Rosina Umelo
U-Rosina Umelo (owazalwa uRosina Martin, 1930) ungumbhali waseNigeria.Waziwa ngezindaba zakhe ezimfushane, izincwadi zezingane kanye nenganekwane yakhe yabantu abadala.Ubuye washicilela ngaphansi kwegama elithi Adaeze Madu.
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URosina "Rose" Martin wazalelwa eCheshire, eNgilandi, futhi wafunda eBedford College, University of London . Washada noJohn Umelo waseNigeria ngo-1961, wahlangana naye eLondon Underground.Ngo-1965, bobabili bathuthela eNigeria . Ufundise isiLatini eQueens School, e- Enugu, kwaze kwaba yilapho kugqashuka iMpi Yombango yaseNigeria (1967-70).Waba yisakhamuzi saseNigeria ngo-1971 ngomshado.Wayengummeli oyinhloko futhi wadala lesiNgisi lwezifundo izinto. [1] Kamuva, u-Umelo waba umqondisi wesikole. [2] Umelo unezingane okungenani ezine.
Umelo uqoqe izindaba zakhe ezimfushane ezingu-12 zabantu abadala engomeni ethi The Man Who Ate the Money (1978), ezinhlanu zazo zawina izindondo. U-Nancy J. Schmidt, ebhalela i- Africa Today, ubize incwadi ka-Umelo kwethi The Man Who Ate the Money ngokuthi “kusha,” nakuba isihloko sakhe sasiphathelene nezindikimba ezivamile ezinganekwaneni zase-Afrika. [2] Umelo uphinde wabhalela uchungechunge oludumile lwabantu abadala olushicilelwe uMacmillan, olubizwa ngePacesetters Series . [3] U-Umelo uphinde wadalela abantu abasha imisebenzi yochungechunge oluthi "Heart Beats", olwanyatheliswa ngabashicileli be-Chelsea House ngeminyaka yawo-1990.
Ngo-1967, Isifunda SaseMpumalanga yeNigeria, inhloko-dolobha yaso kwakuyi- Enugu, sahlukaniswa njengesizwe esisanda kumenyezelwa saseBiafra . Umndeni wakwa-Umelo wabaleka emzini wabo ose-Enugu waya esigodini sakubo ka-John Umelo enkabeni ye-Biafra. Phakathi nempi, uRosina wayegcina amanothi kulokho ayekubonile, awabhala njengendaba ngokushesha ngemva kwempi, eyaphela ngo-1970 kwafa okungenani isigidi. Le akhawunti, ebizwa ngokuthi "A World of our Own," ayizange ishicilelwe kwaze kwaba ngu-2018, lapho yakha umnyombo wencwadi ethi, "Surviving Biafra: A Nigerwife's Story," (Hurst Publishers, London), eyabhalwa ngokuhlanganyela nesazi sesayensi yabantu uS. Elizabeth. Inyoni.
Kamuva empilweni yakhe, u-Umelo wasebenza e- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan.Ngo-2018, wayehlala eduze kwaseLondon e- United Kingdom .