Sandra Jackson-Opoku

**Sandra Jackson-Opoku** (amụrụ 1953)  bụ onye America na-ede uri, onye na-ede akwụkwọ, onye na-ede akwụkwọ, na onye nta akụkọ, onye edemede ya na-elekwasịkarị anya na omenala na njem na mba ndị Africa .  Ọ bụrụla onye nnata nke ọtụtụ onyinye, gụnyere site na National Endowment for Arts, Illinois Arts Council, na American Antiquarian Society .  Akwụkwọ akụkọ ya gụnyere *Osimiri Ebe A mụrụ Ọbara* (1997), nke meriri American Library Association Black Caucus Award for Best Fiction, na *Hot Johnny (na ụmụ nwanyị ndị hụrụ ya n'anya)*, nke bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ *Essence* kacha mma na akụkọ ifo siri ike.  Ọ kụzikwaara akwụkwọ edemede na ihe okike na ụlọ akwụkwọ agụmakwụkwọ mba ụwa, gụnyere na Columbia College Chicago, Mahadum Miami, Nova Southeast University, Studio Writer's Studio na Mahadum Chicago, North Country Institute for Writers of Color, Hurston-Wright Ụlọ akwụkwọ ndị edemede, na Chicago State University . 

## Akụkọ ndụ
Amụrụ ma zụlite na Chicago, Illinois, ọ malitere ide uri dị ka nwata nwanyị nke 10 ma ọ bụ 12, mechara nye aka na akwụkwọ ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị wee soro na otu ndị edemede akpọrọ OBAC (Organization of Black American Culture) jikọtara ya na ya. Òtù Na-ahụ Maka Ojii .  Ọ gara Columbia College Chicago, ebe ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na Journalism tupu ya aga n'ihu na-amụ Communications na Afro-American Studies na Mahadum Massachusetts, Amherst, na-enweta BA na 1976, ebe ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ n'okpuru Chinua Achebe na Michael Thelwell, bụ ndị ọ na-akpọ dị ka akwụkwọ edemede. mmetụta na mgbakwunye na Toni Morrison na Gabriel García Márquez . 

Akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ya, *Osimiri Ebe A mụrụ Ọbara*, nke sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ njem gaa Africa na 1975,  e bipụtara na 1997, na-emeri Award American Library Association Black Caucus Award for Best Fiction. Ntụleghachi na *Chicago Sun-Times* kwuru, sị: "E wezụga ịma mma akwụkwọ ya, ịcha akụkọ Jackson-Opoku ga-enye ndị na-agụ akwụkwọ ọhụrụ akụkụ ime mmụọ nke ha ga-atụle ihe ndụ pụtara."  Ọ bụkwa onye dere akwụkwọ akụkọ 2001, nke *ndị na-ebipụta kwa izu* dere banyere ya: "Ikike Jackson-Opoku iji chepụta agwa ndị na-agaghị echefu echefu na ọdịdị dị iche iche na-egosi ya dị ka onye edemede a ga-agụ."  Dị ka onye edemede ụmụaka, ọ natala Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Colen Award na New Children's Writing na Maeve Marie Fellowship for Children's Writing na Colony Ode akwụkwọ na Dairy Hollow . 

Ọ kuziri akwụkwọ edemede na ihe okike na Mahadum Chicago State yana na kọleji Columbia,  yana ụlọ akwụkwọ agụmakwụkwọ ndị ọzọ yana n'ọgbakọ gburugburu ụwa.

Na Julaị 2020, edepụtara ya dị ka otu *NewCity* ' "Lit 50", Ụlọ Nzukọ nke Chicago kwa afọ na-asọpụrụ obodo agụmagụ akwụkwọ. 

## Akwụkwọ ọgụgụ ahọpụtara

* *Osimiri Ebe A mụrụ Ọbara* (akwụkwọ akụkọ), Otu Ụwa, 1997, 
* *Johnny na-ekpo ọkụ (Na ụmụ nwanyị ndị hụrụ ya n'anya)* (akwụkwọ akụkọ), Otu Ụwa, 2001, 
* *Oge okpomọkụ nke Sea Island* (maka ụmụaka), Hyperion, 2001, 

### Dị ka onye nchịkọta akụkọ

* Mụ na Kuraysh Ali Lansana, *Megharịa Abụ Ọma: Ọrụ Ememe Edemede nke Gwendolyn Brooks*, Curbside Splendor Publishing, 2017,  .

## Ntụaka
, ebe ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na Journalism tupu ya aga n'ihu na-amụ Communications na Afro-American Studies na Mahadum Massachusetts, Amherst, na-enweta aka na akwụkwọ ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị wee soro
Òtù:Mmadụ ndi di ndụ