Zulu Sofola

**Nwazuluwa Onuekwuke "Zulu" Sofola** (22 Juun 1935 - 5 Septemba 1995)  bụ nwaanyị onye edemede ejije mbụ e bịpụtara ọrụ ya na Naijiria. Sofola bụkwa onye nkụzi mahadum wee bụrụ nwanyị mbụ Prọfesọ nke Theater Arts na Afrika . 

## Mmalite ndụ
Amụrụ Nwazuluwa Onuekwuke Sofola na Bendel State nke ochie na ezinụlọ Nwaugbade Okwumabua na Chief Ogana Okwumabua ndi bu ndi Igbo site na Issele-Uku, Aniocha North Local Government Area, nke di na Delta Steetị . Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ praịmarị nke Federal Gọọmentị na Asaba na Baptist Girls High School dị na Agbor, Delta steetị.  N'ihi ọrụ pụtara ìhè ọ nwere n'ụlọ akwụkwọ, e nyere ya ohere agụmakwụkwọ ka ọ gụchaa akwụkwọ sekọndrị na Nashville, Tennessee, USA  ọ nọrọ oge ya na-eto eto na n'oge agbọghọ ya na US, ebe ọ na-gaa akwụkwọ na Southern Baptist Seminary, nweta BA na aụsụ bekee na Mahadum Virginia Union dị na Richmond, Virginia na 1959.  Ọ nwetara MA ya na Drama (ide ejije na mbịpụta) site na Mahadum The Catholic University of America na Washington DC na afọ 1965.  Ọ laghachiri Naịjirịa na 1966, wee bụrụ onye nkuzi na ngalaba Theater Arts na Mahadum Ibadan, Oyo Steetị, ebe ọ nwetara PhD na Theater Arts (Tragic Theory) na 1977. 

## Ọrụ
Ejije ya "sitere na ọdachi mere n'oge gara aga ruo n'ihe ntọchị ma jiri usoro ọdịnala na nke Afrịka oge a" Ọ na - eji "ihe anwansi, akụkọ ifo na emume iji tụlee esemokwu dị n'etiti ọdịnala na ọgbara ọhụrụ ebe oke ịbụ nwoke nọ." A na-ewere ya dịka otu n’ime ụmụ nwanyị ndị kacha ama ama n’edemede Naịjirịa.  Ọ ka bụ ihe na-enye ndị ntorobịa n’edemede Afrika ume. Ụfọdụ ejije Sofola mere a na-egosikarị bụ *[[:en:Wedlock_of_the_Gods|Wedlock of the Gods]]* (1972) na *[https://www.ajol.info/index.php/lwati/article/view/92177 The Sweet Trap]* (1977),  Ọ nwụrụ na 1995 mgbe ọ dị afọ 60.

## Mmezu

* Onyinye nsọpụrụ na mba ma na mba ofesi.
* Onye nwetara ohere agụmakwụkwọ nke a na-akpọ Fulbright Scholarship.
* Onye nọchịtere Naijiria anya na nzukọ mbu  nke International Women Playwrights Conference.

## Ọrụ ahọpụtara

* *The Deer Hunter and The Hunter's Pearl* (1969), London: Evans Brothers.
* *The Disturbed Peace of Christmas* (1971), Ibadan: Daystar Press.
* *Wedlock of the Gods* (1972), Ibadan: Evans.
* *The Operators*, Ibadan: Ibadan University, 1973.[*citation needed*]
* *King Emene: Tragedy of a Rebellion* (1974), Heinemann Educational Books. 
* *The Wizard of Law* (1975), Evans Bros. 
* *The Sweet Trap* (1977); Ibadan: Oxford University Press. 
* *Old Wines Are Tasty* (1981), Ibadan: Oxford University Press. 
* *Memories in the Moonlight* (1986), Ibadan: Evans Brothers.
* *Queen Omu-ako of Oligbo*, Buffalo: Paul Robeson Theatre, 1989.
* *Eclipso and the Fantasia*, Illorin, Nigeria: 1990.
* *The Showers*, Illorin, Nigeria: 1991.
* *Song of a Maiden: A Play*, Illorin, Nigeria: Heinemann, 1992.[*citation needed*]
* *Lost Dreams and Other Plays*, Ibadan: Heinemann, 1992.

## Ọgụgụ ọzọ

* Gikandi, Simon (2002), *Encyclopedia of African Literature*, Routledge.  ISBN&nbsp; - p.&nbsp;502
* Gilbert, H. (1996), *Post-Colonial Drama: Theory, Practice, Politics*, Routledge.  ISBN&nbsp; - p.&nbsp;183 (on Sofola's use of proverbs).
* Kolawole, M. E. M. (1999), *Zulu Sofola: her life & her works*, Caltop Publications (Nigeria).  ISBN&nbsp;
* http://www.critical-stages.org/15/nigeria-the-challenge-of-and-for-the-female-playwright/

## Ebe m si dee

## Njikọ dị na mpụga

* zulusofola.com ′Zulu Sofola official website.
* Zulu Sofola at Black Plays Archive, National Theatre.

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