Molara Wood

**Molara Wood** (onye amuru n'afọ 1967)  bu onye odee ihe okike Naijiria, odeakụkọ na onye nkatọ. A kọwawo ya dị ka "otu n'ime ndị ama ama na Arts na Naịjirịa".  Akụkọ mkpirisi ya, akụkọ ifo ọkụ, uri na edemede ya apụtala n’ọtụtụ akwụkwọ. Ndị a gụnyere *akwụkwọ ndị Africa taa*, *Chimurenga*, *Farafina Magazine*, *Sentinel Poetry*, *DrumVoices Revue*, *Sable LitMag*, *Eclectica Magazine*, *The New Gong Book of New Nigerian Short Stories* (ed. Adewale Maja-Pearce, 2007), na *Otu Ụwa: Agụmakwụkwọ zuru ụwa ọnụ nke Akụkọ dị mkpirikpi* (ed. Chris Brazier; New Internationalist, 2009).   O bi ugbu a na Lagos . 

## Mbido ndụ
Molara Wood, onye amụrụ na Naịjirịa ebiela ihe ọ kọwara dịka "ndụ nke na-emebi emebi", gụnyere afọ iri abụọ na Britain, ebe ọ gara akwụkwọ na mbụ ("Afọ atọ ma ọ bụ anọ karịsịa, bụ atụmatụ ya") . Ma ndụ na-eme. Ị naghị ahụ ka afọ na-atụgharị n'ime ibe ya, mgbe ahụ, i teeta otu ụbọchị, ọ bụrụ na ị nọọla na England afọ iri abụọ.  N'ajụjụ ọnụ 2015 nke ya na Oyebade Dosunmu maka *Aké Review*, Wood kọwara: "Ọbụna ogologo oge tupu ụbọchị UK m, ebielam na Northern na South-Western Naịjirịa ya na Los Angeles - niile site na afọ iri na otu ma ọ bụ iri na abụọ. Enwere echiche nke na ị naghị enwe oge mgbe niile, enweghịkwa ọnọdụ - na afọ ndị a na Britain na-eme ka nke ahụ dịkwuo ukwuu. Mmetụta ahụ anaghị apụ na ịlaghachi Nigeria, ọ bụ naanị na-agbanwe agbanwe, dịka ndị mmadụ na-ekwu banyere m na-abịa dịka onye si 'pụọ', ọbụlagodi mgbe m na-agbalị ịbanye. Ya mere enwere m mmetụta nke ọma maka mwepu nke dislocation na ntinyeghachi. London bụụrụ m nnukwu tebụl ka m wee lelee ụlọ ihe nkiri a nke ahụmịhe mmadụ n'ihe gbasara ndị mbịara Naịjirịa." 

N'afọ 2007 ka a toro akụkọ ifo ya nke ukwuu na asọmpi nkenke akụkọ nke Commonwealth Broadcasting Association ,.  N'afọ 2008, ọ meriri asọmpi nkenke akụkọ nke John La Rose Memorial .  Kemgbe ọ laghachiri na Nigeria, ọ bụ Arts na Culture Editor nke akwụkwọ akụkọ na- *esote* (nke kwụsịrị mbipụta na 2011), ma na-ede ugbu a otu kọlụm Arts maka *[[The Guardian (Nigeria)|The Guardian]]* na Lagos, ebe ọ nọ ugbu a.  N'oge ya na *Ọzọ* ọ bụ onye nchịkọta akụkọ Teju Cole 's *Letters to a Young Writer* series.  Ọ bụkwa onye na-ede blọgụ. 

Nchịkọta nkenke akụkọ ya, *Indigo*, bipụtara n'afọ 2013 site na Parrésia Publishers .  A nabatara *Indigo* nke ọma, na *Critical Literature Review* kpọrọ ya "ihe ụtọ onye na-agụ".  Dị ka Oyebade Dosunmu si ede: "Osisi na-akọ akụkọ banyere ndị mmadụ bi n'etiti oghere 'indigo': ókèala mbata na ọpụpụ, mba onye na-abụghị nke omenala multicultural na ókè nke mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya. Ụwa ndị a na-agbaba n'ime ibe ha na ndị bi na ha na-agbagharị, na-akparịta ụka n'ụzọ dị ukwuu nke ọnọdụ ụmụ mmadụ - amụghị nwa, ịchụso ịma mma, ara, ọnwụ - mgba, mgbe niile, ịkụ mgbọrọgwụ n'ájá na-agbanwe agbanwe."  Ọtụtụ n'ime akụkọ ndị ahụ metụtara ndụ ụmụ nwanyị Africa na-akparịta ụka maka nsogbu dịka ịmụ nwa, ịlụ otu nwanyị na ịlụ nwanyị di ha nwụrụ. Wood kwuru na "ndị a bụ ihe odide nke nwanyị na nwanyị. Enwere m mmetụta ọmịiko dị ukwuu, mmetụta dị mma maka ihe ụmụ nwanyị na-agabiga. Echeghị m na a n'enye ndị a ọgwụgwọ zuru oke n'akwụkwọ ndị nwoke na-ede akwụkwọ, ya mere ọ dị anyị n'aka, bụ ndị inyom na-ede akwụkwọ, inye ihe ùgwù na olu na ahụmihe ụmụ nwanyị." 

Wood bụ onye ọka ikpe maka afọ 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature .  Ọ nọ na Board Advisory of Aké Arts and Book Festival wee sonye n'ọtụtụ ihe odide gụnyere akwụkwọ Lagos & Art Festival. 

## Akwụkwọ akụkọ

* *Indigo* (obere akụkọ), 2013.

## Ede nsim ya

## Njikọ mpụga

* Molara Wood's Wordsbody blọọgụ na nka na omenala.
* Oyebade Dosunmu, "Peripatetic Lives: Interview with Molara Wood, Author of Indigo" (ajụjụ ọnụ), *Aké Review*, 30 November 2015.
* Miriam N. Kotzin, "Molara Wood, The Per Contra Interview", *Per Contra: International Journal of Arts, Literature and Ideas* .

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