Ukamaka Olisakwe
Ukamaka Olisakwe
[dezie]Ukamaka Evelyn Olisakwe (amụrụ na 24 Ọktoba 1982) bụ onye ode akwụkwọ nwanyị Naijiria, onye na-ede akụkọ mkpirisi, onye na-ede akwụkwọ maka ihe nkiri na onye na-eme nchọpụta. A mụrụ ya na Kaduna State ma too na Kano. A maara ya nke ọma site n’akwụkwọ ya Eyes of a Goddess (2012). N’afọ 2014, ahọpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ otu n’ime ndị edemede Africa39 – ndị edemede kacha nwee ntụkwasị obi n’okpuru afọ 40 na Sub-Saharan Africa.
Okwu ndị Ọkwụrụ
[dezie]- “Ha sị na-eto eto na-ekiri ka ara gị na-eto, úkwù gị na-agbasapụ, na ntutu na-epulite na ndị agụụ mmekọahụ gị. Ị matara na ịhụnanya na-agbasa n'afọ gị mgbe ezigbo nwa nwoke ahụ mụmụrụ gị ọnụ ọchị. Ma nke ahụ agbasaghị m. Na-eto eto nọ na-ekiri Papa ka ọ na-efepụ n'ebe anyị nọ, mama m na-eto eto nke ukwuu site n'ighe bọọlụ Akara ka ọ na-elekọta ụlọ anyị.”
- — *Eyes of a Goddess* (2012)
- — Goodreads: Eyes of a Goddess Quote
- “Ọ dịghị onye aka ya dị ọcha n'etiti anyị, aghọtara m mgbe ahụ. Anyị niile bụ ndị mmehie, otu ụzọ ma ọ bụ n'ụzọ ọzọ. Anyị na-eji aka anyị, ọnụ anyị, ma ọ bụ uche anyị eme ihe. Mana ihe dị mkpa bụ 'ihe kpatara'.”
- — *Eyes of a Goddess* (2012)
- — Goodreads: Nobody is clean quote
- “I write to heal, to remember, to question and, sometimes, to scream.”
- — Interview with *Africa in Dialogue*, 2020
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- “When you write in your mother tongue, you carry your ancestors with you.”
- — Panel at Aké Arts & Book Festival, 2021
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