John Nkemngong Nkengasong

**John Ngosong Nkemngong Nkengasong** (1959 - 11 June 2023) bụ onye Cameroon na-ede egwuregwu, onye na-ede akwụkwọ akụkọ, onye na'ede uri na onye ọkà mmụta. A na-akpọkarị ya "onye ọhụụ siri ike"  nke Anglophone Cameroon na "onye na-akwado ihe ọhụrụ na onye na-eme ntụli aka maka eziokwu"  dịka akwụkwọ akụkọ ya, uri, akụkọ mkpirikpi ma karịsịa egwuregwu ya gosipụtara.

## Akụkọ ndụ
Nkengasong nọrọ akụkụ nke nwata ya n'obodo ya bụ Lewoh,  ọchịchị dị n'ime agbụrụ Nweh buru ibu nke Lebyalem Division nke Southwest Region nke Cameroon. A na-anọchite anya obodo ahụ na-acha akwụkwọ ndụ akwụkwọ ndụ na ọdịbendị ya mara mma n'ihe odide ya. 

N'afọ 1971, ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ praịmarị wee banye na Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College Fontem .  N'oge ahụ a na-etolite etolite, ọ matara na isi mmalite nke imepụta akwụkwọ n'ahụmahụ mmadụ wee malite ide abụ ndị e bipụtara ụfọdụ n'ime ha na magazin kọleji. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na High School, ọ gụrụ Bekee na Mahadum Yaounde mgbe ahụ, ọkachamara n'asụsụ Bekee mgbe ọ na-agụ akwụkwọ ahọpụtara na Ụlọ ihe nkiri.[6]. N'agbata afọ 1979 na 1982, afọ nke agụmakwụkwọ mahadum ya, o dere uri ndị e bipụtara ụfọdụ n'ime ha na The Mould. akwụkwọ akụkọ ihe okike nke Bole Butake tọrọ ntọala na New Horizons, akwụkwọ akụkọ ọzọ nke ihe okike na nka nka nke Tala Kashim Ibrahim hiwere. Site na nzere bachelọ nke Arts na Bekee nwetara na 1982, ọ debanyere aha na okirikiri nke abụọ nke Higher Teacher Training College, Mahadum Yaounde, gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1984 dị ka onye nkuzi ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị. Mgbe ọ na-akụzi ihe n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, ọ gbasoro akwụkwọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, na-enweta "Maitrise" na 1985 na na 1993, nzere "Doctorat de Troisième Cycle" na Mahadum Yaounde. Ewegoro ya dika onye nkuzi nnyemaaka na Mahadum Yaounde 1 na 2000, na 2004 o nwetara PhD na akwukwo akwukwo Bekee. Mahadum ahụ nyere ya ala dị mma iji nyochaa nkà okike ya na-eto eto, nke dugara na mbipụta nke ọtụtụ ihe nkiri, ọrụ ederede, uri na edemede nke choro ya maka mba yana otuto mba ụwa.

Tupu ọnwụ ya, ọ bụ onye prọfesọ nke Literature and Cultural Studies na Mahadum Yaounde 1 nakwa onye isi ngalaba ¨HOD¨ na Mahadum Buea na mpaghara South West nke Cameroon. Ewezuga ọrụ okike ya, o bipụtara ọtụtụ akwụkwọ na akwụkwọ akụkọ na ọdịnala Africa, akwụkwọ Britain na Postcolonial na Pidgin nke Cameroon.

Nkengasong nwụrụ na 11 June 2023, mgbe ọ dị afọ 64.

## Ihe odide
Onye edemede na onye nkatọ, Nkengasong dere akwụkwọ ndị na-agafe ụdị na ọzụzụ. Echiche okike ya sitere n'ọdịbendị Nweh ya na ọtụtụ omenala, mmekọrịta ọha na eze na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị nke Cameroon,, nke akụkọ ihe mere eme nke mba ahụ na ọtụtụ ihe nketa nke ndị ọchịchị. Ọrụ ya, ọkachasị ihe nkiri ya, bụ ihe ọhụrụ, postmodern na mgbe ụfọdụ ihe na-enweghị isi na ọdịdị na ọdịnaya. Ha na-elekwasị anya na mmekọrịta nke akụkọ ihe mere eme, mba na omenala dị n'Africa ma gosipụta ya n'ụdị nke "gafere[s] mmachi mmiri nke ozizi ozizi".

Black Caps and Red Feathers (2001) bụ akwụkwọ mbụ ya bụ isi nke nyere akara maka ihe a ga-emesị were dị ka ọrụ na-eme ka ọ baa ọgaranya. Ejije a bụ "egwuruegwu abụọ dị ịrịba ama nke mebere nghọta onye odee nwere banyere ọnọdụ mmadụ". Ọ bụ ihe a ma ama maka nhazi na ọdịnaya ya na nnwale ya na usoro surrealist.

E bipụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ya na ọrụ a kacha mara amara, Across the Mongolo, na 2004. Ewezuga ọnọdụ ọdịbendị ya bara ụba, ọ bụ ngosipụta aghụghọ nke iwe megide mmechuihu na idobe nke ndị pere mpe n'Africa bụ ndị ihe metụtara geopolitics colonial. O dekwara uri nke e bipụtara na mkpokọta akpọrọ, Akwụkwọ ozi na Marion (And the Coming Generations) nke e bipụtara n'afọ 2009. Ewubere uri ahụ n'ọchịchọ, ihe ọchị na ihe oyiyi anụ ọhịa. A na-ewu uri ahụ "na ọchị, irony na Ihe oyiyi anụmanụ"  ma na-edozi ọtụtụ okwu gụnyere "mmetụta Afrịka ... obere esemokwu nke gbanwere Afrịka nke oge a ka ọ bụrụ ọgbọ agha. 

Ihe odide ya akpọrọla ya n'ọtụtụ akụkụ nke ụwa. N'ụzọ dị ịrịba ama, ọ bụ onye edemede na-ebi na International Writing Program (IWP) na Mahadum Iowa.Ọ bụbu onye edemede ọbịa na Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Mahadum New York, Chicago Humanities Festival Archived 16 August 2018 na Wayback Machine, Mahadum Howard, National University of Singapore, na Mahadum Augsburg, n'etiti ndị ọzọ.

Na February 2018, e nyere ya Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center a ma ama 23 Mee 2017 na mkpakọrịta Wayback Machine na Italy, maka ide akwụkwọ agụmakwụkwọ.

## Onyinye

* 2008 "Honorary Fellow in Writing" nke Mahadum Iowa nyere 
* 2013 "Eko Prize for Literature"
* 2016 "Knight of the Cameroon Order of Valour".

## Akwụkwọ ndị ọzọ

### Akụkọ ifo

* Chineke bụ onye Africa E debere ya na 8 Febụwarị 2018 na Wayback Machine. [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]
* *[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20575662-achakasara Achakasara]* [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]
* *Ike Nwunye Di ya nwụrụ*. [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]
* N'ofe Mongolo. [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]
* "Kakamba" na *The Spirit Machine na Akụkọ Ndị Ọzọ*. [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]

### Ihe nkiri

* A Madding Generation [nkwekọrịta nwụrụ anwụ na-adịgide adịgide]. [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]
* Njogobi Festival [ndị nwụrụ anwụ na-adịgide adịgide] Miraclaire Publishing, 2011.
* *Ụwa Nna*. [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]
* The Call of Blood E debere ya na 8 February 2018 na Wayback Machine. [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]
* Black Caps and Red Feathers E debere na 8 February 2018 na Wayback Machine. Ụlọ obibi akwụkwọ Patron, 2001.

### Abụ uri

* *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180208182747/http://www.langaa-rpcig.net/Letters-to-Marion-And-the-Coming.html Akwụkwọ ozi e degaara Marion] E debere ya na  Wayback Machine (And the Coming Generations) * Langaa RPCIG, 2009.
* "Ghost Towns" na uri ndị ọzọ na Journal of New Poetry 4. The International Research Confederacy of African Literature and Culture, Lulu inc., 2007.

### Akụkọ ndị a na-ahọrọ na-abụghị akụkọ ifo

* "Muse nke gba ọtọ: Nkwughachi sitere na mkpụrụ obi onye edemede." Ndekọ Mmemme Odide Mba Nile nke Ọrụ Ndị obibi, 17 Ọktoba 2008

## Hụkwa

* Imbolo Mbue
* Akwụkwọ nke Cameroon
* Nsah Mala

## Ihe odide

## Njikọ mpụga

* Ndị edemede Gallery - Ịgafe ókèala
* Ememme Humanities nke Chicago 
* Podcast nke Mahadum Na-ede Ihe
* Akwụkwọ Africa Nchịkọta
* Ndị bi na IWP 2008