Ade Solanke

**Adeola Solanke** FRSA, nke a na-akpọkarị **Ade Solanke**, bụ onye Britain na Naijiria na-ede egwuregwu na onye na-ede ihe nkiri. A maara ya nke ọma maka egwuregwu ogbo mpụta mbụ ya, *Pandora's Box*, nke emepụtara na Arcola Theatre na 2012,  wee bụrụ onye akpọrọ aha ya dị ka Play kacha mma na Off West End Theater Awards .  Ihe kredit ode ya ndị ọzọ gụnyere usoro ihe nkiri BBC Radio nwetara ihe nrite *Westway* na ihe nkiri ihe nkiri Naijiria *[[Dazzling Mirage]]* (2014).   Ọ bụ onye nchoputa na onye nduzi ihe okike nke ụlọ ọrụ Spora Stories, nke ebumnuche ya bụ "ịmepụta ihe nkiri mbụ maka ogbo na ihuenyo, na-akọ akụkọ dị egwu nke ndị si mba Africa."  Solanke rụrụ ọrụ mbụ dị ka onye nta akụkọ nka na redio na telivishọn,   na na 1988 guzobere Tama Communications, na-enye ọrụ ide na mgbasa ozi, nke ndị ahịa ya gụnyere BBC, Council Arts na Midland . Ụlọ akụ . 

## Afọ mbụ na agụmakwụkwọ
A mụrụ na ndị nne na nna Naijiria na London, Ade Solanke zụlitere ya na ụmụnne ya nwanyị atọ na Ladbroke Grove na Notting Hill, na ọdịda anyanwụ nke isi obodo ahụ.     O nwetara MFA na Screenwriting site na Mahadum Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, ebe ọ bụ onye ọkà mmụta Fulbright na Phi Beta Kappa mba ọkà mmụta.  O nwekwara diplọma postgraduate na ihe okike sitere na Goldsmiths, Mahadum London, yana nzere nkwanye ugwu na akwụkwọ Bekee sitere na Mahadum Sheffield . 

## Ọrụ
Ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye nyocha akụkọ maka ọtụtụ ụlọ ọrụ Hollywood, gụnyere Sundance, New Line na Disney . Ihe ngosi nke mbụ ya, *Femi's Thirtieth*, bụ ọkara nke ikpeazụ na asọmpi ikiri ihuenyo Nicholl kwa afọ na Los Angeles . Ọ bụkwa onye ikpeazụ na asọmpi Amblin/Chesterfield Screenwriting, dịkwa na LA. Ihe onyonyo ya nke abụọ, *Finishing School*, rutekwara ọkara ikpeazụ nke Nicholl. Ruo afọ ụfọdụ ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye nta akụkọ nka, na-ede akwụkwọ maka mbipụta gụnyere *The Times Literary Supplement*, *Voice*, *The Guardian*, *New Statesman* na *West Africa Magazine* . Na 1988 o hiwere Tama Communications, ọrụ ide, nyocha na mgbasa ozi "nwere ọmịiko maka mkpa nke ngalaba afọ ofufo na ndị otu ojii",  nke a na-ekpe ikpe dị ka "ụlọ ọrụ pụtara ìhè" wee nweta aha *London's Top Youth Enterprise* na 1989 London Livewire asọmpi ịchọta ụbụrụ azụmaahịa na-eto eto kacha mma.    Ọ kụzikwaara ihe na mahadum dị iche iche, gụnyere ndị Goldsmiths, University of London, na Pan-African University, Lagos, Nigeria, yana ụlọ ọrụ ndị dị ka London's City Lit  na na Zimbabwe na Institute of Creative Arts for Progress n'Africa.   Na 2015, ọ sonyeere na Mahadum Greenwich, ebe ọ bụ nnukwu onye nkuzi na Creative Writing.  

Ọrụ ya maka redio gụnyere ịnọ na ndị otu na-ede akwụkwọ nke usoro ihe nkiri BBC na-enweta ihe nrite *Westway* .  N'afọ 2009, NHS nyere ya ọrụ ka ọ dee *ihe nketa ezinụlọ*,  ihe nkiri nkiri Nollywood na-egosi ahụmahụ ndụ nke ndị mmadụ na-arịa ọrịa sickle cell, bụ nke ekesara n'ọtụtụ ebe na ọwa telivishọn na n'ebe ndị ọzọ na mpaghara. UK, USA na West Africa, na-eru ihe karịrị nde mmadụ 12 na mkpọsa mgbasa ozi.  O mechara dee ihe nkiri maka *[[Dazzling Mirage]]* (2014), nke emere site na akwụkwọ akụkọ otu aha ahụ nke Olayinka Abimbola Egbokhare, nke Tunde Kelani mepụtara ma duzie ya. 

### ''Igbe Pandora''
A ga-emepụta egwuregwu mbụ nke Solanke, *Igbe Pandora*, bụ nke e gosipụtara na July 2008 dị ka akụkụ nke Tiata Fahodzi 's Tiata Delights na Almeida Theatre, nwere ihe ngosi ụwa ya ma ree ihe ngosi na Arcola Theater, Hackney, na 2012.,   mechara na-eme njem na mba na 2014 ruo 16 ebe gburugburu UK, njem kachasị ukwuu maka egwuregwu ojii na UK.   "Ọchịchị ọchị na-akpali akpali nke na-akpali akpali nke ihe ọchị, ọdachi na ihe nkiri ezinụlọ", *Pandora's Box* na-ekwu maka nsogbu nke otu nne Britain-Nigeria, na ezumike na Lagos na nwa ya nwoke maara ihe n'okporo ámá, banyere ma ọ ga-ahapụ ya na ebe obibi ndị Nigeria siri ike. ụlọ akwụkwọ ma ọ bụ kpọghachite ya n'ọgbọ agha nke ime obodo London. 

Egwuregwu ahụ meriri nyocha nke kpakpando ise wee too ya dị ka "Eziokwu, dị mfe, na-akpali akpali… na-egbuke egbuke" ( *The Public Reviews* ) na "Firecracker ụlọ ihe nkiri… na-emetụ… hilarious" ( *The Stage* ). N'ịtụle ya maka *The Guardian*, Lyn Gardner dere, sị: "Pandora's Box buzzes na ndụ na esemokwu nke ezigbo ndị mmadụ na-agbasi mbọ ike ime ihe kacha mma nke ndụ ha mgbe ha na-emeso ihe nketa hapụrụ site na nhọrọ ndị ọgbọ gara aga mere."  Ọzọ nke ọtụtụ ọkwa dị mma sitere n'aka Sarah Lewis nke *Citizen Hackney*, bụ onye kọwara egwuregwu ahụ dị ka "Mgbe ụfọdụ na-achị ọchị nke ukwuu na-akpa ọchị, mgbe ụfọdụ na-agbawa obi .... n'ụzọ bụ isi ihe na-akpali akpali ma na-atọ ọchị.  *Igbe Pandora* bụ nke akwụkwọ Oberon bipụtara.  

### ''East End Boys, West End Girls''
Na 2015, Solanke mere mmalite mmalite ya na egwuregwu nke abụọ ya, *East End Boys, West End Girls*, na njem nleta London nke malitere na Arcola Theater  tupu ya egwu egwu na ebe egwuregwu gụnyere CLF Arts Cafe na Peckham, Saatchi Gallery na Chelsea, na Bernie Grant Arts Center dị na Tottenham .    Nlebanya kọwara egwuregwu ahụ n'ụzọ dị iche iche dị ka "echiche jọgburu onwe ya nke nnukwu obodo na-enweghị isi ... mgbe ụfọdụ ọ na-atọ ụtọ ma na-anụ ọkụ n'obi mgbe niile"  na "na-akpali echiche…. Ajuju Solanke nke nka na-eji ezi uche na ọgụgụ isi ejikwa nkọwa ọha mmadụ. 

### ''Ụlọ ikpe ga-enwerịrị eze nwanyị''
Egwuregwu Solanke kachasị ọhụrụ bụ *Ụlọikpe Ga-enwerịrị Queen* gbasara alụmdi na nwunye Henry nke Asatọ na Anne nke Cleves . Ọ na-egosi African Tudor musician John Blanke, onye na-egwuri egwu n'ụlọ ikpe nke Henry VII na Henry nke Asatọ ma bụrụ onye mbụ ojii nke nwere ma ihe oyiyi na ndekọ na UK. Ọ bụ Historic Royal Palaces nyere egwuregwu a ma bụrụ nke Hampton Court Palace mepụtara. Ọ premiered na June 2018, rụrụ na Great Hall na Hampton Court Palace, ebe Shakespeare 's acting company the King's Men rụrụ na 1603. 

### Ọrụ ndị ọzọ
Solanke na-emepụtakwa ọrụ na egwu banyere Phillis Wheatley nke aha ya bụ *Phillis na London*,   nke e gosipụtara na Greenwich Book Festival na 2018.  E gosipụtara egwuregwu nkeji 90 nke Solanke kpọrọ *Phillis na Boston* na Old South Meeting House na Nọvemba 2023. 

Solanke bụ onye na-atụnye aka na 2019 anthology *New Daughters of Africa* nke Margaret Busby deziri.   

## Na-arụ ọrụ

; Ụlọ ihe nkiri

* *Igbe Pandora* (2012)
* *Ụmụ nwoke East End, West End Girls* (2015)
* *Ụlọ ikpe ga-enwerịrị eze nwanyị* (2018)

; Ihe nkiri

* *Ihe nketa Ezinụlọ* (2009)
* *Mirage na-egbuke egbuke* (2014)

## Ihe nrite na nnabata
N'afọ 1989, a kpọrọ Ade Solanke ka ọ bụrụ onye ọchụnta ego kacha elu nke ndị ntorobịa London maka ọchụnta ego ya na mgbasa ozi, Tama Communications. N'ọnwa Septemba afọ 2012 ọ meriri ihe nrite maka onye na-ede egwuregwu kacha mma na Ntụrụndụ Nigerian Entertainment and Lifestyle Awards.  Ọ nwetakwara onye na-ede egwuregwu kacha mma na Afro-Hollywood Awards.

N'oge asọmpi London 2012, e gosipụtara ya na ndị edemede ndị ọzọ, gụnyere Diran Adebayo, Sefi Atta, Helon Habila, Zainabu Jallo, Nnorom Azuonye, Chibundu Onuzo, na Rotimi Babatunde, na Nigeria House Literature Showcase curated by the Committee for Relevant Art ( CORA) na Ụlọ ihe nkiri Royal, Stratford East .  

* 2012: Onye mmeri *igbe Pandora*, onye na-ede egwuregwu kacha mma, onyinye Afro-Hollywood
* 2012: *Pandora's Box* Winner, Best Play, Nigerian Entertainment and Lifestyle (NEL) Awards
* 2012: Ahọpụtara *Igbe Pandora* maka Egwuregwu Ọhụrụ kacha mma maka onyinye ihe nkiri Off West End
* 2014: A họpụtara *igbe Pandora* maka ihe nrite 2014 Naijiria maka akwụkwọ edemede . 
* 2015: *East End Boys, West End Girls* Winner, Best Play na 7th Black Entertainment, Film, Ejiji, Television and Arts Awards. 
* 2015: *Igbe Pandora* na *East End Boys, West End Girls* họpụtara maka 2015 Alfred Fagon Audience Award . 
* 2016: Ewepụtara ya na Prọfesọ Robert Boucher Alumni Alumni Award nke Mahadum Sheffield. 

Solanke bụkwa onye nnata nke agụmakwụkwọ agụmakwụkwọ dị iche iche na ihe nrite agụmagụ, gụnyere:

* 1992: Ọkà mmụta Fulbright
* 1993: Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship International
* 1993: Association of American University Women (AAUW) Scholarship
* 1994: Norman Topping Scholarship (USC)
* 2001: Royal Literary Fund Fellowship (onye na-ede akwụkwọ BFI)
* 2010: Pinter Center AHRC onye na-ese ihe na-ebi, Goldsmiths, Mahadum London
* 2010: Peggy Ramsay Award
* 2013: Peggy Ramsay Award

## Ọgụgụ ọzọ

* Morosetti, Tiziana (2018). "Interview with Ade Solanke". Na: Morosetti, T. (ed.), *Africa na Contemporary London Stage* . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 7 Disemba 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94508-8_11

## Edensibia

## Njikọ mpụga

* Webụsaịtị gọọmentị.
* "Ade Solanke", Curtis Brown.
* "Onye na-ede egwuregwu, Ade Solanke na-agwa ndị British Blacklist Okwu gbasara egwu egwu 'Pandora's Box'", The British Black List.
* Karla Williams, "Ajụjụ ndị London site na Lagos na Ade Solanke, Igbe Pandora", Afridiziak, 9 Ọktoba 2015.
* "Ajụjụ ya na onye na-ede egwuregwu na onye edemede, Ade Solanke", Afri-love, 23 Mee 2012.
* John Byrne, "Onye edemede Ade Solanke: 'Egwuregwu mbụ m kụziiri m na uba na-akwado ndị obi ike ' , *The Stage*, 5 June 2018.
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