Yejide Kilanko

**Yejide Kilanko** (an haife shi a shekara ta 1975) ɗan asalin ƙasar Kanada marubuci ne kuma ma'aikacin zamantakewa. Ta shahara wajen magance cin zarafin mata a aikinta. Littafin littafinta na farko, *<nowiki/>'Ya'yan Mata Masu Tafiya Wannan Tafarki*, ƙwararren ɗan kasuwa ne na almara na Kanada a cikin 2012.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Kilanko a shekarar 1975 a Ibadan, Najeriya, inda mahaifinta ya yi aiki a matsayin malamin jami'a. Ta fara rubuta waka tun tana karama. Ta karanci kimiyyar siyasa a jami'ar Ibadan .

## Matsa zuwa Kanada da aikin aikin zamantakewa
A shekara ta 2000, Kilanko ya bar Najeriya, inda ya auri Ba’amurke kuma ya yi hijira zuwa Laurel, Maryland, a Amurka. Daga nan ta ƙaura a 2004 zuwa Kanada, inda yanzu take zaune a Chatham-Kent, Ontario.  

A Kanada, ta yi karatun aikin zamantakewa a Jami'ar Victoria da Jami'ar Windsor .   Tana aiki a matsayin mai ilimin hanyoyin kwantar da hankali a cikin lafiyar kwakwalwar yara.

## Rubutu
Kilanko da farko ya maida hankali ne akan wakoki, daga baya ya koma almara. An sa ta rubuta littafinta na farko bayan ta yi fama da mummunan rauni daga jin labarin abubuwan da yaran da ta yi aiki da su a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan lafiyar hankali. 

Littafinta na farko, *<nowiki/>'Ya'yan Mata Masu Tafiya Wannan Hanya*, an buga shi a cikin 2012. An kafa a garinsu, Ibadan, yana magance cin zarafi da cin zarafi da mata da yara a Najeriya, kamar yadda wani yaro mai ba da labari ya fada.    Masu sharhi sun bayyana hakan a matsayin keta iyaka kan haramtacciyar tattaunawa game da cin zarafin mata, musamman a Najeriya.  

*<nowiki/>'Yan matan da suke Tafiya Wannan Tafarki* ƴar kasuwa ce ta ƙasar Kanada na tsawon makonni da yawa.  An nuna shi a jerin mafi kyawun littattafai 100 na *Globe da Mail* na 2012.  A cikin 2014, marubucin Najeriya Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ya ba da shawarar shi don karatun rani a cikin *Guardian* . 

Har ila yau, littafin nata ya kasance cikin jerin sunayen ‘yan takarar neman lambar yabo ta adabi a Najeriya a shekarar 2016, bayan da wani mawallafin Najeriya ya fitar a can.   A karshe kyautar ta samu Abubakar Adam Ibrahim don samun littafinsa *[[Season of Crimson Blossoms|mai suna Season of Crimson Blossoms]] .* 

Ayyukanta na almara na gaba, novella *Chasing Butterflies*, an buga shi a cikin 2015 a matsayin mai ba da kuɗi ga Mai karanta Duniya .   Har ila yau, ya tattauna batun cin zarafin mata, inda aka mayar da hankali kan cin zarafin gida.  

A cikin 2018, ta buga littafin yara, *Akwai Giwa a cikin Wardrobe na*, wanda aka yi niyya don taimakawa yara da damuwa.  

Rubutun nata don littafinta na gaba, wanda "ya ba da labarin labarun ma'aikatan jinya mata 'yan Najeriya da ke zaune a Amurka wadanda mazajensu da yawa suka kashe," an shiga jerin sunayen wadanda aka zaba don lambar yabo ta Guernica ta Kanada don almarar adabi a 2019 a karkashin taken aiki na Mata .   An buga shi a cikin 2021 azaman Suna mai Kyau .

Kilanko ta bayyana a matsayin mai son mata kuma ta bayyana aikinta a matsayin na mata.  Ta ce tana da tasiri musamman daga marubutan matan Afirka da Ba’amurke irin su Buchi Emecheta, Chika Unigwe, Toni Morrison da Alice Walker .  

## Ayyukan da aka zaɓa

* *<nowiki/>'Yan Mata Masu Tafiya Wannan Tafarki* (2012)
* *Korar Butterflies* (2015)
* *Akwai Giwa a cikin Wardrobe na* (2018)
* *Sunan Mai Kyau* (2021)

## Manazarta