Ayesha Harruna Attah

**Ayesha Harruna Attah** (an haife ta a watan Disamban shekarar 1983) marubuciya ce haifaffiyar kasar Ghana. Amma Tana zaune a Senegal.

## Shekaru na farko da ilimi
An haifi Ayesha Harruna Attah a babban birnin kasar Ghana (Accra), a cikin shekarun 1980, karkashin gwamnatin soja, ga wata uwa wacce ta kasance 'yar jarida kuma uba wanda ya kasance mai zanen hoto. Attah ta ce: "Iyayena sun kasance babban tasiri na na farko. Sun gudanar da wata mujallar adabi mai suna *Imagine*, wadda ke da labaru game da Accra; labarai kan fasaha, kimiyya, fina-finai, littattafai, zane-zane-wanda na fi so. Sun kasance (kuma har yanzu suna nan) jarumai na. Na gano Toni Morrison a lokacin ina da shekaru goma sha uku, kuma na shanye, na cinye duk abin da ta rubuta, na tuna karatun *Paradise*, kuma yayin da ma'anarta ta guje ni gaba daya a lokacin, an bar ni kamar littafi mafi ban mamaki da aka rubuta kuma wata rana na so in rubuta duniyar da ke cike da jarumai mata, kamar yadda Ms. Morrison ta yi."

Bayan ta girma a Accra, ta koma Massachusetts kuma ta yi karatun kimiyyar halittu a Kwalejin Mount Holyoke, sannan Jami'ar Columbia, kuma ta sami MFA a Rubutun Halitta a Jami'ar New York.

## Rubutu
Ta wallafa litattafai guda biyar. Littafinta na farko *Harmattan Rain* (2009) an rubuta shi ne sakamakon haɗin gwiwa daga Per Ankh Publishers - a ƙarƙashin jagorancin mawallafin marubucin Ghana Ayi Kwei Armah - da TrustAfrica, kuma an ba shi cikin jerin sunayen Kyautar Mawallafan marubutan na 2010 (Yankin Afirka). Littafin tarihinta na biyu na *Saturday's Shadows*, wanda aka buga a World Editions a cikin 2015, an zabi shi ga *Kwani?* Manuscript Project, kuma an buga shi a cikin Yaren mutanen Holland (De Geus). Littafin tarihinta na uku shine *The Hundred Wells of Salaga* (2019), suna ma'amala da "dangantaka, buri da gwagwarmaya a rayuwar mata a Ghana a ƙarshen karni na 19 a lokacin ɓarkewar Afirka". Ta rubuta *The Deep Blue Between*, labari ne ga matasa manya. Kuma sabon littafinta na biyar, *Zainab Take New York* za'a fito dashi a watan Afrilun 2022.

A matsayinta na lambar yabo ta AIR ta 2014, Attah ta kasance marubuciya a Instituto Sacatar a Bahia, Brazil. Ta kuma sami lambar yabo ta Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship a shekara ta 2016 don littafin da ba na almara ba game da tarihin kola nut.

### ''Harmattan'' ''Rain'' (2008)
An rubuta *Harmattan Rain* a cikin 2009, bin labarin dangin Ghana na ƙarni uku, ciki har da Lizzie-Achiaa, Akua Afriyie da Sugri.

Lizzie-Achiaa ita ce jaruma ta danginsu, wacce ta gudu tana neman mai sonta kuma a lokaci guda tana neman aikin jinya. 'Yarta tawaye, mai zane Akua Afriye, ta buge da kanta a matsayin mahaifi ɗaya a cikin ƙasar da aka yi ta fama da rikice-rikice, kuma 'yar Akua Afriye Sugri kyakkyawa ce, yarinya mai wayo wacce ta girma sosai sannan ta bar gida zuwa jami'a a New York, inda ta koya cewa wani lokacin mutum na iya samun 'yanci da yawa.

### ''Saturday's Shadows'' (2015)
An kafa shi a cikin shekarun 1990s Yammacin Afirka, *Saturday's Shadows* yana game da "dangi da ke fafitikar ci gaba da haɗin kai a tsakiyar yanayin siyasa", wanda aka ce: "Attah ta sake tabbatar da ƙwarewar ta a matsayin marubuciya. Ta nuna rashin cancantarta a matsayinta na marubuciya tare da daidaito da wadatar ci gaban halayenta."

### ''The Hundred Wells of Salaga'' (2019)
Aminah tana rayuwa mai kyau har sai da ta rabu da gidanta da mummunan rauni a kan tafiya wacce ta canza ta daga mai mafarkin rana zuwa mace mai juriya. Wurche, 'yar babban sarki, tana matukar bukatar taka muhimmiyar rawa a kotun mahaifinta. Wadannan rayuwar mata biyu suna haduwa kamar yadda rikici tsakanin mutanen Wurche ke barazana ga yankin, a lokacin girman cinikin bayi a karshen karni na sha tara.

Ta hanyar abubuwan da Aminah da Wurche suka samu, *Hundred Wells of Salaga* suna ba da ra'ayi na ban mamaki game da bauta da yadda yaƙin Afirka ya shafi rayuwar mutanen yau da kullun.

### ''The Deep Blue Between'' (2020)
Gidan yan'uwa tagwaye Hassana da Husseina sun lalace bayan mummunan hari. Amma wannan ba ƙarshen ba ne amma farkon labarinsu, wanda zai kai su biranen da ba a san su ba, inda za su ƙirƙira sabbin iyalai, su kawar da haɗari kuma da gaske za su fara sanin kansu. Yayinda tagwayen ke bin hanyoyi daban-daban a Brazil da Gold Coast na Yammacin Afirka, suna da alaƙa ta hanyar mafarkin ruwa. Amma fa'idodin su zai taɓa jawo su tare? Wani babban kasada mai cike da tarihi mai cike da tarihi, *The Deep Blue Between* labari ne mai motsawa game da shaidu waɗanda zasu iya jurewa har ma da canji mafi ban mamaki.

## Ayyuka
**Littattafai**

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

**Kasidu**

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

**Sauran rubuce-rubuce**

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

## Manazarta