Zulu Sofola

Zulu Sofola
Zulu Sofola
	Issele-Uku (en) , Silimin gɔli June 22, 1935
O ya Tiŋgbaŋ	Nigeria
Kpibu shee	Silimin gɔli September 5, 1995
Education
Shikuru shɛli o ni chaŋ	The Catholic University of America (en) M.A. (mul) : drama fiction (en) ; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (en) ; Virginia Union University (en) ; University of Ibadan
Bala yɛlibu, sabbu bee buɣisibu	Silmiinsili; Nigerian Pidgin (en)
Tuma
Tuma	playwright (en) , director (en) , sasabira ni university teacher (en)
Ŋun kpuɣi o tuma	University of Ibadan ; University of Ilorin

Nwazuluwa Onuekwuke "Zulu" Sofola ( nyɛla bɛ ni dɔɣi so silimiingoli June bɛɣu pishi ni yini dali, yuuni 1935 ka o kani silimiingoli September dabaanu dali, yuuni 1995)^[1] o nyɛla ŋun daa nyɛ tuuli Nigeria bipuɣingi sasabiri ŋun yuli yina.^[2] Sofola daa lahi nyɛla ŋun nyɛ chicha ni tuuli bipuɣingi ŋun daa nyɛ purufɛsa n-ti Theater Arts yaɣili gbansabila tingbana ni.^[3]

O mamaŋa taarihi

Nwazuluwa Onuekwuke Sofola^[4] nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so Bendel State tingbanni, ka o laambi nyɛ Nwaugbade Okwumabua n-ti pahi Naa Ogana Okwumabua ban daa nyɛ Igbo zuliya ni n yina Issele-Uku, Aniocha North Local Government Area, zɔŋɔ din pa nyɛ Delta State la south-southern region din Nigeria tingbani la. O nyɛla ŋun chaŋ shikuru yuli booni Federal Government Primary School n be Asaba n-ti pahi shikuru yuli booni Baptist Girls High School be bAgbor din zaa nyɛ din be Delta State.^{[citation needed]}

O kpaŋmaŋ pina nima

Scholarly awards and distinctions both nationally and internationally.^[5]
Recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship.^[6]
Represented Nigeria at the first International Women Playwrights Conference.^[7]

Selected works

The Deer Hunter and The Hunter's Pearl ( yuuni 1969), London: Evans Brothers.^[8]
The Disturbed Peace of Christmas (1971), Ibadan: Daystar Press.^[8]^[9]
Wedlock of the Gods ( yuuni 1972), Ibadan: Evans.^[10]
The Operators, Ibadan: Ibadan University, Yuuni 1973.^{[citation needed]}
King Emene: Tragedy of a Rebellion ( yuuni 1974), Heinemann Educational Books. ISBN 0-435-92860-0
The Wizard of Law ( yuuni 1975), Evans Bros. ISBN 0-237-49951-7
The Sweet Trap (yuuni 1977); Ibadan: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-575386-0
Old Wines Are Tasty ( yuuni 1981), Ibadan: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-154-499-6
Memories in the Moonlight ( yuuni 1986), Ibadan: Evans Brothers.^[11]
Queen Omu-ako of Oligbo, Buffalo: Paul Robeson Theatre, yuuni 1989.^[12]
Eclipso and the Fantasia, Illorin, Nigeria: yuuni 1990.^[13]
The Showers, Illorin, Nigeria: yuuni 1991.^[14]
Song of a Maiden: A Play, Illorin, Nigeria: Heinemann, yuuni 1992.^{[citation needed]}
Lost Dreams and Other Plays, Ibadan: Heinemann, yuuni 1992.^[14]

Karimbu nim yaha

Ezenwamadu, Nkechi Judith, and Chinyere Theodora Ojiakor. "Proverbs and Postproverbial Stance in Selected Plays of Emeka Nwabueze and Zulu Sofola." Matatu 51, no. 2 ( yuuni 2020): 432–447.
Gikandi, Simon ( yuuni 2002), Encyclopedia of African Literature, Routledge. ISBN 0-415-23019-5 - p. 502
Gilbert, H. ( yuuni 1996), Post-Colonial Drama: Theory, Practice, Politics, Routledge. ISBN 0-415-09024-5 - p. 183 (on Sofola's use of proverbs).
Kolawole, M. E. M. ( yuuni 1999), Zulu Sofola: her life & her works, Caltop Publications (Nigeria). ISBN 978-33187-9-9
http://www.critical-stages.org/15/nigeria-the-challenge-of-and-for-the-female-playwright/

Kundivihira

↑ Biography Archived 30 Silimin gɔli March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, ′Zulu Sofola official website.
↑ "Nigeria's female writers have arrived" Archived 25 Silimin gɔli May 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Sun newspaper (Nigeria), 11 December 2005.
↑ Zulu Sofola: A legacy of creativity and generosity - (20 June 2021).
↑ Ifeanyi Iyegbu, "Nwazuluwa Onuekwuke Sofola", Issele-Uku Association of North America.
↑ Woman.NG (23 December 2017). First Women: Zulu Sofola - The First Female Professor Of Theatre Arts In Africa (en-US).
↑ bookshy: 56 Years of Nigerian Literature: 'Zulu Sofola.
↑ Fitzsimmons, Linda (May 1989). "First Women Playwrights Conference". New Theatre Quarterly 5 (18): 123. DOI:10.1017/s0266464x00003018. ISSN 0266-464X.
1 2 Nigeria—The Challenge of (and for) the Female Playwright (en-US) (25 June 2017).
↑ Eni, Kenneth Efakponana (2012). "Zulu Sofola and the Nigerian Theatre Influences and Traditions". Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies: 154–169.
↑ Fuchs, Anne (1999). New Theatre in Francophone and Anglophone Africa: A Selection of Papers Held at a Conference in Mandelieu, 23-26 June, 1995 (in English). Rodopi. ISBN 978-90-420-0725-3. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
↑ Sofola, Zulu. (1986). Memories in the moonlight. Ibadan: Evans Brothers. ISBN 978-978-167-176-0. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
↑ PAUL ROBESON THEATRE NOISY 'QUEEN OMU-AKO' OFFERS A LOOK AT WEST AFRICAN CULTURE (en-us) (3 May 1989).
↑ SOFOLA, 'Zulu (29 May 2020).
1 2 Publications, Europa (2003). International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004 (in English). Psychology Press. ISBN 978-1-85743-179-7.

External links

zulusofola.com ′Zulu Sofola official website.
Zulu Sofola^{[permanent dead link]} at Black Plays Archive, National Theatre.

[Biography-1] Biography Archived 30 Silimin gɔli March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, ′Zulu Sofola official website.

[2] "Nigeria's female writers have arrived" Archived 25 Silimin gɔli May 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Sun newspaper (Nigeria), 11 December 2005.

[3] Zulu Sofola: A legacy of creativity and generosity - (20 June 2021).

[4] Ifeanyi Iyegbu, "Nwazuluwa Onuekwuke Sofola", Issele-Uku Association of North America.

[5] Woman.NG (23 December 2017). First Women: Zulu Sofola - The First Female Professor Of Theatre Arts In Africa (en-US).

[6] shy: 56 Years of Nigerian Literature: 'Zulu Sofola.

[7] Fitzsimmons, Linda (May 1989). "First Women Playwrights Conference". New Theatre Quarterly 5 (18): 123. DOI:10.1017/s0266464x00003018. ISSN 0266-464X.

[cs2-admin-8] 1 2 Nigeria—The Challenge of (and for) the Female Playwright (en-US) (25 June 2017).

[9] Eni, Kenneth Efakponana (2012). "Zulu Sofola and the Nigerian Theatre Influences and Traditions". Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies: 154–169.

[10] Fuchs, Anne (1999). New Theatre in Francophone and Anglophone Africa: A Selection of Papers Held at a Conference in Mandelieu, 23-26 June, 1995 (in English). Rodopi. ISBN 978-90-420-0725-3. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

[11] Sofola, Zulu. (1986). Memories in the moonlight. Ibadan: Evans Brothers. ISBN 978-978-167-176-0. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

[12] PAUL ROBESON THEATRE NOISY 'QUEEN OMU-AKO' OFFERS A LOOK AT WEST AFRICAN CULTURE (en-us) (3 May 1989).

[13] SOFOLA, 'Zulu (29 May 2020).

[:1-14] 1 2 Publications, Europa (2003). International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004 (in English). Psychology Press. ISBN 978-1-85743-179-7.

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