Rita Omokha

**Rita Omokha** (an haife ta a Benin City)  'yar jaridar Najeriya ce ta Amurka, marubuciya, kuma wacce ta kafa kungiyar ba da riba ta Her Climb, wacce ke tallafawa mata matasa daga asalin da ba su da wakilci da kuma wadanda ba su da wadata yayin da suke shirya don karatu da kuma gina hanyoyin aiki na farko.  Ita marubuciya ce mai ba da gudummawa ga *[[The Guardian]],* Vanity Fair, da Elle . A cikin 2024, ta wallafa wani littafi mai suna Resist: Yadda ƙarni na matasa baƙar fata suka tsara Amurka.

Ita farfesa ce a makarantar sakandare ta Jami'ar Columbia . 

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Omokha kuma ta girma a Benin City, Jihar Edo . Ita ce ƙarama a cikin yara huɗu, tare da 'yan'uwa maza uku.

Omokha da 'yan uwanta sun koma Amurka a shekarar 1995, tare da mahaifiyarta a Kudancin Bronx, wacce ta kasance mai cin gajiyar Dokar Shige da Fice ta 1990. Ta rubuta game da kwarewarta ta baƙo a Amurka, sau ɗaya ta rubuta, "An fara kiranta da 'African booty scratcher' a aji na huɗu... Ya yi kama da ba'a, amma ya yi kama da lokacin da abokan aji na za su yi dariya a kan kuɗin da na yi. Wannan kuma shine farkon ƙwaƙwalwar aji na Black America. "

A cikin 2020, Omokha ta sami Jagoran Kimiyya a aikin jarida daga Jami'ar Columbia . Yayinda take can, ta sami Kyautar Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship, a tsakanin sauran girmamawa.

## Ayyuka
Omokha ta fara aikinta na rubuce-rubuce a cikin 2020 kuma ta yi aiki mai zaman kanta ga Elle, *[[The Guardian]]*, Vanity Fair, da The Washington Post . 

Bayan abubuwan da suka faru a shekarar 2020, Omokha ya yi tafiya zuwa "jihohi 30 a cikin kwanaki 32" don bayar da rahoto game da dangantakar launin fata a duk faɗin ƙasar.[1] An buga aikin, mai taken "America Redefined," a cikin Elle.[1] Fasali na kashi 10 ya kasance dan wasan karshe na lambar yabo ta Livingston kuma ya lashe lambar yabo ta Society of Professional Journalists' Magazine Feature Reporting.[2] Alƙalai sun ce, "Labarin Amurka Redefined yana ba da hangen nesa fiye da mummunar gaskiyar al'ummarmu: wariyar launin fata, tasirin mutuwar George Floyd da annobar da ta juya duniya baya. Tafiye ne na bincike da gano kansa yayin da mai ba da rahoto ya sake kimanta wanzuwarta a Amurka kuma ya ba da mahallin abin da yake nufi don rayuwa a cikin wannan al'umma ta zamani. "[3]

Baya ga rubuce-rubuce, Omokha malami ne na digiri a Jami'ar Columbia . 

## Ayyukan da aka zaɓa

* "Su ne masu magana da lambar Navajo na karshe na WWII. Wannan shine labarinsu". - National Geographic, 2025.
* "10 Shekaru A kan, Uwar Michael Brown da Eric Garner Har yanzu suna gwagwarmaya don Adalci", Vanity Fair, 2024.
* "Majalisar Florida Maxwell Frost a kan Ikon Janar Z, Iyali, da Shirye-shiryen", Teen Vogue, 2023 .
* "The Pain and Glory of Cori Bush", New York Magazine, 2022 . 
* "'Ba su da wani ɗan adam": Baƙi baƙi a cikin kulawar Ice sun ba da rahoton cin zarafi da sakaci", *The Guardian*, 2022.
* "Val Demings yana kan Ofishin Jakadancin", Vanity Fair, 2022.
* "A cikin Inuwa: Marayu da aka bari a baya", Vanity Fair, 2021.
* "Ta zama alama ce ta motsi: Gwen Carr, Powerhouse na siyasa, Yana da karfi da za a lissafa", Vanity Fair, 2021. 
* "Ina ganin Aikin na kamar yadda yake Magana a baya: Yadda Kyakkyawan Ka'idar Tseren Jagora Kimberlé Crenshaw ke Kula da Yakin Al'adu", Vanity Fair, 2021 .
* "A ranar haihuwarsa ta 25, mahaifiyar Michael Brown ta yi tunani game da rayuwarsa da gwagwarmayarta don adalci", The Washington Post, 2021.
* "Sun kasance 'ya'ya maza", Vanity Fair, 2021.
* "Amurka ta sake bayyana", Elle, 2021.
* "George Floyd Zai iya kasancewa Ɗan'uwana", Elle, 2020.

## Kyaututtuka
Labaran Omokha sun sami amincewar Society of Professional Journalists,  lambar yabo ta Livingston,  hukumar Pulitzer,  Cibiyar Dart don Jarida da Trauma,  da kuma Kungiyar Marubutan Ilimi. 

## Taimako da tasirin zamantakewa
A cikin 2025, Omokha ta kafa Her Climb, ƙungiyar ba da riba ta 501 (c) (3) a Birnin New York da ke ba da jagoranci, shirye-shiryen jagoranci, da kwaleji da shirye-shirye na aiki ga 'yan mata na makarantar sakandare daga al'ummomin da ba su da kyau. Kungiyar tana gudanar da shirye-shiryen shekara-shekara kuma tana faruwa a Jami'ar Columbia.

## Littattafai
Littafin farko na Omokha, Resist: Yadda ƙarni na matasa masu gwagwarmayar baƙar fata suka tsara Amurka, Macmillan ne ya buga shi a Amurka a ranar 19 ga Nuwamba, 2024.  An kira shi littafi mai ban sha'awa na shekara ta 2024 ta hanyar Publishers Weekly's adult preview: tarihi.

A cewar wani sashi a cikin Teen Vogue, Omokha ya ce game da littafinNa gano ƙarni na gwagwarmayar matasa baƙar fata, daga masu shirya farko kamar Ella Baker a cikin 1920s zuwa Barbara Johns da Charlie Cobb a cikin 1950s da 1960s, bi da bi, zuwa farkon hangen nesa a cikin Bates Bakwai da Wilmington Goma, har zuwa ƙarni na yau da ci gaba da yaki da tashin hankali na 'yan sanda da rashin adalci na launin fata. Resist yayi nazarin wannan al'adar da ta daɗe tana tattara ɗalibai, ƙarfin da ke da sakamako mai zurfi ga wannan al'umma. Ya yi jayayya cewa gwagwarmayar matasa ita ce jinin rayuwa na dimokuradiyya na Amurka, ainihin ainihin ainihin al'ummar da ke da 'yanci da kuma dindindin da muke gada a yau.Lokacin da take tattauna abubuwan da aka dauka daga Resist a lokacin wata hira da MSNBC *Morning Joe*, Omokha ta ce mutanen da take rufewa a Resist sun nuna cewa "muryarka makaminku ne".

An haɗa Resist a cikin jerin littattafai da yawa ciki har da Elle,  Glamour UK,  Audible,  BookRiot,  The Next Big Idea Club,  Publishers Weekly, [4] da The Root.

A cikin bita na "Littattafai Mafi Kyawun Nuwamba 2024", Glamour UK ta bayyana Resist a matsayin "littafin canza tsarin," yana mai cewa "ba wai kawai yana murna da ƙarfin hali da ƙuduri na waɗannan matasa shugabannin ba har ma yana jaddada muhimmancin muryoyin su wajen tsara makomar". 

A cikin bita mai ban sha'awa daga Booklist, A. E. Siraki ya bayyana Resist a matsayin "mai cikakken bayani kuma mai sauƙin karantawa". Siraki ya tattauna yadda "Omokha ya yada labarun laifukan kabilanci tare da ƙungiyoyi masu yawa kamar kafa NAACP, a hankali yana jagorantar masu karatu a kowane zamani. Ta taimaka wajen haɗawa da lokaci ɗaya tare da daidaito na mai shirya fim ɗin fim ɗin" 

A cikin wani bita mai ban sha'awa, BookPage ya kira Resist "dole ne a karanta ga duk wanda ke neman nutsewa cikin tarihin da aka tattara na gwagwarmayar matasa baƙar fata da tasirinsa mai yawa a Amurka - kuma watakila koyon yadda za a dauki mataki da kansu. "

Forbes ya yi nuni da lokacin littafin: "A lokacin da gwagwarmaya da zanga-zangar ke faruwa a duk faɗin Amurka... Resist yana da matukar damuwa yayin da Omokha ke yin amfani da abubuwan da ta samu a matsayin baƙo baƙar fata a Amurka, yana ba da muryar sirri. "

Elle Ita ce, "Omokha ta tunatar da mu cewa matasan masu fafutuka na Black koyaushe sun kasance masu sa zuciya kuma sun nace kan yin Amurka ta cika alkawarinta".

Sauran bita masu mahimmanci sun haɗa da waɗanda daga Jonathan Eig, wanda ya kira littafin "Bold, inspiring, wani aiki na juriya a cikin kansa. " Jelani Cobb ya ce Omokha "ya rubuta wani muhimmin bayani na ƙarni na gwagwarmaya da canje-canjen da ta yi. " Sunny Hostin ya kira littafin a matsayin "babban dukiya da hanya ga al'ummar yau" kuma "ya ƙunshi gwagwarmayar da ba za ta iya motsawa ba don adalci da daidaito da masu gwagwararrun masu gwagwa daga shekarun da suka gabata waɗanda har yanzu ke rinjayar matasa shugabannin Black" 

An nuna Resist a Bikin Littattafai na Los Angeles Times na 2025, inda Omokha ta shiga cikin kwamitin "Speak Out: The Evolution of Activism" da sa hannu kan littafi.

## Bayanan littattafai

* *Resist: Yadda Karni na Matasan Black Activists suka tsara Amurka*, Macmillan (2024),  

## Manazarta