Ebele Okoye

Ebele Okoye (furtawaⓘ) wacce kuma aka fi sani da "Omenka Ulonka" 'yar Najeriya/Jamus ce mai zaman kanta a Berlin wacce ke shirya fina-finai masu motsi (Animation), darakta, mai zane, kuma mai fasahar kafofin watsa labarai daban-daban. An haife ta a ranar 6 ga Oktoba, 1969, a Onitsha, Jihar Anambra, Najeriya.

Kasancewar ita ce mace ta farko a Najeriya da ta fara yin aikin fim mai motsi (animator), an san ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin majagaba a harkar fim ɗin motsi na Afirka kuma galibi ana kiranta "mahaifiyar Animation ta Afirka." Tare da gogewar sama da shekaru 16 a masana'antar fim mai motsi, Ebele ta bayar da gudunmawa mai mahimmanci a wannan fanni kuma ta kasance mutum mai tasiri a cikin al'ummar fim mai motsi da na fina-finan waka (poetry film). Tana zaune a Jamus tun daga shekara ta 2000.

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
Okoye ta yi karatun Fine and Applied Arts (Graphic Design/Illustration) tare da babbar difloma ta kasa daga Cibiyar Gudanarwa da Fasaha ta Enugu daga 1985 zuwa 1989. A tsakanin 1990 zuwa 1995, ta yi aiki a matsayin mai zanen hoto, Copywriter, da Branding ƙwararre da kuma ƙwararren mai zane-zane a Najeriya, gami da ma'aikatan jarida, Tabfunlsh. "Mujallar Classique" wanda May Ellen Mofe-Damijo da Richard Mofe-Damijo ke gudanarwa.

Lokacin da ta isa Jamus a shekara ta 2000, ta yi shirin baƙo a cikin Nazarin Afirka a Jami'ar Cologne, Ta ci gaba da karatun digiri a cikin Tsarin Sadarwa a Jami'ar Kimiyyar Kimiyya da ke Düsseldorf tare da horarwa a Gidan Watsa Labarai na Jamus ta Yamma (WDR) Daga 2003 zuwa 2004, ta horar da wasan kwaikwayo na gargajiya na 2D fim din Köl . Ita ce ƙwararren mai magana da yaren Igbo da Ingilishi da Jamusanci . Nkiru Nzegwu, "Immigration and African Diaspora Women Artists" in Isidor Okpewho and Nkiru Nzegwu, eds., The New African Diaspora (Indiana University Press 2009): 324. 

 Sana'a 
Kafin ƙaura zuwa Jamus a cikin 200, Ebele Okoye ya kasance mai aiki a cikin fasaha da fasaha na watsa labaru kuma yana nuna ayyukanta kullum a cikin nunin nunin mutum ɗaya da rukuni (duba sashe). Bayan kammala karatunsa daga makarantar Animation a cikin 2004, Ebele a takaice ya yi aiki a matsayin babban mai yin raye-raye a cikin ɗakunan raye-raye kafin ya shiga cikin samar da raye-raye masu zaman kansu a cikin 2006.

Tun da farko a cikin 2009, ta kafa Shrinkfish Animation Studios a Abuja, Nigeria, wanda ke da nufin yin aiki da samfurin aiki mai nisa. Kodayake wannan samfurin ya riga ya wuce lokacinsa, ya ƙarfafa haɓakar haɓakar ɗakinta na gaba mai nasara, Jolly Squid Ltd (Jolly Squid Media). Wannan ɗakin studio ya bunƙasa, musamman bayan ɗaukar aikin nesa saboda cutar ta COVID-19.

Tsakanin 2007 da 2013, Ebele ya ba da gudummawa a matsayin marubuci a cikin wasu wallafe-wallafen da suka dace da mujallu ciki har da (harhada Babi na Najeriya don) littafin a cikin littafin "Animation: A World History", na masanin tarihin Italiya Giannalberto Bendazzi . Bugu da kari, Ebele ta ba da gudummawa ga farkon bugu na (yanzu rusasshiyar) Journal "Nigerian Brands", inda ta rubuta labaran da suka dace. Ta kuma kafa "The Animation Club Africa", dandalin sada zumunta a Facebook a shekarar 2010.

A cikin 2013, ta kafa Shrinkfish Media Lab (smedLAB) wanda shine kwas ɗin wasan kwaikwayo na majagaba a Najeriya. Bayan haka, ta ci gaba da gyara kwas don ƙarin bugu amma Cutar Ebola da ta ci gaba har zuwa 2016 ta kawo cikas ga waɗannan tsare-tsaren.

A cikin 2015, The Legacy of Rubies ya lashe lambar yabo ta Kwalejin Fina-Finan Afirka don Mafi kyawun Animation . A jawabinta na karbar lambar yabo a birnin Port Elizabeth na kasar Afrika ta Kudu, Okoye ta bayyana cewa, "Ban yi wannan fim din ne domin neman lambar yabo ba," "Na yi wannan fim ne domin karfafa gwiwar duk wani dan Afirka mai son yin fina-finan rayarwa." The Legacy of Rubies yana da farkon Kanada a Bikin Fim ɗin Black na Toronto a 2016.  A cikin wannan shekarar, ta sanar da shirye-shiryen shirin fim mai tsayi, yana nuna cewa yana iya zama "kamar Tarihi na Narnia da Pocahontas tare."  Daga baya a cikin 2023, Okoye ya buga labarin kafofin watsa labarun yana bayanin dalilin da yasa wannan fim ɗin bai taɓa fitowa ba yayin da wasu al'amuran rayuwa suka lalata shi kuma ya sanar da cewa ya dawo kan dandamali don haɓakawa.

A cikin 2019, Okoye ya fara ƙirƙirar fasaha na gaskiya (VR) fasaha da raye-raye a cikin Oculus Quill ; Ana iya duba da yawa daga cikin waɗannan guntu a gidan yanar gizon ta.

A cikin 2021, Ebele ya gabatar da " Motion to the Sauti (MTTS)", sigar "dorewa" na smedLAB, tare da shirye-shirye na musamman " AniJolly Girls " (wanda ke niyya ga mata kawai) da MTTS Quick Slice (niyya ga matasa). Shekara guda bayan haka, a cikin 2022, Ebele ya kafa Spunky Toonz, alamar raye-raye da kuma farawar EdTech wanda ke ƙirƙirar kayan gani na sauti da nufin tsara tunanin lafiya, na gama gari, da yanayin muhalli a cikin masu zuwa makaranta da yara ƙanana.

A cikin aikinta ya zuwa yanzu, Ebele ta samar da fina-finai mai rairayi kuma ta jagoranci haɗin gwiwar kasa da kasa, tare da haɗin gwiwa tare da abokan ciniki daban-daban da abokan tarayya, gami da Universal Music Group wanda ta yi wasa da Motown Hit " Dancing in the Street " ta Martha da Vandellas, Hotunan Universal, Nickelodeon, Deutsche Welle Documentary, ZDF/ARTE, Robert Boture Foundation, Robert Boture Foundation Aidshilf, da sauransu.

Ebele's work has earned her numerous awards and recognitions, including the Robert Bosch Foundation Promotional Prize for Animation (for  Anna Blume, based on a 1919 poem by Kurt Schwitters,), DEFA Foundation Research Prize, Africa Movie Academy Awards (2x), the Redefreiheit of Amnesty International for "Outstanding media work in human rights issues," and the Focus Features Africa First Short Film Programme, (for The Legacy of Rubies) among many others.

 Kyauta 
+Kyaututtuka da karramawa da Okoye ya samu Shekara Aiki Kyauta Ƙungiya Sakamako 2015 Legacy na Rubies Kyautar Cibiyar Nazarin Fina-Finan Afirka don Mafi Kyawun Animation 2015 Legacy na Rubies Bikin Fina-Finan Afirka 2015 Legacy na Rubies Bikin fina-finan Afirka na Silicon Valley 2012 Alamu Sake kunnawa 2010 Ana Blume Bikin Fim ɗin Waƙar Zebra, Berlin 2010 Asalin Bikin fina-finan Afirka na Silicon Valley 2010 Asalin Majalisar Jihar California 2010 Ana Blume Bikin Fim ɗin Waƙar Zebra, Berlin 2008 Mai hauka Kyautar Cibiyar Nazarin Fina-Finan Afirka don Mafi Kyawun Animation 2007 Ana Blume Robert Bosch Foundation 2006 Kafafun Zabe DEFA Foundation 2007 Mouse Takarda Anyi don Kyautar Wayar hannu Cologne, Jamus

 Ƙaddamarwa 

 Motion to the Sound - 2021, wani rukunin yanar gizon da ƴan tsirarun raye-raye masu zaman kansu za su iya sadarwa tare da sauran masu ƙirƙira, inganta aikinsu tare da ƙalubale, da kuma fallasa raye-rayen su ga masu sauraro da yawa.
 Bude Toonz Animation Lab - 2015, wani aiki ne da ya danganci aikace-aikacen Open Toonz, inda masu amfani za su iya haɗawa da juna, raba ra'ayi, koyo, har ma da ba da gudummawa ga haɓaka software.
 Shrinkfish Media Lab (smedLAB) - 2013, Kos ɗin raye-rayen majagaba a Najeriya, wanda ke da burin ɗaga tsirarun muryoyin motsin rai.
 Animation Club Africa - 2010, Cibiyar al'umma a kan Facebook da nufin hada raye-raye da gina al'umma mai tallafi.

 Koyarwa, magana, juri, curation da rubuce-rubucen masana'antu 
Ebele ya koyar da raye-raye a Jami'ar Bauhaus Weimar kuma ya yi aiki tare a matsayin mai koyar da raye'raye da zane tare da kungiyoyi daban-daban, gami da birnin Hamburg, Nollywood Jamus, Zanzibar International Film Festival, Goethe Institut Nigeria da Tanzania, Afrika Festival Warsaw, Prirodoslovno grafička škola Zadar da sauransu.

Ebele murya ce da ake nema a cikin sarrafa fina-finai, kwamitocin zaɓe da juri da kuma masu magana don abubuwan raye-raye da abubuwan da suka shafi masana'antar fim, kasuwanni da bukukuwa. Waɗannan sun haɗa da bikin Fina-Finan Duniya na Afirka, Oscar Qualifying Festival Interfilm Berlin, Durban International Film Festival, Zebra Poetry Film Festival, "SCHLiNGEL" Yara da Matasa Festival, Festival na Animation Berlin, Shayari Film Prize Weimar, Chitrakartha17 'Dalibai Animation Festival, Ahmedabad, Madagassy Talent Film Berlin da yawa wasu.

Okoye kuma yana ba da damar yin nunin raye-rayen Afirka a kusa da sararin samaniya a Jamus.

 Alamomi 
Ebele is also involved in branding, design, and art. She founded the art and ethnic fusion labels "Kalodei Berlin ®" and "Olomenka ®." A self proclaimed eccentric brand with handmade products based in Berlin.

 Finafinai 

 2023 Spunky TALES | Zaki, Giwa da Giwa [03 min | Daraktan, Voice over]
 2022 Jurassic World Dinos De Facto _ Trainhopper [Aikin tallan tallan da Hotunan Duniya suka ba da izini]
 2021 Duniya a cikin kaina [Tarin ayyukan raye-raye na VR da yawa]
 2020 Martha da Vandellas, Rawa a Titin [Bidiyon kiɗan Motown Hit | Waƙa ta Universal Music | Marubuci, Darakta | Animator]
 Alkawuran Mai 2020 [minti 120, Takardun DW | Co-director, Animator, Voice over]
 Hantsi na bazara na 2019 [Immersive VR Animation]
 2017 Marcas de amor [2D Short, Jamus, Spain | Marubuci, Animator, Darakta, Furodusa]
 2016 Mutumin da ya fadi [2D Short, Germany | Marubuci, Animator, Darakta, Furodusa]
 2016 Mata Uku Masu Hikima [2D Short, Germany | Marubuci, Animator, Darakta, Furodusa]
 Jajayen 'ya'yan itace 2015 [Bidiyon Kiɗa | Jamus, Austria | Marubuci, Animator, Darakta, Furodusa]
 2015 Legacy of Rubies [2D Mid length, Germany, Nigeria, USA | Marubuci, Animator, Darakta, Furodusa]
 2014 Die Liebe in den Zeiten der EU [2D Short, Jamus | Marubuci, Animator, Darakta, Co-Producer]
 2013 Kusa N' Kusa [Music video, Nigeria, Germany | Marubuci, Darakta, Animator, Co-producer]
 2012 Meine Heimat [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Marubuci, Animator, Darakta, Co-Producer]
 2011 Footy My Love [An zayyana akan Chi-Chi Igbo, 'yar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta Najeriya]
 2010 Jigon [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Animator, Darakta, Co-Producer]
 2009 Anna Blume [2D Short, Jamus, Bulgaria | Marubuci, Animator, Co-Director, Producer]
 Tsarin 2009 [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Marubuci, Animator, Darakta, Furodusa]
 2008 Papermouse [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Marubuci, Animator, Darakta, Furodusa]
 2007 Mahaukaci [2D Short, Nigeria, Germany | Marubuci, Animator, Darakta, Co-Producer]
 2004 Tag Attack - 05.00 min. 2D animation. Ifs Cologne (Co-director/animator)
 2002 Sau ɗaya a kan rawa - 04.00 mins. dijital collage (director/animator)

 Zaɓaɓɓun nune-nunen nune-nunen solo 

 2012 Hawaye na ganuwa - Organ kritischer Kunst, Berlin, Jamus
 2008 Nomadic Diaries - Zimt & Koriander Frankfurt am Main, Jamus
 2003 Tsakanin Yankuna - Galerie Haus 23 Cottbus, Jamus
 2002 Nomadic Diaries (Labarin hoto mai tafiya) - Munich, Cologne, Halle; Jamus & Neulengbach, Austria
 2001 Mace game da Mata - Cologne Jamus
 1999 Sabuwar Al'adu - Didi Museum, Lagos Nigeria
 1998 Zababbun Zane-zane da Hotuna a Man Fetur - Legas. Najeriya
 1996 Gaskiya - Didi Museum Lagos. Najeriya
 1995 guguwar Zuciya - National Museum, Lagos Nigeria

 Nunin ƙungiyar da aka zaɓa 

 1995 Mirrors of Society - National Museum, Lagos (Nigeria)
 1996 Nunin hadin gwiwar Najeriya/China, Legas (Nigeria)
 1996 Zaɓaɓɓun mawakan Najeriya kamar yadda National Gallery of Modern Art, Nigeria (Koriya ta Kudu) ta zaɓa.
 1997 Ƙananan-Ƙananan Abubuwa - National Museum, Lagos (Nigeria)
 1998 Fyade na yanayi - Ofishin Jakadancin Brazil, Legas (Nigeria)
 2000 Threshold of Peace - Nunin taron zaman lafiya na matan shugabannin Afirka, Abuja (Nigeria)
 2001 Mata Game da Mata - Goethe Institut, Lagos (Nigeria)
 2003 Ipade Begegnung - Cibiyar Nazarin Afroasian Vienna (Ostiraliya)
 2004 Globalia - Frauenmuseum (Gidan Gidan Tarihi na Mata), Bonn (Jamus)

 Magana 

 Hanyoyin haɗi na waje 

 Ƙungiyar Animation Africa
 Bude Toonz Lab
 Ebele Okoye's website
 Jolly Squid Media (Studio na tushen aikin nisa na Ebele Okoye)
 Spunky Toonz (EdTech na Ebele Okoye na masu zuwa makaranta da yara ƙanana)
 Motsi zuwa Sauti (Initiative horo na Ebele don masu raye-raye masu zaman kansu)
 AniJolly Girls (Koyarwa ta Musamman na Ebele ga mata da 'yan mata masu shekaru 18 - 25)
 smedLAB2013 (Darussan Pioneer Animation na Najeriya)
 Ebele na LinkedIn
 Ebele na Instagramu

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