Rems Umeasiegbu

**Rems Nnanyelugo Umeasiegbu** (b sẽn dog yʋʋmd 1943 tʋʋlg kiuug rasem a 1), yaa Nigeria tẽnga karen-saamb, karensa, seb-gʋlsda, zab-beoog soab la nin-tũusg sẽn yit Nizeri soolmã sẽn be zĩ-gõoneg pʋga.

## Tʋʋisgu
A ra yaa karen-saamb sẽn yaa kãsmã m be Institute of Management Technology, Enugu (1978-1982) ne Dĩisã taoor soaba, Mass Communications, IMT, Nigeria (1982-1986), ne A yaa kareng sẽn zãmsd b goama la b zãmsd Biiblã Nnamdi Azikiwe University wã, Awka, la a yaa Koruna Book Publications karen-saamb.

## Bi-bɩɩgã la kãadem
A Umeasiegbu rogame Aba, la a yaa Amesi tẽng neda, Aguata tẽnga taoor lʋɩtb sull sẽn be Anambra State wã. Uganda rao sẽn yaa nin-buiidã taoor soaba, a yeelame:

A ba wã, a G. U. Umeasiegbu, ra yaa (õnda ka tõe n bãng ye), nin-kẽem sẽn tar naam n be

Aba tẽnga pʋga, la a ra maanda a sẽn da nong n kõt-b waoogr wa Aba tẽngã taoor dãmb. Daar a ye, a ra tara a kom-bɩɩsã sẽn tigim a roogẽ wã, t'a yeel a bi-ribl a Rems Nna Umeasiegbu t"a tall rãam sẽn yaa tɩt n kõ a zo-rãmbã, Bi-riblã kõ-b-la rãamã n pa yũ ye, tɩ yɩ Ibo minim kɩɩsgo. A ba wã ra zoeta a biigã t'a na n yiis-a-la lekollã, tɩ yaa a ba sẽn tagsd tɩ rẽ na yɩl n sãam a bãngrã a Ibã nebã sẽn da zãmsd nebã. B sẽn wa n gom koɛɛgã ne yẽesem, a Umeasiegbu pa tol n pa ne rẽ ye a sẽn wa n zãmsd b sẽn da be Oxfordshire wã, Britani wã wã , a yãka yam n na n lebs n maneg a Ibo wã laloa wã. A ba wã bal n yɩ a soabã sẽn da wa n sõng-a t'a bãng bũmb ning sẽn be a sũurẽ wã.

Yʋʋmd 1976 wã, Nigeria goosneema wã sẽn kos a Rems t'a lebg n wa Nigeriya. A kẽe kãadem ne karen-saamb a Virginia Okediogwu Anakwenze yʋʋmd 1976 zĩ-likr kiuug rasem 16 wã la b tara kamb a naas. A sẽn lebg n wa Nigeri, a tʋma Lagos tẽnga sɛb minisrgã pʋgẽ a yaa bãngd sẽn tʋmd ne b tʋʋmde, n getẽ tɩ b na n maana yɩɩl sẽn get b sẽn maandẽ wã festival of black arts and culture, FESTAC '77.

## Zãmsgã
A Rems kẽnga CKS, Aba, n yaool n zãms Enugu, a sẽn pa tar yĩn-kãnga. n yaool n zãms College of Immaculate Conception, Enugu. Yʋʋmd 1966 wã, a kẽngame n kẽng England n tɩ zãms b karen-biisã. A sẽn wa n be England yʋʋmd a yembre, a zãmsame Oxfordshire, a paama bĩng n na n zãms bũmb nins sẽn wilgd tɩ b yaa nin-buiidã la b zãmsdã Sedmnact University, Listopadu, Prague, Czech Republic yʋʋmd 1971 la a to sẽn be Pennsylvania karẽn-biis roogẽ yʋʋmd 1972. Rẽ poore, a paama a doktorã sẽn zãmsd gom-biis sebr yʋʋmd 1975 Pennsylvania karẽn-kẽndr pʋgẽ, USA. A kẽngame n tɩ zĩnd Grambling State University, Louisiana, n yɩ karen-bi-pugl sõngo.

## Sɛb nins b sẽn yiisdã
A sẽn da be Prague, a gʋlsa a pipi tʋʋm-kãseng ning sẽn yaa The Way We Lived (1969) yʋʋm 26. A yaa nin-buiidã kibar sẽn be Nigeria sẽn deng koloni wã. A sẽn be Louisiana wã, a gʋlsa sebr sẽn yaa Mazi Amesi, sẽn gomd Afirik yembd yelle. A Umeasiegbu sẽn da wa n zãmsd nebã, a kell n yɩɩ gʋlsd sẽn tar nonglem. A yiisda sɛb sẽn yɩɩd 35 A sẽn da wa n be a tʋʋmdã pʋgẽ wã, a maana yɩɩr wʋsg n paas a sẽn maan yɩɩrã: The Inevitable Aftermath, End of the Road (1985), Anukili Na Ugama, *An Igbo Epic*, *Ask the Storyteller: Tales from Northern Nigeria*, *Words Are Sweet* (1982), *The Study of Igbo Culture* (1986). A sẽn da maand yɩɩr ne a sẽn maandẽ wã yĩnga, b kõo a soabã sebr ning sẽn tar yõod wʋsg yʋʋm 1987 soabã. A Rems sẽn gʋlsd a Ghost Stories wã sẽn yaa wʋsgo, sẽn yɩlẽ tɩ b tõog n bãngd b sẽn yetã kɩtame tɩ karen-biig a ye yeelame: "Umeasiegbu sẽn yɩ nin-paalã n kɩt tɩ b tõog n lebg nin -paalg ninsaar sull a yembr Nigeri sɛbã pʋgẽ, la a pa basd ninsi wã sẽn yet tɩ yaa ninb sẽn gomd ninbã yell bal ye, a yaa tãb-bi-bɩɩse".

## Tuma
A Rems yi Lagos n kẽng Nigeria wã Yuniõrbiisẽ wã, Nsukka, zĩig ning a sẽn da tʋmd ne gʋlsd-n-taag a Chinua Achebe sẽn ki wã. A basa University of Nigeria wã yʋʋmd 1978 n kẽng Enugu, sẽn yaa a sẽn boond tɩ Management Technology Institute wã, la a wa n lebg a yen tãb-bi-bɩɩgã taoor soaba.

A Umeasiegbu sẽn wa n naan Anambra soolmã, a kẽnga Nnamdi Azikiwe University sẽn da wa ne a paalgã, Awka, n yɩ b taoor soaba. Yʋʋmd 2001 wã, b kɩtame t'a lebg gom-biisã karen-saamb. A sẽn kẽ kãadem yʋʋmd 2008 wã, a zĩnda Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, sẽn yaa Anglik buud-gomd la sɛb karen-biisã pʋgẽ yʋʋmd 2014 wã.

## Sebtiisi



## Sõng-n-taagã
·        Rems Umeasiegbu at Google Books

·        Umeasiegbu, R. N. *Ghost Stories*.Enugu: Koruna Book, 2006.

·        Umeasiegbu, N. R (1982). *Words are Sweet: Igbo Stories and Storytelling*. Netherlands: Leiden. ISBN 90 04 06794 9.