Nkiru Nzegwu

**Nkiru Nzegwu** (an haife shi a ranar 22 ga watan Maris, shekara ta 1954) masanin falsafa ne na Najeriya, mai zane, marubuci, mai tsarawa kuma masanin tarihin fasaha. Ta sami BA da MA  a Jami'ar Ife a Najeriya sannan daga baya ta sami PhD a falsafar  (1989) daga Jami'ar Ottawa a Ontario . A halin yanzu ita ce Farfesa mai daraja don Bincike a Jami'ar Jihar New York a Binghamton .

## Ilimi da rayuwar farko
An haifi Nzegwu a Onitsha, Najeriya kuma ta ci gaba da karatu a Jami'ar Ife (yanzu Jami'ar Obafemi Awolowo) don karɓar BA da MA. Bayan kammala karatunta, ta koma Kanada don karatun falsafar kuma ta ci gaba da samun digiri na biyu a falsafar tare da mayar da hankali ga kyawawan abubuwa daga Jami'ar Ottawa . 

Ta kasance mai ba da gudummawa ga Fasahar Najeriya - Kindred Spirits (1996), wani shirin Smithsonian . 

## Ayyukan falsafa da rayuwarsu ta baya
Lokacin da ta fara aiki a Jami'ar Jihar New York a Binghamton ta kasance a cikin sassan falsafa da tarihin fasaha inda ta sami duka ayyukanta a shekarar 1996.  Daga baya, ta koma aikinta na falsafar zuwa Nazarin Afirka. Bugu da ƙari, daga baya ta koma layin tarihin fasaha zuwa shirin digiri na Fassara da Al'adu (PIC) inda ta yi aiki a matsayin mai tsarawa. Ta koyar a Jami'ar Binghamton sama da shekaru ashirin da biyar inda ta ƙware a cikin karatun mata / Afirka, falsafar Afirka, da fasahar Afirka. Wasu darussan da ta bayar sun hada da, 'Falsafar Orisha Addu',' 'Mata na Afirka da Feminism,' da 'Falsahar mulkin mallaka' sune darussan jami'a na farko a Amurka akan waɗannan batutuwa.

## Rubuce-rubuce game da tsarin iyali
A shekara ta 2006, Nzegwu ya rubuta wani littafi mai taken Family Matters: Feminist Concepts in African Philosophy of Culture,  wannan littafin ya binciki tsarin iyalai na Igbo da kuma ra'ayoyin mata da suka wanzu a cikinsu. A cikin littafin, tana nazarin iyalai na Afirka ta hanyar ruwan tabarau na haƙƙin ɗan adam na zamani da kuma buƙatar sake kimanta waɗannan ra'ayoyin gargajiya, la'akari da hukunce-hukuncen zamani da alƙalai suka yi wa mata waɗanda ke kira ga al'adu da fassarar al'adu.

Ta jaddada muhimmancin bambance-bambance tsakanin ra'ayoyin dangin Afirka da al'umma da suka samo asali daga ra'ayi na masanin ilimin ɗan adam na Birtaniya, wanda ra'ayoyinsu suka bunkasa a cikin akidar mulkin mallaka saboda suna nuna iyalin Igbo kafin mulkin mallaka. Don kauce wa kuskuren wakilci ta ce karatunta sun kasance a cikin fahimtar yanayin siyasa da rarraba hakkoki da hakkoki a cikin iyalin Igbo.

Ta mayar da hankali ga yankin karatunta zuwa arewa maso yammacin Igboland, yankin da, kafin mulkin mallaka ba al'umma ce da ba ta da jinsi kuma ba ta da shugabanci.[1] Ta bayyana cewa iyalai a wannan yankin ba su mamaye ikon maza ba kuma ba manufar su kaɗai ba ce don biyan bukatun maza. Ta yi iƙirarin cewa mishaneri na Kirista na farko da masanin ilimin ɗan adam na mulkin mallaka sun kalli al'umma ta hanyar dabi'un shugabanci da na namiji waɗanda suka hada da ilimin Yammacin Turai.[1]

Ta yi imanin cewa matsalolin da ke tattare da jinsi a yanzu a cikin Afirka daga baya an gano su ne ga manufofin mulkin mallaka na Turai da kuma gina iyali na Afirka da kuma cewa Sarauniya Elizabeth II ce ta haifar da waɗannan matsalolin. Ta ce ra'ayin mutumin Afirka ya haifar da sanin shugabanci wanda ke ba da fifiko ga ra'ayin namiji. Ta haɗa asalin mata da aka sake bayyana a matsayin "mace," kawai kuma matakin dogaro da su yana da alaƙa da manufofin mulkin mallaka da kuma nuna parelell.

## Babban wallafe-wallafen

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* *Batutuwan da ke cikin Fasahar Afirka ta zamani.* Binghamton: International Society for the Study of Africa [ISSA], 1998.  (editor) 
* *Rubutun zamani: Multidimensionality a cikin Fasahar Najeriya* Binghamton: ISSA, 1999.  (editor) 
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* *Matsalar Iyali: Ra'ayoyin Mata a Falsafar Al'adu ta Afirka* . [Hasiya]
* *Sabon Afirka da ke zaune a kasashen waje*. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2009.  (mai haɗin gwiwa, tare da Isidore Okpewho) 
* *Mai Girma Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu Achebe: A Ten-Year Milestone* . [Hasiya] An samo asali ne daga Afirka.  (editor) 
* *Onitsha a Millennium: Kyauta, Tarihi da Canji* . Endicott, NY: Africa Resource Press, 2013 (edita) 
* *Sake tunani game da uwaye: Ra'ayoyin Afirka da Arewa*. Endicott, NY: Africa Resource Press, 2020 (haɗin edita, tare da Signe Arfred) 

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