Chika Unigwe

A **Chika Nina Unigwe** ( sẽn dog sigr kiuug rasem 12 yʋʋm 1974 soabã) yaa Nigerian sẽn dog ne Igbo gʋlsd sẽn gʋlsd ne English la ne Dutch. Yʋʋmd 2014 tʋʋl-nif kiuugã, b yãka-a-la Hay Festival sẽn boond tɩ Africa39 wã pʋgẽ, n yãk Sub-Saharan African gʋlsdb 39 sẽn pa ta yʋʋm 40 sẽn tar minim la minim n na n wilg Afrika sɛb nins sẽn watã. A sẽn da be Belgium wã, a vɩɩ United States.

## A vɩɩmã
Chika Unigwe roga yʋʋmd 1974 Enugu, Nigeria, n yaa a roagdbã kamb a yopoe sʋka a yoob soaba. A kẽnga karẽn-bi-bõoneg lekoll a Federal Government Girls' college sẽn be Abuja la a paama karẽn-bi-bõoneg karẽn-bi-bõoneg sull a ye University of Nigeria, Nsukka yʋʋmd 1995. Yʋʋmd 1996, a paama MA ne ãngilind buud-goam KU Leuven (KUL, the Catholic University of Leuven).A paama Ph.D. ne sɛbgo (2004) University of Leiden sẽn be Netherlands wã. A pipi sebr ning a sẽn gʋlsã yaa a De Feniks, a sẽn yiis yʋʋmd 2005 wã, a Meulenhoff la a Manteau ( sẽn be Amsterdam la Antwerp) n yiis-a. A leb n yaa kamb sɛb a yiib gʋlsda, Macmillan sẽn yi London.

A gʋlsa sɛb sẽn kẽed ne karẽn-bi-bõonese, zʋrnall dãmba la zʋrnall-dãmb kẽere, wala a Wasafiri (University of London), Moving Worlds (University of Leeds), Per Contra, Voices of the University of Wisconsin la Okike of the University of Nigeria.

A paama yʋʋm 2003 BBC Kibar kɩdg kʋdemdã la Commonwealth Kibar kɩdg kʋdemdã kũun. Yʋʋmd 2004 wã, a paama kũun ning b sẽn boond tɩ Caine Prize for African Writing wã. Yʋʋmd kãng pʋgẽ, a kibarã kẽe sõor 10 sẽn yaa sõma n yɩɩd Million Writers Award wã pʋgẽ. Yʋʋmd 2005, a paama kũun a tãab-n-soab Equiano Fiction Contest pʋgẽ.

A pipi sebr ning a sẽn gʋlse, sẽn boond t'a De Feniks, paama vɛrse ne Olandi sigr kiuug yʋʋm 2005 soabã, la yaa sebr ning sẽn yɩ pipi vɛrse sẽn gʋlse, sẽn yaa vɛrse a ye sẽn gʋlse. A yiib-n-soaba, Fata Morgana, paama vɛrse ne Oland buud-gomd yʋʋmd 2008 wã, la rẽ poore, b yiisa ne ãngilind gom-bil ning sẽn yaa On Black Sisters' Street. A sẽn boond tɩ On Black Sisters' Street wã gomda Afirik pʋg-yoodb sẽn vɩ la b tʋmd Belgium yelle. A paama yʋʋm 2012 Nigeriya sɛb kũun a sẽn kõ sɛb wɛɛngẽ; a paama ligd sẽn ta doolaar 100 000 la a yaa Afirik sɛb kũun sẽn yɩɩd fãa.

Sẽn paase, yʋʋm 2012 soabã pʋgẽ, Zukiswa Wanner sẽn be The Guardian pʋgẽ wã wilgame t'a Unigwe yaa " Afirik seb-gʋlsdb a nu sẽn yaa sõma". Sẽn paase, yʋʋm 2012 wã, a tõoga a Olushola Olugbesan ne a Ngozi Achebe ne a Onaedo: The Blacksmith's Daughter n paam ligd sẽn ta doolaar 100 000 Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature, n lebg a yiib-n-soab ning sẽn gʋlsd sɛb n paam kũunã. 

A kẽnga Adelaide kibsã sẽn zĩnd Ostrali yʋʋmd 2013 wã, la yaa pipi wakat la a seg Aborize rãmb naab a ye. A sũur yɩɩ noog wʋsg ne Aborigin rãmbã kibar sẽn be Ostrali wã, t'a gʋls sõsg sẽn yaa: "Bũmb ning m sẽn tagsdã... sugr la maagrã".

A Unigwe bee Afirikã fãa sɛb taoor lʋɩtb sullẽ wã, a Writivism, la a lugla Awele Creative Trust Nigeriya sẽn na n sõng kom-bɩɩs sɛbdbã. 24 Yʋʋmd 2014 tʋʋl-nif kiuugã, b yãka-a t'a kẽ festivɛl ning sẽn boond t'a Africa39 wã pʋgẽ, n yãk Afirik tẽn-kɩremsã gʋlsdb 39 sẽn pa ta yʋʋm 40 sẽn tar minim la minim n na n wilg sẽn na n yɩ to-to Afirikã pʋgẽ.

Yʋʋmd 2014 wã, University of Tübingen wã saka a Unigwe ne a tʋmd-n-taas a Taiye Selasi, a Priya Basil la a Nii Ayikwei Parkes tɩ b kẽng yʋʋmdã gʋlsdb karengã. Yʋʋmd kãng me, a yiisa Zwarte Messias, sebr a ye sẽn gomd a Olaudah Equiano yelle.

Yʋʋmd 2016, b yãka a Unigwe t'a yɩ Bonderman Professor of Creative Writing Brown University sẽn be Providence, Rhode Island. A roman ning a sẽn boond t'a Night Dancer (sẽn yi yʋʋmd 2012) me paama NLNG Nigeria sɛb kũunã ;  a sẽn paam-a wã yaa a Abubakar Adam Ibrahim.

A leb n yɩɩ Man Booker International bʋ-kaood yʋʋmd kãnga. Yʋʋmd 2017 wã, a yɩɩ karen-saamb sẽn be Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, la a zĩnda be hal tɩ ta yʋʋmd 2019.

Yʋʋmd 2019 wã, Cassava Republic Press sẽn be Abuja la Lɔndr yiisa sebr a ye sẽn yaa kɩbay sẽn yaa kɩbay sẽn gomd Nigeriya ned sẽn yi Beljik yelle. Yʋʋmd kãng pʋgẽ, a tʋma tʋʋmd a ye n naan yiis sebr ning sẽn boond tɩ New Daughters of Africa. Yaa pagb sẽn yɩɩd 200 sẽn yit Afirik la Afirik tẽn-zẽmsã sẽn gʋls sõss la sɛb n tigim-a, t'a Margaret Busby, sẽn yaa Afirik kom-pugli wã (Daughters of Africa) tigim-n-taag me, mak-a ne "b sẽn baood n na n yõg kʋɩlg sẽn kẽed ne kalbas".

Yʋʋmd 2020 wã, a Unigwe sõngame tɩ b yiis sebr ning sẽn yaa "The middle of a sentence: short prose anthology" ne "Two Happy Meals". Sebr ning b sẽn boond tɩ Common Breath Short Prose Anthology wã yaa kɩbay kɩbay sẽn yaa kɩdg n yɩɩdã kibs sẽn tigimd seb-gʋlsdb kẽer sẽn yaa nin-kãsems rũndã-rũndã, n naag ne TCB sɛb sẽn yiisd sɛb n na n kõ-ba. Yʋʋmd kãng kiuugã, b yãka a Ungwe t'a yɩ karen-saamb Georgia College & State University wã, sẽn be Milledgeville, Georgia.

Yʋʋmd 2020 sɩpaolg kiuugã pʋgẽ, a sɩngame n gʋlsd sɛb a yiib sẽn yit Nigeria  Daily Trust. Yʋʋmd 2021 wã, b yãka a Unigwe t'a na n wa paam a Dzanc Books Diverse Voices Award.

## Ned vɩɩmã wɛɛngẽ
A Unigwe ra vɩɩ Turhout, Belgium ne a sɩdã la a kambã a naasã. A yiime n kẽng Etazĩni yʋʋmd 2013.  A gʋlsa ne ãngilind la ne Olandi.

## Sãmbg sẽn ka be
2007: Unesco-Unesco-Aschberg Fellowship for creative writing

2009: Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship (Bellagio Centre, Italy) 

2011: HALD Fellowship (HALD Centre, Danemark)

2011 la 2016: Writing Fellowship at the Ledig House (Omi NY, USA

Yʋʋmd 2013: Writing Fellowing at Cove Park (Scotland) 

2014: Writer-in-Residence, Haverford College (Philadelphia PA, USA)

2014: Sylt Fellowship for African Writers]

## Seb-vãad
•	Tear Drops, Enugu: Richardson Publishers, 1993.

•	Born in Nigeria, Enugu: Onyx Publishers, 1995.

•	A Rainbow for Dinner. Oxford: Macmillan, 2002. ISBN 978-0-333-95588-8

•	In the Shadow of Ala; Igbo women's writing as an act of righting. Dissertation, Leiden University, 2004.

•	Thinking of Angel, 2005.

•	Dreams, 2004.

•	The Phoenix. Lagos: Farafina Publishers, 2007. ISBN 978-978-48013-6-2

•	On Black Sisters Street (translation of Fata Morgana). London: Jonathan Cape, 2009. ISBN 978-0-224-08530-4

•	Night Dancer. London: Jonathan Cape, 2012. ISBN 978-0-224-09383-5

•	Black Messiah (2014)

•	Zwart, Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, 2018. A collection of stories and essays in Dutch, collected and edited by Vamba Sherif and Ebissé Rouw. ISBN 978-90-254-5154-7. Contains a story by Unigwe: Anekdotes om rond de tafel te vertellen.

•	Better Never Than Late. Cassava Republic Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1911115540

•	The Middle Of A Sentence: Short Prose Anthology. The Common Breath, 2020. ISBN 9781916064133

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