Efua Sutherland

Efua Theodora Sutherland (bɛ daa n dɔɣi o la silimin gɔli June biɛɣu pishi ni ayopɔin dali, yuuni 1924 puuni – 2nd January dabaayi, yuuni1996) daa nyɛla Ghanaian kpɛrigu sabira, director, children's author, taɣimalisi sasabira, shikuru baŋda, researcher, child advocate, n ti pahi cultural activist. Ŋuni n sabi kpɛrigu bukunima ŋɔ shɛŋa n-nyɛ Foriwa (1962), Edufa (1967), nti pahi The Marriage of Anansewa (1975). Ŋuna n daa n kpa the Ghana Drama Studio, the Ghana Society of Writers,Danquah, Moses, "Ghana, One Year Old: a First Independence Anniversary Review", Accra: Publicity Promotions, 1958. the Ghana Experimental Theatre, n ti pahi community project shɛli bɛ ni n boli ni Kodzidan (Story House) la. Ŋuna n daa n-nyɛ Ghana palim palim playwright-director,Busby, Margaret, "Efua Sutherland", Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent (1992), Vintage, 1993, p. 314. ka nyɛ ŋun daa n mali nuu timbu the development of modern Ghanaian theatre puuni ka daa lahi n tabi sɔŋ ka African performance traditions bɔhimbu nya zaashee n zani university level puuni. O daa lahi n nyɛla bɛ ni n boli so ni a pioneering African publisher la ka daa n kpa the company Afram Publications Accra yuuni 1970s la puuni.

O daa nyɛla cultural advocate n-ti bihi tum yuuni 1950s la piligu hali ni o kum saha. O daa lahi nyɛla ŋun mali nuu timbu educational curricula development, litiricha, theatre n ti pahi filim din n jɛndi Ghana bihi nima puuni. O yuuni 1960 foto lahabali bee gbaŋ Playtime din daa n niŋ Africa, ka nyɛ Willis E. Bell ni daa pun n sabi shɛli  daa nyɛla din yɛli n kahigi diɛma n-ti bihi lɛbigimsim. Lala yɛli ŋɔ daa nyɛla din n nya tabi sɔŋ yuuni 1980s la puuni saha shɛli o ni daa n-nyɛ toondana the development of a model public children's parks system n-ti bɛ tingbani la puuni.Simoes da Silva, Tony, "Myths, Traditions and Mothers of the Nation: Some Thoughts on Efua Sutherland's Writing", EnterText 4, no. 2 (2005): 256.

Sutherland bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni pan-Africanism la daa nyɛla shɛhira zaŋ chaŋ o ni daa n tabi sɔŋ di principles la ni o ni daa gbini kpalanzuya ni African n ti tabili African diaspora ninvuɣ'timsa di bahi n bahindi bɛ zaashehi bɛ tuma puuni ka lahi n che ka o poha yooi ni Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Maya Angelou, W. E. B. Du Bois mini Shirley Graham Du Bois, Margaret Busby, Tom Feelings, Langston Hughes, Martin Luther King mini Coretta Scott King, Femi Osofisan, Félix Morisseau-Leroy, Es'kia Mphahlele, Wole Soyinka n ti tabili Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Di ni daa n niŋ ka o daa n sabi an original proposal n-ti pan-African historical theatre festival din be Ghana puuni ni di nyɛ cultural binshɛli din yɛn n laɣindi Africans shɛba ban n be dunya wɔliŋ'luhili mini di wɔliŋ'puhili zaa luɣ'yini yuuni 1980 la puuni n naagi, Sutherland daa lahi n lɛbila ŋun n kpɛhiri niriba kɔrisi biennial Pan-African festival of theatre arts sokam ni mi shɛli PANAFEST ka bɛ daa tuui n ʒini li yuuni 1992 puuni la ni."History" , Panafest website.

Efua Sutherland daa n kani la Accra o yum'pisopoin ni yini ni, yuuni 1996 puuni.
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