Ayesha Harruna Attah

Ayesha Harruna Attah (wɔwoo no December 1983) yɛ ayɛsɛm kyerɛwfo a wɔwoo no wɔ Ghana . Ɔte Senegal .

 Mfitiase mfe ne nhomasua 
Wɔwoo Ayesha Harruna Attah wɔ Accra, Ghana, wɔ afe 1980 mfeɛ mu, wɔ asraafoɔ aban ase, maa ɛna bi a na ɔyɛ nsɛm ho amanneɛbɔfoɔ ne agya a ɔyɛ mfoniniyɛfoɔ.Ayesha Harruna Attah, "Why I Write", Authors — World Editions, 30 September 2015. . Attah aka sɛ: “M’awofo ne me nkɛntɛnso atitiriw a edi kan.” Na wɔyɛ nhoma ho nsɛmma nhoma bi a wɔfrɛ no Imagine, a na Accra ho nsɛm wom; nsɛm a ɛfa adwinni, nyansahu, sini, nhoma ahorow ho; cartoons—a na m’ani gye ho titiriw. Na wɔyɛ (na wɔda so ara yɛ) m’abran. Mihuu Toni Morrison bere a na madi mfe dumiɛnsa, na na me ho atɔ me. Memenee biribiara a ɔkyerɛwee. Mekae sɛ mekenkanee Paradise, na bere a ne ntease kwatii me koraa saa bere no, wogyaw me tee nka sɛ ɛyɛ nhoma a ɛyɛ nwonwa sen biara a wɔakyerɛw na da bi mepɛ sɛ mekyerɛw wiase a mmea a wɔyɛ den ahyɛ mu ma, te sɛ nea Ms. Morrison yɛe no ara pɛ. " Daniel Musiitwa, "Interview with Ghanaian Author Ayesha Harruna Attah", Africa Book Club, 1 May 2015.

Bere a onyinii wɔ Accra no, otu kɔɔ Massachusetts na osuaa abɔde mu nneɛma ho ade wɔ Mount Holyoke College, ne afei Columbia Sukuupɔn, na onyaa MFA wɔ adebɔ ho nkyerɛwee mu wɔ New York Sukuupɔn mu .

 Retwerɛ 
Watintim ayɛsɛm nhoma anum.  Wɔkyerɛw ne nhoma a edi kan Harmattan Rain (2008) sɛ nea efi fekubɔ a efi Per Ankh Publishers — wɔ Ghana ayɛsɛm kyerɛwfo Ayi Kwei Armah akwankyerɛ ase — ne TrustAfrica,"Interview with Ghanaian Writer, Ayesha Harruna Attah", Geosi Reads, 11 March 2013. na wɔpaw no tiawa maa 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (Africa Region ). N'ayɛsɛm a ɛtɔ so mmienu Saturday's Shadows, a World Editions  tintimii wɔ afe 2015 mu, no, wɔyii no sɛ ɔmfa mma Kwani? Manuscript Project, na wɔatintim wɔ Dutch kasa mu (De Geus). N'ayɛsɛm a ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa ne The Hundred Wells of Salaga (2019), a ɛfa "abusuabɔ, akɔnnɔ ne aperepereɛ a ɛwɔ mmaa asetena mu wɔ Ghana wɔ afeha a ɛtɔ so dunkron awieeɛ wɔ Afrika ho apereperediɛ mu"."One Hundred Wells" page  at Pontas Agency. Wakyerɛw The Deep Blue Between, ayɛsɛm a wɔde ma mmerante ne mmabaa a wɔadu mpanyin afe so. Na n’ayɛsɛm a ɛtɔ so anum, Zainab Takes New York no bɛyi no adi wɔ April 2022 mu.

Sɛ́ obi a onyaa 2014 AIR Award no, na Attah yɛ ɔkyerɛwfo a ɔte Instituto Sacatar a ɛwɔ Bahia, Brazil . Ɔsan nso dii nkonim wɔ Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship wɔ afe 2016 mu maa nwoma a wɔahyɛ ho nyansa sɛ ɛnyɛ ayɛsɛm a ɛfa kola nut abakɔsɛm ho.

 Harmattan Osu (2008) 
Harmattan Rain, a wotintimii wɔ afe 2008 mu no di Ghana abusua bi a wɔyɛ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ mmiɛnsa a Lizzie-Achiaa, Akua Afriyie ne Sugri ka ho asɛm akyi.

Na Lizzie-Achiaa yɛ wɔn abusua no matriarch akokodurufo, a oguan kɔhwehwɛɛ ne dɔfo no na bere koro no ara mu no, ɔyɛɛ ayarehwɛ adwuma. Ne babea otuatewfo, mfoniniyɛfo Akua Afriye, ankasa bɔ ne ho mmɔden sɛ ɔwofo a onni ɔhokafo wɔ ɔman a atuatew ahorow a ɛtoatoa so wosow no mu, na na Akua Afriye babea koro pɛ Sugri yɛ abeawa a ne ho yɛ fɛ, onyansafo a onyinii a na ɔwɔ ahobammɔ dodo afei ofi fie kɔ sukuupɔn wɔ New York, faako a ohu sɛ ɛtɔ mmere bi a obi betumi anya ahofadi dodo.

 Kwasida Sunsuma (2015) 
Wɔde sii hɔ wɔ 1990 mfe no mu wɔ Afrika Atɔe Fam, Saturday's Shadows no fa "abusua bi a wɔrepere sɛ wɔbɛkɔ so akura wɔn biakoyɛ mu wɔ amammui tebea a ɛyɛ mmerɛw mfinimfini", a wɔaka ho asɛm sɛ: "Attah san da ne nimdeɛ adi sɛ ɔkyerɛwfo. Ɔda n’ahokokwaw adi sɛ ɔkyerɛwfo denam ne suban nkɔso a ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ na emu da hɔ no so." "Saturday's Shadows by Ayesha Harruna Attah", Conscientization 101.

 Abura Ɔha a ɛwɔ Salaga (2019) 
Aminah bɔ asetena a ɛyɛ anigye kosi sɛ wɔbɛtetew no afi ne fie ho atirimɔden so na wɔhyɛ no ma watu kwan a ɛdannan no fi obi a ɔda dae awiabere mu ma ɔbɛyɛ ɔbea a otumi gyina tebea horow ano. Wurche, ɔpanyin bi babea a ɔhyɛɛ da yɛe no pɛ denneennen sɛ obedi dwuma titiriw bi wɔ n’agya ahemfie hɔ. Saa mmea baanu yi asetra hyia bere a ntɔkwaw a ɛkɔ so wɔ Wurche nkurɔfo ntam no de ɔmantam no to asiane mu, bere a nkoatɔn no yɛɛ kɛse wɔ afeha a ɛto so dunkron no awiei no.

Ɛdenam Aminah ne Wurche osuahu ahorow so no, The Hundred Wells of Salaga de nkoasom ne sɛnea Afrika ho apereperedi no kaa nnipa a wɔyɛ da biara da asetra ho adwene a ɛyɛ nwonwa ma.

 Nnipa a Wɔte Ntam (2020) 
Anuanom mmea mmanoma Hassana ne Husseina fie asɛe bere a wɔtow hyɛɛ wɔn so atirimɔden so akyi. Nanso eyi nyɛ awiei na mmom wɔn asɛm no mfiase, nea ɛde wɔn bɛkɔ nkurow ne amammerɛ ahorow a wonnim mu, baabi a wɔbɛhyehyɛ mmusua foforo, asiw asiane ahorow ano na wɔafi ase ahu wɔn ho ankasa. Bere a mmanoma no di akwan horow a ɛsono emu biara akyi wɔ Brazil ne Afrika Atɔe Fam Gold Coast no, wɔda so ara wɔ abusuabɔ denam nsu ho adaeso a wɔbom da so. Nanso so wɔn nkrabea bɛtwe wɔn asan abom da bi? The Deep Blue Between yɛ akwantu a ɛtrɛw a abakɔsɛm mu tebea horow a ɛkanyan adwene pii wom no yɛ abusuabɔ a ebetumi agyina nsakrae a ɛyɛ nwonwa sen biara mpo ano ho asɛm a ɛkanyan adwene.

 Adwuma 

 Ayɛsɛm nhoma ahorow 

 Harmattan Osu a Ɛtɔɔ . Popenguine, Senegal, Afrika Atɔeɛ fam: Per Ankh, 2008. , 1999. Ɔde ne nsa kyerɛɛ ne so. 
 Kwasida Sunsuma Ahorow . London: Wiase Nkyekyɛm, 2015. ISBN 9789462380431, . 
 Abura Ɔha a Ɛwɔ Salaga . New York: Nsɛmma Nhoma Afoforo, 2019. ISBN 9781590519950, . 
 Blue a Ɛyɛ Den a Ɛwɔ Ntam . London: Pushkin Nsɛmma Nhoma Tintimbea, 2020. ISBN 9781782692669 na wobɛkyerɛw

 Nsɛm a Wɔakyerɛw 

 "Skinny Mini", Ananse mma a wɔn ho yɛ tan Diaries, July 2015 
 "Ɔdebɔneyɛfo no", The New York Times Magazine, Ɔpɛpɔn 2015 
 "Cheikh Anta Diop – Nyan bi", Chimurenga, 9 Ɔpɛpɔn 2018 
 "Adwene: Abakɔsɛm a ɛfa aduannoa a wɔnoa brɛoo", The New York Times, 10 Ɔbɛnem 2018
 "Ghana mu: Ɔdɔ, Adehwere ne Nkoayɛ Ho Asɛm", Newsweek, 21 Ɔpɛpɔn 2019

 Nkyerɛwee afoforo 

 "Fie a Ɛto so Abien, Plus Yacht", Yachting Magazine, Ɔkɔtɔberɛ 2007 
 "Asɛm a esii wɔ kwan so kɔ Bakoy Guadibea", Asymptote Magazine, 2013 
 "Mmofra a Wɔnwoo Wɔn", wɔ Margaret Busby, Afrika Mmabea Foforo, 2019

 Nsɛm a wɔde gyinaa so