Molara Wood

**Molara Wood** (An haife ta a shekara ta 1967),  Marubuciya ce ƴar Najeriya, ƴar' jarida kuma mai-kushe, wanda aka bayyana ta da zama "ɗaya daga cikin fitattun muryoyi a fannin fasahar Adabi a Najeriya".  taƙaitattun labaranta, da jawabai, da labaran almara, da labarun adabi da kuma littattafai sun bayyana a rubuce-rubuce da dama a sassan duniya, waɗanda suka haɗa da *Littattafan Afirka A Yau*, *Chimurenga*, *Farafina Magazine*, *Sentinel Poetry*, *DrumVoices Revue*, *Sable LitMag*, *Eclectica Magazine*, *New Gong Book of New Nigerian Short Stories* (ed. Adewale Maja-Pearce, 2007), da *Duniyar Aaya: Sabon Saƙon Tsarin Duniya na Storiesan Labarun* (ed. Chris Brazier; New Internationalist, 2009). A yanzu haka tana zaune a Legas.

## Bayan Fage
An haife ta a Najeriya, Molara Wood ta rayu da abin da ta bayyana a matsayin "rayuwa mai cikakken fahimta", wacce ta (
Ƙunshi shekaru 20 a Biritaniya, inda ta fara karatu cikin ("Shekaru uku ko hudu). Amma rayuwa ta faru. Ba za ku ga shekarun suna mirgine juna ba, sannan ku farka a rana ɗaya, kuma kun kasance a cikin England shekaru 20 "). A cikin hirar da ta yi da Oyebade Dosunmu na shekarar 2015 don *Aké Review*, Wood ta yi karin haske cewa: "Ko da ma kafin kwanakin Burtaniya na kasance a Arewa da Kudu Maso Yammacin Najeriya da kuma Los Angeles—tun daga shekaru goma sha daya ko sha biyu. Akwai wata ma'ana wacce kullun ku batare lokaci, ba kuma wuri ba—kuma shekarun da kuke yi a Biritaniya kawai ake hada su. Halin baya tafiya baya komawa Najeriya, kawai tana rikidewa, yayin da mutane ke ambata game da ni nazo wucewa a matsayin wani 'daga', koda ina ƙoƙarin haɗewa. Don haka ni kam hankalina ya kan karkata batun sakewa da sake hadewa, kuma London ta kasance wani babban matsayi a gare ni in lura da wannan wasan kwaikwayon na kwarewar dan Adam dangane da bakin haure 'yan Najeriya." 

A shekarar 2007, an yaba da tarihinta a cikin Commonwealth Broadcasting Shortasashen Commonwealth Short Short Competition,  kuma a shekara ta 2008 ta sami nasarar ƙaddamar da gasar Tarihi Kananan Labaran Wasanni na John La Rose. 

Tun bayan dawowarta Najeriya, ta kasance Edita da Al'adu na Jaridar *Next* (wacce ta daina bugawa a shekarar 2011), kuma a halin yanzu tana rubuta wani shafin fasaha ga *The Guardian* a Legas, inda yanzu haka take. Ita ce kuma mai rubutun ra'ayin yanar gizo. 

Tarin takaitattun labarai, *Indigo*, an buga ne a shekarar 2013 ta Parrésia Publishers. An karɓi *Indigo da* kyau, tare da *Ra'ayin Rubuce-rubucen Critical suna* kira shi "yardar mai karatu". Kamar yadda Oyebade Dosunmu ya rubuta: "Itace yana ba da labarin mutane waɗanda ke zaune a cikin 'bigirorin' indigo': iyakar bakin haure, ƙetaren ƙasashe na jama'a da yawa, da iyakokin motsi. Waɗannan duniyoyin suna canzawa zuwa juna, mazaunan su kuma za su yi cudanya da juna, suna tattaunawa kan iyakar yanayin yanayin dan adam - bakarare, da (fated) tsere, hauka, mutuwa—gwagwarmaya, a duk tsawon lokacin, don dasa tushen a yashi mai canzawa." Yawancin labarun suna magana ne game da rayuwar matan Afirka na sasantawa kan matsalolin da suka shafi bakararre, al'adar aure da bazawara, Wood kuma ta ce "waɗannan sune rubuce-rubucen mace, mace. Ina da tausayawa, jin daɗin abin da mata suke bi. Ba na jin an ba wa waɗannan magani yadda ya dace a rubuce-rubucen marubutan maza, don haka ya rage namu, marubutan mata, ne za mu sami damar muryoyinsu da kuma kwarewar mata."  

Wood ta kasance alkaliya a gasar lambar yabo ta Etisalat na adabin wallafe-wallafe (Etisalat Prize foe Literature) na 2015, tana Kuma kan kwamitin mashawarta masu ba da shawara kan Aké Arts and Book Festival kuma ta kasance mai halarta a cikin al'amuran rubuce-rubuce da dama da suka haɗa da Littafin Littattafai & Art Arts. 

## Littafai

* *Indigo* (gajerun labaru), 2013. 

## Manazarta

## Haɗin waje

* Maganganu na Molara Wood na Magana akan al'adu da al'adu. 
* Oyebade Dosunmu, "Rayukan Peripatetic: Tattaunawa tare da Molara Wood, Mawallafin Indigo"  (hira), *Aké Review*, 30 Nuwamba 2015. 
* Miriam N. Kotzin, "Molara Wood, Tattaunawar Per Contra", *Per Contra: Jaridar kasa da kasa ta Arts, Littattafai da Ra'ayoyi* .r