Uchechukwu Umezurike

**Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike**, nke a makwaara dị ka **Uche Peter Umez**, bụ onye edemede Naijiria na ọkà mmụta na-arụ ọrụ ugbu a dị ka osote prọfesọ nke Bekee na Mahadum Calgary. Na mgbakwunye na ibipụta ọtụtụ ọrụ nke akụkọ ifo ụmụaka, akụkọ ifo dị mkpirikpi, na uri, nyocha agụmakwụkwọ ya sitere na ọmụmụ okike na echiche agbụrụ dị oke egwu iji nyochaa akwụkwọ ndị Afrịka, ndị Afrịka na-achị ala ọzọ, na akwụkwọ ụwa niile yana ihe nkiri.

## Agụmakwụkwọ na Ọrụ
Umezurike kewara ọtụtụ afọ mbụ ya n'etiti Lagos na Owerri, ọ bụ ezie na ọ gara ọtụtụ ebe ma biri n'ọtụtụ obodo na steeti. Ọ malitere agụmakwụkwọ postsecondary ya na Mahadum Abia State dị na Uturu, Naịjirịa. O nwere mmasị na mbụ ịmalite ọrụ na ego ma debanye aha na nchịkwa azụmaahịa na mmemme ụlọ akụ, ọ bụ ezie na o mechara gbanwee gaa na mmemme gọọmentị na nchịkwa ọha na eze, nke ọ rụzuru na 1997. N'agbanyeghị nke ahụ, ọ dịghị ubi ọ bụla jidere ọchịchọ ịmata ihe ya. Ọ bụ n'oge a ka Umezurike malitere inwe mmasị n'akwụkwọ Bekee dị ka ụzọ isi gbochie ike ọgwụgwụ, yana ịnagide egwu na obi nkoropụ ọ nwere n'oge ọchịchị aka ike Sani Abacha nke afọ 1990.

Umezurike gara n'ihu na-anwale ụdị dị iche iche mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na mahadum. N'afọ 2004, o bipụtara Dark through the Delta (2004), nchịkọta uri, nke Tears in Her Eyes (2005) sochiri, nchịkọta akụkọ dị mkpirikpi, na *Sam* and the Wallet (2007), ọrụ akụkọ ifo ụmụaka. N'ịgbaso ihe ịga nke ọma mbụ ya, ọ debanyere aha na ọtụtụ mmemme obibi maka ndị edemede mba ụwa, gụnyere International Writing Program na Iowa City na 2008, Château de Lavigny onye edemede bi na Switzerland na 2010, na Civitella Ranieri Foundation bi na Ịtali na 2012.

Ọrụ agụmakwụkwọ Umezurike malitere mgbe ọ gara Mahadum nke Port Harcourt iji nweta nzere masta na edemede Bekee. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ edemede ya n'afọ 2014, na-elekwasị anya na mmekọahụ nke ụmụ nwanyị n'akwụkwọ akụkọ abụọ dị *n'Ebe* Ọdịda Anyanwụ Afrịka; Beyond the Horizon nke onye edemede Ghana bụ Amma Darko, na On Black Sisters" Street nke onye edemedi Naijiria bụ Chika Unigwe. Mmasị ya n'ịchọpụta etu nnọchiteanya nke okike na edemede Naijiria si mara site na echiche na ụkpụrụ ndị na-akọwa etu ọha mmadụ kwesịrị isi mata, soro, ma nabata ma ọ bụ ọbụna kwado ndị mmadụ mere ka ọ sonye na Ph.D. na Bekee na mmemme Film Studies na Mahadum Alberta na Edmonton, Canada. N'okpuru nlekọta nke Lahoucine Ouzgane, ọ dechara akwụkwọ edemede doctoral ya na 2021, na-elekwasị anya na nnọchiteanya nke okike na mmekọahụ na akwụkwọ akụkọ nke ndị edemede Igbo na-ele anya n'ihe oyiyi nke ụmụ nwoke na ụmụ nwanyị ndị chegharịrị, manyere, ma ọ bụ ọbụna na-ama nwoke aka. N'otu afọ ahụ, e nyere ya 2021 Nigeria Prize for Literary Criticism, nke a na-ewere dị ka ihe nrite kachasị maka nkatọ akwụkwọ n'Africa, n'ịghọta omimi, ịdị ike, na mkpa nke edemede agụmakwụkwọ atọ e bipụtara n'oge ọ bụ nwa akwụkwọ doctoral.

Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, Umezurike ghọrọ onye mbụ natara onyinye Postdoctoral Awards maka ndị ọkà mmụta obodo na ndị isi ojii na Mahadum Calgary. Ọrụ ya ugbu a na-atụle otú ndị na-eme ihe nkiri na ndị edemede Africa Canada si echepụta ebe obibi ọhụrụ ha na Canada, ọkachasị n'ime ihe ndị dị n'etiti ndị obodo na ọbụbụeze ha, na-eme ka oghere dị na agụmakwụkwọ gbasara akụkọ ndị Afrịka na-akwaga Canada. Ọzọkwa, Umezurike anọgidewo na-emepụta ọrụ edemede okike na mgbakwunye na nchụso agụmakwụkwọ ya. N'afọ 2021, o bipụtara Wish Maker, akwụkwọ akụkọ ụmụaka ọzọ, yana nchịkọta akụkọ ọzọ dị mkpirikpi, Double *Wahala*, Double Trouble. *E* wepụtara nchịkọta uri ọhụrụ ya, ndị ọzọ, na Machị 2023.

## Akwụkwọ edemede

### Abụ uri

* *e nwere ihe ndị ọzọ*. Mahadum nke Alberta Press (2023).
* Aridity of Feelings (Edu-Edy Publications, 2006)
* *Ọchịchịrị site na Delta* (Edu-Edy Publications, 2004)

### Akụkọ ifo dị mkpirikpi

* Wahala Abụọ, Nsogbu Abụọ. Griots Lounge Publishing (2021).
* *Anya mmiri n'anya ya*. Edu-Edy Publications (2005).

### Akụkọ ifo ụmụaka

* *Onye na-eme Ọchịchọ*. Masobe Books (2021).
* *Gogo na Slimy Green Grub*. Lantern Books (2018).
* *Tim the Monkey na Akụkọ Ndị Ọzọ*. Africana First Publishers (2013).
* *Nwa okorobịa* na-atụ nkume na anụmanụ na akụkọ ndị ọzọ. Akwụkwọ Melrose (2011).
* *Onye dike na-agba ọsọ*. Jalaa Writers" Collective (2011).
* *Sam na Akpa ahụ*. Funtime TV Enterprises (2007).

### Ihe odide

* "Akụkọ ahụ bụ àkwá, ma ọ bụ iberibe ise. " The Shallow Tales Review (2022).
* "Mmekọrịta nke Okwu, ma ọ bụ Ụzọ Ka Mma nke Ịdị". Iskanchi (2021)

## Akwụkwọ Ndị Ọkà Mmụta

* "'Omelora": Ọtọdọks na Disciplinary Masculinities na Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus." (2022).
* "The Eco (centric) Border Man: Masculinities and the Nonhuman in Jim Lynch's Border Songs. " (2021)
* "Ị bipụta onwe ya n'oge ọchịchị ndị agha na Naịjirịa, 1985-1999." (2019)
* "Ogre postcolonial in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o" Wizard of the Crow." (2018)
* "Ala nke ili ozu: ihe oyiyi olili ozu na uri nke Musa Idris Okpanachi".

## Onyinye na onyinye

* Onye mmeri Nigeria Prize for Literary Criticism, Nigeria, 2021.
* Onyinye Provost maka ndị ọkà mmụta obodo na ndị isi ojii, Mahadum Calgary, 2021.
* Edmonton Arts Council Grant, Edmonton, 2021.
* James Patrick Folinsbee Memorial Scholarship in Creative Writing, Mahadum nke Toronto, 2020.
* Vanier Graduate Scholarship Award, Canada, 2018.
* Ndepụta, Nigeria LNG Prize for Literature, 2011.
* Onye mmeri, UNESCO-Aschberg, Sanskriti Kendra, India, 2009.
* Alumnus, Caine Prize for African Writing Workshop, Accra, Ghana, 2009.
* Onye ibe ya, Civitella Ranieri, Ịtali, 2012.

## Ihe odide

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