Sam Uzochukwu

Sam Uzochukwu malami ne ɗan Najeriya kuma masani kan waƙoƙin baka na ƴan ƙabilar Igbo.Ernest Emenyonu, "Ugochukwu [sic], Sam", in Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature, Routledge; 2002. . Online version

 Rayuwa 
An haifi Uzochukwu a shekarar 1940 a Ebenato, karamar hukumar Nnewi ta kudu, jihar Anambra, Najeriya. Bayan ya yi Digiri na biyu a Harshen Turanci daga Jami'ar Obafemi Awolowo, Ile-Ife (1966), ya koma Nazarin Igbo.'Traditional Elegiac Poetry of Igbo: A study of the major types'. PhD Thesis, University of Lagos, 1981. See Helen Chukwuma, Igbo oral literature: theory and tradition, 1994, p.9 Uzochukwu ya samu digirin digirgir ne a jami’ar Legas a shekarar 1981 inda ya karanci  adabin baka na Igbo. Ya zauna a Jami’ar Legas, inda ya zama Farfesa kuma Shugaban Sashen Nazarin Afirka da Asiya.

Ya yi aiki wajen tattarawa da rubuta waƙoƙin baka na Igbo, musamman wakokin jana'iza, kuma ya wallafa ayyukan kirkire-kirkire da na ban mamaki a harshen Igbo. An wallafa Festschrift-(littafin girmamawa) domin shi a shekarar 2008.Iwu Ikwubuzo, Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche and Chigozie Nnabuihe, eds., Udezuluigbo: a festschrift in honour of Sam Uzochukwu, 2008. .

Uzochukwu shi ne Farfesa na farko a duk faɗin Mbanese - wanda shine babban sunan gamayyar al'ummomi biyar (cikin goma) da suka haɗa da karamar hukumar Nnewi ta Kudu a jihar Anambra. Waɗannan al’ummomin sune Ebenato, Ezinifite, Akwaihedi, Osumenyi da Utuh. A shekarar 2019, Farfesa Sam ya ƙaddamar da Gidauniyar Ilimi mai zurfi, sannan kuma ya bayyana tarihin rayuwarsa mai taken A Single PalmnutIzunna Okafor "Mabnese 1st Professor Launches Edu. Foundation, Unveils Autobio", The Nigerian Voice 17 October 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

 Ayyuka 
Mbem Akwamozu [Funeral Dirges], 1985. 
Akanka, Na Nnyocha Agumagu Igbo [Criticism of Igbo Poetry], 1990 
Abu Akwamozu [Songs of Mourning], 1992 
Traditional funeral poetry of the Igbo, 2001 
Traditional birth poetry of the Igbo, 2006 
''A Single Palmnut, The  Autobiography of Prof. Samuel Udezuligbo Uzochukwu, 2019.

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