Lorene Cary

**Lorene Cary** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1956)  marubuciya ce 'yar Amurka, malamar makaranta  kuma mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin jama'a . 

## Tarihin Rayuwa
Cary ta girma a unguwar ma'aikata  a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A shekarar 1972, an gayyace ta zuwa makarantar kwana ta St. Paul da ke New Hampshire, bisa tallafin karatu,  ta shiga shekararta ta biyu ta karatun hadin gwiwa ta St. Paul a matsayin daya daga cikin daliban mata 'yan Afirka-Amurkawa goma da ba su kai ba. Ta yi shekaru biyu a St. Paul's, ta kammala karatunta a shekarar 1974.  Ta sami digirin farko da kuma digirin MA daga Jami'ar Pennsylvania a shekarar 1978.

An ba ta lambar yabo ta thouron, wanda hakan ya ba ta damar yin karatu a Jami'ar Sussex da ke Burtaniya, inda ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin adabin Victorian.

Bayan kammala karatun jami'a, Cary ta yi aiki a fannin wallafa mujallu da dama, ciki har da *[[Time (magazine)|Time]]*, *TV Guide*, da *Newsweek .* Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin marubuciya mai zaman kanta ga *Essence*, *American Visions ,* *Mirabella ,* *Obsidian,* da *Philadelphia Inquirer .*  A shekarar 1982, Cary ta koma St. Paul's a matsayin malamar makaranta.  A halin yanzu babbar malamar rubutu ce a Jami'ar Pennsylvania.

## Aikin adabi
Bayan rubuta wani labari a shekarar 1988 game da abin da ta fuskanta a St. Paul's,  ta buga wani dogon littafin tarihi, *Black Ice*, wanda Alfred A. Knopf ya buga a shekarar 1991.  Phillip Lopate, yana yin bitar littafin ga *[[New York Times|jaridar The New York Times,]]* ya kira shi "abin tunawa mai ban mamaki".  Littafin, "mai ban tsoro game da aji, launin fata da jima'i a Amurka",  ya sami nasara tare da masu suka kuma *jaridar New York Times* ta sanya shi cikin jerin sunayen "karatun bazara."  Littafinta na farko, an buga shi a cikin takarda a shekara mai zuwa ta Vintage Books . 

A shekarar 1995, Cary ta buga littafinta na farko, *The Price of a Child* . Ya dogara ne akan gudun Jane Johnson, wata baiwa daga North Carolina wacce ta tsere zuwa 'yanci tare da 'ya'yanta maza biyu yayin da take ɗan lokaci a Philadelphia tare da maigidanta da iyalinsa. 

An kafa littafin a shekarar 1855, yana ba da labarin Ginnie Pryor, baiwa daga wani gona a Virginia wadda Jakadan Amurka a Nicaragua ya saya. A kan hanyarta ta zuwa birnin New York tare da sabon mai ita, don tafiyarsu zuwa Kudancin Amurka, ta tsere ta hanyar Jirgin Ƙasa na Karkashin Ƙasa kuma tana aiki don gina sabuwar rayuwa a Philadelphia . Fernanda Eberstadt, tana bitar littafin a cikin Jaridar *The New York Times*, ta yi tsokaci cewa Cary "ƙwararriyar mai ba da labari ce, mai son sha'awa, mai ban dariya, mai hazaka ga mutane, tana da kunnen basira ga faɗa da rashin muhimmancin magana ta gaskiya da kuma ido ga canje-canje da ruɗani da talakawa ke yi." 

A shekarar 1998, Cary ta buga wani littafi na biyu, *Pride*, wanda ya yi nazari kan abubuwan da mata baƙar fata huɗu na zamani masu matsakaicin matsayi suka fuskanta. 

Littafin Cary na farko mai suna " *KYAUTA!"* *,* tarin bayanai ne marasa almara da suka shafi Jirgin Ƙasa na Karkashin Ƙasa, kuma Third World Press/New City Press suka buga a shekarar 2005.  Cary ta ce ta yi imanin cewa waɗannan labarai 12 na tserewa daga ƙasashen da suka yi ƙarfin hali "suna ba wa tunaninmu na ƙarni na 21 damar yin tunanin rayuwar cikin bayi - kuma su sanya kanmu a matsayinsu, ba tare da kunya ba, sai dai tausayi da girmamawa." 

Cary ne ya rubuta rubutun bidiyon The President's House: Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a New Nation, wani baje kolin 2010 a The President's House da ke Philadelphia.

A shekarar 2011, Cary ta buga littafinta na uku mai suna *If Sons, Then Heirs* . Labari ne na zamani game da iyali, launin fata, da ƙalubalen sulhunta halin yanzu da wani abin da ya gabata. Kakanta, Selma, ta girma a South Carolina . Yanzu yana da kasuwancin gini a Philadelphia kuma yana zaune tare da Lillie, uwa ɗaya tilo, da ɗanta ɗan shekara bakwai, Khalil. Kamar yadda labarin ya fara, Alonzo ya tafi South Carolina don roƙon Selma da ta tsufa da ta sayar da ƙasarta, don biyan kuɗin kula da ita na dogon lokaci. Amma ba ta mallaki ƙasar ba tun lokacin da King, mijinta, ya mutu kusan shekaru 50 da suka gabata. Selma ita ce matar Sarki ta biyu, ba magaji ba. Dokokin gado na wariyar launin fata kuma sun bar ta a hannun masu kwace ta. Mahaifiyar Alonzo ta tuntube shi, tana son sake haɗuwa shekaru bayan ta yi watsi da shi. Aurenta da wani farar fata ya canza rayuwarta. A ƙarshe, binciken da Alonzo ya yi kan ƙasar kakarsa ya sanya shi cikin hatsari da mutanen da suka kashe kakansa. 

Carleen Brice, marubuciyar littafin Orange Mint and Honey da Children of the Waters, ta ce, "Kowane hali ya fito daga shafin wannan labari mai ban mamaki. Wannan aikin fasaha na wani labari ya sa na yi dariya da kuka da ƙarfi. Muhimmanci, mai daɗi, kuma mai ban sha'awa. Abin farin ciki ne ƙwarai."

## Wurin Tsabtace Fasaha
A shekarar 1998, Cary ta kafa Art Sanctuary, wata ƙungiyar fasaha da haruffa 'yan Afirka-Amurka da ta sadaukar da kanta wajen gabatar da hazaka ta yanki da ƙasa a fannin adabi, gani da kuma wasan kwaikwayo.   Art Sanctuary kowace shekara tana shirya bikin fasaha na 'yan Afirka-Amurka, inda marubuta ke tattauna ayyukansu da ɗalibai har zuwa 1,500–2,000, sannan wasu mutane 2,000–3,000 suna halartar zaman tattaunawa, bita, gasar ƙwallon kwando, taron malamai, Family Pavilion, babban mataki, da sauran abubuwan da suka faru. 

## Manazarta