Zulu Sofola

**Nwazuluwa Onuekwuke "Zulu" Sofola** (efu óchu ékéfa nolu ogwu nyo mejí efu ódò 1935 lo tí efu óchu ekéla nolu melu efu ódò 1995) chí ẹgba ejuodudu ku ma du kpogo kí chí omí onubule  Nigerian kí ko otakíd íya kpayí dírama  Sofola ño chí ako‘ne ñwu gé ugbo unyí kócha ísakuli Unibacìítî kpaí í wa mu dí oma onubule ejuodudu kí chí Professor ùgbo ku ma chí ífimu efu Africa.

## àbàkwéne ñwu

Nwazuluwa Onuekwuke Sofola ma bí efu éwo kí chí  Bendel State akubí ñw Nwaugbade Okwumabua kpaí ene kí chí íchíf  Ogana Okwumabua ene kí chí  Igbo kí kwo  Issele-Uku, Aniocha North Local Government Area, abajoyí í mu dí efu  Delta State. Í lo tunyí kocha ótakada ye í èdo mëfa ísakulu ye í gometí ogijo efu  Asaba kpaí ísakilu abobule batísm kí dí efu éwo  Agbor ochakadu í dí efu éwo  Delta State. todu ábu kí‘achí úkolo omamale efu únyí Úkoche ísakulu ,í che ní awodú ya ku ma duenwu kí lo tí ísakulu alafa kí neke f‘otakída-enwu chekpe tí ugbojí ojiane amenefu ye í efu éwo  Nashville, Tennessee. Spending her adolescence and early womanhood in the US, í chukocha ye í  Southern Baptist Seminary,ya ní  BA efu  English ye ugbo Virginia Union University efu Richmond, Virginia efu ódò 1959. í ya ño ní MA ñwu efu dírama  (Play writing kpaí  Production)kwí  The Catholic University of America efu Washington DC efu odo1965. ya da bí wafu  Nigeria efu  1966, kpaí ya ño mu dí àkone eñwu éfu ye í ùjọ ùgbo Kuma chí ífílmu ye í  University of Ibadan, Oyo State,ùgbo kí ní PhD-nw efu  Theatre Arts (Tragic Theory) efu ódò  1977.

## enwu chana-nwu
Í chí‘ye "efu íya echí one anyí kwí Óhilaà agbadé kpaí tí ye oguchekpo manyu ye abilewa ye í Afrīka kí che ñoche tane". í ñ‘ dí ameñwu egíní che'kwu eñwu afiteju  ", kí ya akwate eñwu kpai  ritual kí chí añwago  íñwa eñwu agbadé oguchekpo kpaí eñwu abilewa efu ye kí chí attama ukpahu onekele" ma deju gó anekaa efu onubule ochochí kí dukpe ojima efu  Nigerian literature.
í ya mu du eñwu arewa íjuwe ñu í‘mòto akí otakída  Afrika .
Sofola's most frequently performed plays are *[[Wedlock of the Gods]]* (1972) and *[https://www.ajol.info/index.php/lwati/article/view/92177 The Sweet Trap]* (1977), í lekwu efu ódò 1995 alu kí chí omó odo Ọ̀gbọ̀mẹ́ta .

## Amenwu kí né

* Scholarly awards and distinctions both nationally and internationally.
* Recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship.
* Represented Nigeria at the first International Women Playwrights Conference.

## Selected works

* *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.
* *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.
* *Lost Dreams and Other Plays*, Ibadan: Heinemann, 1992.

## Further reading
* Ezenwamadu, Nkechi Judith, and Chinyere Theodora Ojiakor. "Proverbs and Postproverbial Stance in Selected Plays of Emeka Nwabueze and Zulu Sofola." *Matatu* 51, no. 2 (2020): 432–447.
* Gikandi, Simon (2002), *Encyclopedia of African Literature*, Routledge.  - p.&nbsp;502
* Gilbert, H. (1996), *Post-Colonial Drama: Theory, Practice, Politics*, Routledge.  - p.&nbsp;183 (on Sofola's use of proverbs).
* Kolawole, M. E. M. (1999), *Zulu Sofola: her life & her works*, Caltop Publications (Nigeria). 
*http://www.critical-stages.org/15/nigeria-the-challenge-of-and-for-the-female-playwright/

## References

## Linki ododa

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

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