Unoma Azuah

**Unoma Azuah** (amụrụ na 23 June 1969) bụ onye edemede Naijiria, onye edemede, na onye na-eme ihe ike nke nyocha ya na ọrụ ya na-elekwasị anya na ederede LGBT na akwụkwọ Naijiria. O bipụtara akwụkwọ atọ, abụọ n'ime ha enwetala ihe nrite mba ụwa. Ọ na-elekwasị anya n'okwu ndị metụtara ndị Naijiria na-eme ihe ike,  dịka na Blessed Body: Secret Lives of LGBT Nigerians (2016). 

## Akụkọ ndụ
Azuah mụrụ na Ogwashi-Ukwu na Delta State nke Nigeria nye onye Tiv nna si Ukan na Ushongo ime obodo nke Benue State na otu nne Igbo si Asaba na Delta State. N'ịbụ onye amuru n'oge agha obodo Naijiria site na nne na nna nọ n'akụkụ abụọ a na-alụ ọgụ, a zụlitere ya ka ukwuu dị ka onye Igbo ma bụrụ onye e kewapụrụ na ezinụlọ nna ya n'ihi na onye agha Tiv Nigeria ekwesịghị ịgafe n'ọgbọ ndị iro iji tinye aka na nwanyị Biafra (Igbo).

Ọ gara mahadum nke Nigeria, Nsukka ebe, dịka onye nkuzi, ọ deziri akwụkwọ akụkọ ngalaba Bekee, The Muse, wee nweta ihe nrite onye ode akwụkwọ kacha mma maka afọ abụọ: 1992 na 1993.[1]. O nwetara nzere bachelọ nke Arts na bekee site na Mahadum Nigeria, Nsukka (1994), Master's in English from Cleveland State University, Ohio (2001) na Master's in Fine Art si Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (2003).

## Nkwado maka ikike nwoke idina nwoke
Azuah bụ onye Naijiria mbụ nyere nsogbu LGBTQI ọhụụ na agụmakwụkwọ edemede Naijiria. Ọ hapụrụ Naịjirịa n'afọ 1999, mgbe ọ nwetasịrị ọtụtụ egwu na ndụ ya n'ihi ọrụ ya, ma ugbu a ọ na-ekewa oge ya n'etiti US na Naịjirị iji gaa n'ihu na-enyere ma na-arụ ọrụ na ndị Naịjiria LGBTQI.

Banyere ọrụ ya, Azuah kwuru na "M"na-enyocha isiokwu nke mmekọahụ n'ihe odide m, ọkachasị na uri m na ihe ndị na-abụghị akụkọ ifo. Ọkpụkpụ a na-eri eri bụ n'ezie akụkọ sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ. Ndụ nke onye isi na-egosipụta ndụ nke onye mbịarambịa Naijiria m zutere. Ọ bụ onye na-atụ egwu nwoke ibe ya nke ukwuu, mana mgbe ọ gara n'ụlọ mkpọrọ wee bụrụ ebe ndị na-emegbu ya, otu nwoke na-edina nwoke ibe ya bụ onye nzọpụta ya. " &nbsp;&nbsp;

Banyere iwu na-emegide nwoke idina nwoke na Naijiria, o kwukwara ihe ndị a: "Echere m na ndị ndu Naijiria na-eji okwu ahụ dị ka ngwá ọrụ iji dọpụ uche ndị Naijiria site na nchegbu siri ike dịka enweghị ohere akụ na ụba na akụrụngwa. Mmiri siri ike nke Iso Ụzọ Kraịst na-anụ ọkụ n'obi na-agbasa Naijiria na-eme ka ihe ndọpụ uche nke isiokwu a nke na-ekwesịghị ịdị maka arụmụka mba n'ihi na ihe ndị okenye kwenyere na-eme na nzuzo nke ụlọ ihi ụra ha ekwesịghị imetụta onye ọ bụla.&nbsp;

Nnyocha ya banyere isiokwu nwoke idina nwoke n'ọrụ ya, na "ịgbachitere mmekọahụ nwoke idina nwanyị", maka onye edemede Naijiria akọwaala dị ka "omume obi ike n'ezie".  Ugbu a nwa amaala USA, ọ na-aga n'ihu na-etinye aka n'ala nna ya site n'ịkekọrịta akụkọ banyere mkpagbu nke ndị inyom, nwoke idina nwaanyị, ndị inyom abụọ na ndị transgender n'ebe ahụ.

## Ndụ ọrụ
Azuah na-akụzi Bekee ugbu a na Wiregrass Georgia Technical College . 

## Akwụkwọ ndị e bipụtara

* *Abụ abalị.* Lagos: Oracle, 2002. Nchịkọta nke uri
* *Ọkụ dị elu n'eluigwe.* Frederick, MD: Bipụta America. July, 2005. Akwụkwọ akụkọ.
* *Ogologo nke Ìhè.* Germany: VDM; Dr. Müller, 2008. Nchịkọta akụkọ mkpirikpi.
* *Ọkpụkpụ a na-eri eri.* [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji] Mbipụta America. Akwụkwọ akụkọ.
* *On Broken Wings: Anthology of Best Contemporary Nigerian Poetry.* [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]
* *Ahụ a gọziri agọzi: Ndụ nzuzo nke Naijiria Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual na Transgender: non-fiction.* Jackson, TN: Cookingpotbooks, 2016 

* The Urban Spectrum National Best Novel of the year 2006 site n'aka onye edemede a mụrụ n'Afrịka maka Sky-high flames 
* Onye edemede akụkọ ifo kachasị mma nke afọ 2006 maka Sky-high Flames, Association of Nigerian Authors/Flora Nwapa award for fiction, 2006
* Ihe nrite Griot Hero maka mmekọrịta obodo na ụmụ akwụkwọ Adult na High school, West Tennessee, 2008
* Onye a họpụtara, Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award, Mahadum Indiana, 2009
* Aidoo-Snyder Book Award, Women's Caucus of the African Studies Association, for Edible Bones, 2011 
* Onye mmeri, onyinye Hellman-Hammett maka Sky-high Flames 

## Edensibia

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