Ayesha Harruna Attah

**Ayesha Harruna Attah** (ba naŋ dɔge December 1983) e la teɛre sɛgerɛ ba naŋ dɔge Gaana poɔ. Senegal ka o kpeɛrɛ. 

## Nyɔvore Piiluu ane Ganzanne
Ba da dɔge la Ayesha Harruna Attah Accra poɔ, Gaana, a yuomo 1980 poɔ, sogyɛre naa eŋɛ, ko pɔge naŋ da e peɛrepeɛrɛ ane o saa naŋ da e graphic designer. Attah yeli ka: "N dɔgereba da la fɔrɔ ko ma kyilluu kpoŋ. Ba da kaara la yelbaŋyizie daworo duoro gampɛlɛ ba naŋ boɔla *Imagine*, naŋ taa doŋ-ŋmaa-kyɛ-kotaa kyaare Accra; art atekelɛ, science, sinii, gama; kɔntɔmbilii a gaŋa zaa N naŋ nɔŋ. Gɔbenente da la (a naŋ e) n gandaare. N nyɛ la Toni Morrison ka N da e yuomo pie ne ata, ka o yelerre zaa nyɔge ma. Ka N kanne boma na zaa o naŋ sɛge. N teɛre la N naŋ da kanna Paradise, kyɛ ka o tɛge ligi ma ana wagere na, ka N da be bonnoo poɔ teɛrɛ ŋa o e la gantegeroŋ naŋ sɛge ane ka bebiri kaŋa N na boɔrɔ la ka N sɛge a donɛɛ naŋ paale ne pɔge kpeɛne dẽɛ̃deɛnemɛ, aŋa Ms. Morrison naŋ e lɛ."

O naŋ wa baa Accra poɔ, ka o de gaa Massachusetts a te zanne biochemistry, Mount Holyoke College poɔ, a pãã nyɛ o masa degeree magazine journalism poɔ, Columbia University eŋɛ, ane o nyɛ la o MFA kuribu sɛge poɔ, New York University eŋɛ. 

## Sɛgere
Attah pɔbilisi la nɔvelɛ anuu. O fɔrɔ gane *Harmattan Rain* (2008) da sɛge la a yi peɛroo ganzanne lombori ane wulluu fẽẽ yi Per Ankh Publishers — Gaana nɔvelɛ sɛgerɛ Ayi Kwei Armah nuuri nyooroo bee dɛnnoo eŋɛ — ane TrustAfrica, a da poɔ a bogli iruu pɛlle ko a 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Africa Region). O nɔvell ayi soba *Saturday's Shadows*, World Editions naŋ pɔbilisi 2015 poɔ, da kaa iri la ko a *Kwani?* Sɛge lantaa yelnyɔgeraa, ane ka ba pɔbilisi o Deutch (De Geus) poɔ. O nɔvell ata soba la *The Hundred Wells of Salaga* (2019), naŋ kyaare ne "baaloŋ, yelboɔre ane toɔrɔ pɔgeba nyɔvore eŋɛ Gaana poɔ a yuomo 19th kɔɔre naŋ pare a scramble ko Africa wagere". O la maale sɛge la *The Deep Blue Between*, nɔvell ko bibil-nembɛrɛ. O nɔvell anuu soba, the romantic comedy *Zainab Takes New York*, da yi la gbaŋgbale kyɛpire 2022 poɔ.

O naŋ e a 2014 AIR Award laureate, Attah da e la sɛgerɛ  a writer-in-residence be a Instituto Sacatar Bahia, Brazil poɔ. O meŋ la di la a Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship 2016 poɔ ane poteɛrɛ kaama gane  naŋ kyaare guori (kola nut) yelkorɔ.

Bernardine Evaristo da iri la Attah na nyoore bee zanne o ka o e protege ko a Rolex Mentor ane Protégé Arts yelnyɔgeraa 2023–2024 poɔ.  

### ''Harmattan Rain'' (2008)
*Harmattan Rain*, naŋ pɔbilisi 2008 poɔ, tu la a Gaana yideme gyɛnireseŋ ata senselloŋ, a paale Lizzie-Achiaa, Akua Afriyie ane Sugri.

Lizzie-Achiaa da la a pɔge gandaa ba die poɔ, naŋ yɔ boɔrɔ o nɔnna a lanne o ganzanne nɛɛseŋ eŋɛ. O bipɔge koŋ sage lɛ, yielyiele Akua Afriye, wɛle yie la are o yoŋ a e bisaa boŋyeni paaloŋ poɔ zɔɔzɔɔ wederɛbɛ naŋ ŋmɛ kuu sigi ane Akua Afriye's bipɔge yeni Sugri da taa la nɔmmo, bipɔge weree meŋ naŋ nyɛ guubo o baabo eŋɛ, a bare die de gaa New York Yuniveniti poɔ, zie o naŋ zanne ka wagere kaŋa neɛ na maŋ taa la sommeŋɛ yaga lɛ.  

### ''Saturday's Shadows'' (2015)
Sɛt la 1990s poɔ West Africa, *Saturday's Shadows* kyaare la "die kaŋa naŋ mɔɔrɔ ka ba e noɔreyeni politikal yelsɛgere soga naŋ ba are kpeɛŋaa", a poɔ o naŋ yeli ka: "Attah la maale wuli la o bammo o naŋ e sɛgerɛ. O e-wuli la o gɔɔroŋ o naŋ e sɛgerɛ ne o deɛndeɛnemɛ baabo naŋ ba taa gbɛ-ŋmɛ ane kyaannoo."

### ''The Hundred Wells of Salaga'' (2019)
Aminah nyɔvore kpeɛbo da e la laanfeɛ te ta saŋa na ba naŋ da wa wɛle o yi o yiri poɔ ne feroo eŋ sori naŋ leɛre o yi nubiri weɛ zannoo poɔ eŋ pɔge naŋ ta ona. Wurche, Naa bipɔge wuli meŋɛ, zenzena/kpiire faana la na kɔ kɔnɔɛ nimizeɛ o saa nazaŋ poɔ. A pɔgeba bama bayi nyɔvore yɔzie leɛ la dɔndɔnnoo a Wurche noba poɔ fugi la a bal, a nensaalsɔgla kɔɔroo vinviŋ wagere a yuomo kɔɔre 19 vuo baaraa eŋɛ. 

A yi Aminah ane Wurche dannyaa eŋɛ, *The Hundred Wells of Salaga* tere la noba kɔɔroo naŋ ba taa mannoo ane lɛ Africa naŋ nare do yelkyɛrre bebiri zaa noba nyɔvore poɔ.

### ''The Deep Blue Between'' (2020)
Yeere-yɔɔmine Hassana ane Husseina's die be la saambo poɔ kpaŋkpaŋ kpeɛõ naŋ di baare. Kyɛ a ŋaa ba e a baaraa, a ba senseloŋ piiluu la a lɛ, neɛ naŋ na baŋ de ba yɔ ne zie saamba ane yipɔge, zie ba naŋ na mɛ yipaala, gu bamenne yi toɔrɔ a piili na baŋ bamenne. A yeere naŋ pãã tuuro sobi-tɛɛtɛɛ Brazil ane Gold Coast poɔ naŋ be  West Africa, ba nyɔgɛɛ taa a yi zẽẽ baaloŋ. Kyɛ ba sagedeebo daŋ na baŋ tage baŋ lantaa? Sobi-kpoŋ tuuraa ne yelkorɔ leɛteɛroo naŋ ta ona wagere zie, *The Deep Blue Between* e la senseloŋ kyennaa poloo naŋ na baŋ kyogi  nɔmaa dɛene gba.

## Meŋɛ Nyɔvore
Ayesha e la Alhaji Abdul Rahman Harruna Attah bipɔge ane Nana Yaa Agyeman. O meŋ la taa la kpeɛma ba naŋ boɔlɔ Rahma.

## Toma
**Nɔvelɛ**

* *Harmattan Rain*. Popenguine, Senegal, West Africa: Per Ankh, 2008. ISBN 9782911928123, OCLC 310739454
* *Saturday's Shadows*. London: World Editions, 2015. ISBN 9789462380431, OCLC 903399393
* *The Hundred Wells of Salaga*. New York: Other Press, 2019. ISBN 9781590519950, OCLC 1035458812
* *The Deep Blue Between*. London: Pushkin Press, 2020. ISBN 9781782692669

**Yelyagasɛgere**

* "Skinny Mini", *Ugly Duckling Diaries*, July 2015
* "The Intruder", *The New York Times Magazine*, September 2015
* "Cheikh Anta Diop – An Awakening", *Chimurenga*, 9 April 2018
* "Opinion: Slow-Cooking History", *The New York Times*, 10 November 2018
* "Inside Ghana: A Tale of Love, Loss and Slavery", *Newsweek*, 21 February 2019

**A sɛgere mine**

* "Second Home, Plus Yacht", *Yachting Magazine*, October 2007
* "Incident on the way to the Bakoy Market", *Asymptote Magazine*, 2013
* "Unborn Children", in Margaret Busby, *New Daughters of Africa*, 2019.

## Sommo Yizie