Cyprian Ekwensi

Cif **Cyprian Odiatu Duaka Ekwensi** MFR  (26 Satumba 1921 - 4 Nuwamba 2007) marubucin ɗan Najeriya ne na litattafai, gajerun labarai, da littattafan yara .

## Tarihin Rayuwa

### Rayuwar farko, ilimi da iyali
An haifi Cyprian Odiatu Duaka Ekwensi, dan kabilar Ibo a garin Minna na jihar Neja .  Shi dan asalin garin Nkwelle Ezunaka ne a karamar hukumar Oyi, jihar Anambra, Najeriya. Mahaifinsa shi ne David Anadumaka, mai ba da labari kuma mai farautar giwa. 

Ekwensi ya halarci Kwalejin Gwamnati da ke Ibadan a Jihar Oyo da Kwalejin Achimota da ke Ghana da Makarantar Gandun Daji ta Ibadan, bayan ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru biyu a matsayin jami’in kula da gandun daji.  Ya kuma karanci kantin magani a Yaba Technical Institute, Lagos School of Pharmacy, da Chelsea School of Pharmacy na Jami'ar London . Ya yi koyarwa a Kwalejin Igbobi . 

Ekwensi ya auri Eunice Anyiwo, sun haifi ‘ya’ya biyar.  Yana da jikoki da dama, ciki har da dansa Cyprian Ikechi Ekwensi, wanda aka yi wa kakansa suna, da kuma babban jikansa Adrianne Tobechi Ekwensi.

### Aikin gwamnati
Ekwensi an dauke shi aiki a matsayin shugaban ayyuka a gidan rediyon Najeriya (NBC) da ma'aikatar yada labarai a lokacin jamhuriya ta farko ;  daga karshe ya zama Darakta na karshen.  Ya yi murabus a matsayinsa a 1966, kafin yakin basasa, kuma ya koma Enugu tare da iyalinsa. Daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban ofishin yada labarai na Biafra,  kafin Najeriya ta dawo da ita.

### Aikin adabi
Ekwensi ya rubuta ɗaruruwan gajerun labarai, rubutun rediyo da talabijin, da litattafai dozin da yawa, gami da littattafan yara.  *Mutanen Garin* nasa na 1954 shine littafinsa na farko da ya jawo hankalin duniya.  Littafin littafinsa *mai suna Drummer Boy* (1960), dangane da rayuwar Benjamin 'Kokoro' Aderounmu, ya kasance mai fa'ida mai fa'ida da kwarjini na yawo, rashin matsuguni da talauci na rayuwar mai fasahar titi.  Littafinsa mafi nasara shine *Jagua Nana* (1961),  game da wata mata 'yar Najeriya mai jin Pidgin wacce ta bar mijinta don yin karuwanci a birni kuma ta kamu da soyayya da malami.  Ya kuma rubuta ci gaba ga wannan, *<nowiki/>'Yar Jagua Nana* . 

### Mutuwa
Ekwensi ya rasu ne a ranar 4 ga watan Nuwamba, 2007 a gidauniyar Neja da ke Enugu, inda aka yi masa tiyatar rashin lafiya da ba a bayyana ba.  Kungiyar Marubuta ta Najeriya (ANA), da ta yi niyyar ba shi lambar yabo a ranar 16 ga Nuwamba, 2007, ta mayar da karramawar zuwa lambar yabo bayan mutuwarsa. 

## Ayyukan da aka zaɓa

* *When Love Whispers* (1948)
* *An African Night's Entertainment* (1948)
* *The Boa Suitor* (1949)
* *The Leopard's Claw* (1950)
* *People of the City* (London: Andrew Dakers, 1954)
* *The Drummer Boy* (1960)
* *The Passport of Mallam Ilia* (written 1948, published 1960)
* *Jagua Nana* (1961)
* *Burning Grass* (1961)
* *An African Night's Entertainment* (1962)
* *Beautiful Feathers* (novel; London: Hutchinson, 1963)
* *Rainmaker* (short stories; 1965)
* *Iska* (London: Hutchinson, 1966)
* *Lokotown and Other Stories* (Heinemann, 1966)
* *Restless City and Christmas Gold* (1975)
* *Divided We Stand: a Novel of the Nigerian Civil War* (1980)
* *Motherless Baby* (Nigeria: Fourth Dimension Publishing Company, 1980)
* *Jagua Nana's Daughter* (1987)
* *Behind the Convent Wall* (1987)
* *The Great Elephant Bird* (Evans Brothers, 1990
* *Gone to Mecca* (Heinemann Educational Books, 1991)
* *Jagua Nana's Daughter* (1993)
* *Masquerade Time* (children's book; London: Chelsea House Publishing; Jaws Maui, 1994)
* *Cash on Delivery* (2007, collection of short stories)

## Nassoshi

## Kara karantawa

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* Shola Adenekan, Cyprian Ekwensi obituary, *The Guardian*, 24 January 2008
* Sonnie Ekwowusi, "Ode to a Literary Colossus", *This Day*, 13 November 2007 (column by former student)

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* Jerin littattafai, taswirar adabi na Afirka: Afirka ta Yamma – Najeriya.