Liyou Libsekal

**Liyou Mesfin Libsekal** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1990) mawakiya ce, marubuciya, kuma marubuciya 'yar ƙasar Habasha da ke zaune a Addis Ababa, Habasha .  Waƙoƙi da Libsekal ya rubuta an nuna su a cikin jerin waƙoƙin 'New Generation Chapbook Box Sets' na Asusun Littattafan Waƙoƙin Afirka a shekara ta 2015. Ta lashe kyautar Waƙoƙin Afirka na Jami'ar Brunel a shekara ta 2014 kuma ita ce marubucin wani littafi mai suna *Bearing Heavy Things* .  

A halin yanzu Liyou Mesfin Libsekal tana zaune a birnin Addis Ababa a ƙasarta ta Habasha.  Ta fara rubutu game da al'adun Habasha da muhalli a can don *Ethiopian Business Review* (EBR), wani kamfanin watsa labarai da ke Addis Ababa, kuma har zuwa yau tana nan.   

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Liyou Mesfin Libsekal a ƙasar Ethopia kuma 'yar asalin ƙasar Habasha ce amma ta yi yarinta tana tafiye-tafiye da zama a yankuna daban-daban a Gabashin Afirka tare da iyalinta kafin ta koma ƙasar haihuwarta ta Habasha a shekarar 2005.    Daga baya ta ƙaura zuwa Amurka don halartar Jami'ar George Washington da ke Washington, Gundumar Colombia inda ta sami digiri na farko a fannin Fasaha a fannin Ilimin ɗan adam a shekarar 2012.  Ta kammala karatun digiri da ƙaramin digiri a fannin harkokin ƙasashen duniya da kuma mai da hankali kan ci gaban ƙasashen duniya.  Ta sake komawa Afirka, bayan ta zauna na ɗan lokaci a Vietnam . 

## Aikin adabi
Waƙar Liyou Libsekal ta yi nazari kan jigogi na asali, asali, gida da kuma ƙaura daga motsin rai da ke iya faruwa sakamakon girma nesa da gida.    Ta kuma rubuta game da tasirin zamani da kuma dunkulewar duniya dangane da tattalin arziki da al'adun Habasha.  Libsekal ta fara rubuta waƙa a matsayin hanyar "samun wani irin fahimta ta kai tsaye" kuma ta sami kwarin gwiwa daga kanta da muhallinta.  An haɗa ayyukanta a cikin waɗannan: *Badilisha Poetry, The Woman Issue na Mujallar Expound*, Anthology *na Afirka Poetry na Abroadly Lit* da sauran wallafe-wallafe *.*    Ta rubuta waƙoƙinta galibi da Turanci, sauran kuma an rubuta su da Amharic, ɗaya daga cikin harsunan hukuma na Habasha. Nau'in rubutunta ba almara ba ne .

## Ayyuka

### Littattafan Karatu

#### 2015-2016

* *Ɗaukan Abubuwa Masu Nauyi* (Akashic Books, 2015)

#### Jerin waƙoƙi

* *Abubuwan da Muka Gada: Muryoyi Daga Afirka* (Cordite Poetry Review, 2016)

### Waƙoƙi

#### 2014-2020

* *Ra'ayoyin da ke Kawo Karshe* (Liyou Libsekal, 2014)
* *Hawa Injinan China* (Liyou Libsekal, 2014)
* *A cikin Muryar Ruwanmu* (Liyou Libsekal, 2014)
* *Mawaki* (Cordite Poetry Review, 2016)
* *"Farfaɗowa"* (Cordite poetry review, 2016)

* *Cikin Duniya* (Mujallar Expound, 2017)

* *Linjila* (Liyou Libsekal, 2020)
* *Gashi* (Liyou Libsekal, 2020)
* *Ɗauke da abubuwa masu nauyi* (Waƙoƙin da Muke Koyo Daga Bishiyoyi: Littafin Waƙoƙin Amharic na Habasha, 2020)
* *Tarayya* (Liyou Libsekal, ba a san shekarar da aka fitar ba)

### Rubuce-rubuce

* *Sistine Chapels* (Gida Mai Dogon Tsayi, 2020)
* *Gyadar Daskare* (Marginalia Publishing, 2011-2025)

Littafin waƙoƙin Libsekal mai taken "Bearing Heavy Things" yana cikin jerin littattafan 'New Generation Chapbook Box Sets' na Asusun Littattafan Waƙoƙi na Afirka, tare da ayyukan Peter Akinlabi, Inua Ellams, Janet Kofi-Tsekpo, Amy M. Lukau, Vuyelwa Maluleke, Blessing Musariri, da Viola Alto. Kwame Dawes da Chris Abani ne suka shirya wannan tarin.   Akashic Books ne suka buga wannan littafin tare da murfin da mai zane Imo Nse Imeh ya ƙirƙira.  Bearing Heavy Things shi ma taken wata waƙa ta Libsekal ne, wacce aka haɗa a cikin "Waƙoƙin da Muka Koya Daga Itatuwa: An Anthology of Ethiopian Amharic Poetry" na Chris Beckett (wanda aka fitar a 2020), tare da wata waƙa, Gospels. 

A wata hira da aka rubuta mai taken The Poetry of the Observable World: A Dialogue With Liyou Libsekal, ta yi magana game da asalin taken littafinta, "Bearing Heavy Things", "Ina ganin ya dace da dukkan tarin waƙoƙin domin da gaske yana dawowa ne da kuma fahimtar duk abubuwan da ban taɓa fahimta game da ƙasata ba a da saboda ina ƙarami da zan iya lura da su. - Ina tsammanin wannan taken ya dace da hakan saboda akwai abubuwa da yawa da suka lalace a wannan wuri kuma kamar ni nake mu'amala da hakan a karon farko a lokacin da nake babba." An yi hirar a shekarar 2017 ta waya, kuma abokiyar kirkire-kirkire kuma mawaƙiya, Gaamangwe Mogami ce ta gudanar da ita. A shekarar 2016, ta tsara wani littafi mai suna "Abubuwan da Muka Gada: Muryoyi Daga Afirka" na littafin Cordite Poetry Review mai suna "Abubuwan da Muka Gada: Muryoyi Daga Afirka". Littafin ya ƙunshi guda biyu daga cikin waƙoƙin Libsekal: "("Farfaɗowa")" da "Mawaki", dukkansu an sake su a shekarar 2016 . A shekarar 2020, ta rubuta wani rubutu mai taken "Sistine Chapels", wanda za a iya karantawa a gidan yanar gizon A Long House.

## Kyaututtuka
Libsekal ita ce ta lashe kyautar Waƙoƙin Afirka ta Jami'ar Brunel ta 2014, wadda aka yi ritaya a shekarar 2022 kuma an canza mata suna zuwa kyautar Evaristo don Waƙoƙin Afirka .     Waƙar da ta lashe ta mai taken "Hawan Injinan Sinawa", wadda mujallar *The Missing Slate* ta buga, kuma saboda haka ta sami kwarin gwiwa daga birnin da take zaune a yau, Addis Ababa a Habasha. Wannan nasarar ta zo ne kafin Libsekal ta fitar da cikakken tarin waƙoƙi kuma ta gabatar da waƙoƙi 10. Kyautar kuɗi ce ta £3000.  A lokacin da take shiga gasar, Liyou Libsekal ta yi wata hira da *The African Book Review* **,** inda ta ambaci Kwesi Brew a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mawakan da ta fi so.  Ta bayyana tare da wanda ya kafa kyautar, Bernardine Evaristo, a bikin adabi na Times Cheltenham a ranar 10 ga Oktoba, 2014. 

## Manazarta