum nyɛla dibaa ayi TEDx Talks,"TEDx Euston Salon Talk by Sylvia Arthur, Founder of LOATAD", LOATAD, 1 February 2022. din na yoli n-niŋ yuuni 2022 Ashesi University puuni la."The People's Republic of Books", TED, April 2022. O daa nyɛla bɛ ni daa m pii so Africa No Filter "Narrative Champion" ka daa lahi n-nyɛ ŋun daa n deei "Cultures of Resistance Award" la.

Arthur nyɛla yuuni 2022 National Geographic Explorer, din n-nyɛ National Geographic Society nima ni daa n zaŋ grant n tabi n sɔŋ shɛli n-ti o vihigu shɛli o ni n-niŋdi n jɛndi "A Women's Oral History of West Africa, bɛ ni n niŋdi shɛli ni bɛ n sabi West Africa paɣaba ban yuma n yaɣi yuun'pihiyobu lahabaya n sɔŋ n nam "an expansive oral archive".

Yuuni 2023 la puuni, o daa nyɛla bɛ ni daa m puhi ka m paɣi so "ni kpaŋmaŋa shɛli o ni daa n niŋ ka n kpa lala Library of Africa and The African Diaspora (LOATAD)" maa ka daa m boli o Brittle Paper African Literary Person of the Year (ban pun n di lala yuli ŋɔ shɛba n-nyɛ Ellah Wakatama, Kwame Dawes nti m pahi Lola Shoneyin). Nii Ayikwei Parkes ni daa yɛn n zaŋ shɛli n tabi n sɔŋ lala pin'gahindili ŋɔ, o daa n yɛlimi ni: " Sylvia ni n nya shɛli yuma ayobu puuni ŋɔ...nyɛla din gahim n du zuɣusaa. Ban n karimda bukunima ka bɛ kalinli m paai thousands la ni daa tooi n nya ka n karim Africa mini din tiŋ'kuɣa puuni sasabiriba bukunima ŋɔ nyaaŋa, bɛ ni m boli shɛba ni creatives la ban kalinli daa n yaɣi bin pihinu daa nyɛla ban n di anfaani library maa puuni n lɛbi fellows mini residents,  m namdi ka m malindi tum'shɛŋa din na ʒin pun m beni ka bɛ poha tom lahi n yoori taba ka di nyɛ n yihi ban maŋmaŋa cultural treasures polo."

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 External links 
 Sylvia Arthur website
 "Sylvia Arthur on her Personal Collection of rare African books", Spotlite by Literandra, 24 May 2020.
 LOATAD.org
 "Sylvia Arthur" at Ford Foundation.
 Nana Brantuo, , Amaka, 12 April 2023.

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