Koleka Putuma

**Koleka Putuma** (an haife ta a Port Elizabeth, 22 Maris 1993) mawaƙiya ce ta Afirka ta Kudu kuma mai yin wasan kwaikwayo. An zaɓe ta a matsayin daya daga cikin mata masu tasiri a kasar Okay Africa a shekarar 2019.

## Tarihin rayuwa
An haifi Putuma a Port Elizabeth, Afirka ta Kudu, a cikin 1993. Ta yi karatu don digiri na BA a cikin gidan wasan kwaikwayo da wasan kwaikwayo a Jami'ar Cape Town .  A shekara ta 2016, an ba ta lambar yabo ta rubuce-rubucen ɗaliban PEN don waka mai suna "Ruwa". Ana amfani da wannan waka a makarantu a matsayin tunatarwa cewa samun ruwa siyasa ne, tarihi da launin fata.

Jigogi masu maimaitawa a cikin aikin Putuma sune soyayya, queerness, gwagwarmayar mulkin mallaka da gadon wariyar launin fata,  da kuma haɗuwa da shugabanci tare da waɗannan ra'ayoyin da ainihi.  Tana aiki a matsayin mai gabatar da gidan wasan kwaikwayo don Design Indaba  kuma tana zaune a Cape Town. 

### ''Amnesia ta Jama'a''
Putuma first came to global attention with the publication of her poetry collection *Collective Amnesia*, published by the South African poetry press uHlanga in 2017. It was released with complementary photography by Cape Town-based photographer Andy Mkosi. Within three months of its release, the book sold 2000 copies, had 17 launches across South Africa and was on the syllabus at two universities. After eight months, it had sold more than 5000 copies and Putuma had given performances of it across three continents. Its Spanish translation by Lawrence Schimel and Arrate Hidalgo was published in 2019, and a Danish translation was published in 2020. As of 2018, Putuma is the best-selling poet in South African history.

Amnesia ta rukuni sananne ne saboda maimaita amfani da kalmar womxn, wanda aka nufa ya haɗa da mata marasa fari da masu canza launin fata.

### Karɓar baƙi
Binciken Amnesia na Ƙungiya, Bongani Madondo na Johannesburg Review of Books ya yaba da Putuma a matsayin "masu basira". Amnesia na rukuni ya zama babban rubutu don fahimtar Afirka ta Kudu ta bayan mulkin mallaka, musamman tare da mayar da hankali ga jikin mata baƙar fata da kuma asalin jinsi. Haith ya yi jayayya cewa tarin ya zama "abu ne na al'adu" na Afirka ta Kudu ta zamani, kamar yadda rubutu ne. Shawarwarin Burger ya sanya amfani da ruwa na Putuma a matsayin na'urar wallafe-wallafen a cikin mahallin sauran mawaƙa na Afirka ta Kudu, kamar Ronelda S Kamfer . Waƙar "Ruwa" ta zama mahimmin rubutu don binciken wallafe-wallafen hydrocolonialism. Pieterse ya jaddada rubuce-rubucen Putuma game da mace baƙar fata, tare da mawaki Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese . 

Duk da yake waƙoƙin Putuma ne suka kawo ta zuwa matakin duniya, an kuma karɓi aikinta na mataki zuwa yabo mai mahimmanci, yana hulɗa da batutuwan siyasa na zamani. Wasanta No Easter Sunday for Queers ya jawo hankali ga nuna bambanci da 'yan mata a Afirka ta Kudu za su iya fuskanta. *Mbuzeni* yana magance matsalar marayu kuma 'yan mata biyar ne ke ba da labari, yayin da suke yin ba'a game da mutuwa. Boehmer yayi la'akari da Putuma a cikin wani littafi mai zurfi na waƙoƙin bayan mulkin mallaka da rubuce-rubucen gajeren labari, wanda zai iya jin ga mai karatu kamar "kira don aiki".

## Ayyuka

### Wasanni

* SCOOP: wasan kicin don masu kulawa da jarirai (2013) - wasan farko na Afirka ta Kudu da aka tsara don jarirai har zuwa watanni 12, tare da Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Magnet 
* *Ekhaya* - an rubuta shi don yara masu shekaru 2-7 
* *UHM* (2014) 
* *Woza Sarafina* (2016) 
* *Mbuzeni"* (2018) 
* No Easter Sunday for Queers (2019) - wasan kwaikwayo game da addini da queerness bisa ga ɗayan waƙoƙin Putuma.

### Waƙoƙi

* *Imbebwu Yesini* (2016, edita) 
* *Amnesia ta Jama'a*'a (2017) 
* *Muna da Duk abin da muke Bukatar Farawa* (2024) 

## Kyaututtuka

* Gasar Waƙoƙin Slame ta Kasa (2014) 
* PEN Kyautar Rubutun Dalibai ta Afirka ta Kudu (2016) 
* Kyautar Mbokodo Rising Light (2017) 
* Gasar Rubuce-rubucen SCrIBE (2018) 
* Forbes Afirka 30 a karkashin 30 Mai daraja (2018) 
* Kyautar Glenna Luschei don Waƙoƙin Afirka (2018) 
* Gasar Wasanni ta Kasa ta Distell (2019) 

## Manazarta