Ayesha Harruna Attah

Ayesha Harruna Attah

human

Sex or gender	female
Country of citizenship	Ghana
Name in native language	Ayesha Harruna Attah
Given name	Ayşe
Family name	Attah
Date of birth	1983
Place of birth	Accra
Languages spoken, written or signed	English
Occupation	novelist, writer
Educated at	Mount Holyoke College, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York University
Personal pronoun	L484

Ayesha Harruna Attah (ba naŋ dɔge Disembare 1983) e la teɛre sɛgerɛ ba naŋ dɔge Ghana poɔ. Senegal ka o kpeɛrɛ.

Nyɔvore Piiluu ane Ganzanne

Ba da dɔge la Ayesha Harruna Attah Accra poɔ, Ghana, a yuomo 1980 poɔ, sogyɛre naa eŋɛ, ko pɔge naŋ da e peɛrepeɛrɛ ane o saa naŋ da e graphic designer. Attah yeli ka: "n dɔgereba da la fɔrɔ ko ma kyilluu kpoŋ. Ba da kaara la yelbaŋyizie daworo duoro gampɛlɛ ba naŋ boɔla Imagine, naŋ taa doŋŋmaa-kyɛ-ko kyaare Accra; art atekelɛ, science, sini, gama; kɔntɔmbilii a gaŋa zaa N naŋ nɔŋ. Banne da la (a naŋ e) n gandaare. N nyɛ la Toni Morrison ka N da e yuomo pie ne ata, ka o yelerre zaa nyɔge ma. Ka N kanne boma na zaa o naŋ sɛge. N teɛre la N naŋ da kanna Paradise, kyɛ ka o tɛge ligi ma ana wagere na, ka N da be bonnoo poɔ teɛrɛ ŋa o e la gantegeroŋ naŋ sɛge ane ka bebiri kaŋa N na boɔrɔ la ka N sɛge a donɛɛ naŋ paale ne pɔge kpeɛne dẽɛ̃deɛnemɛ, aŋa Ms. Morrison naŋ e lɛ."

O naŋ wa baa Accra poɔ, ka o de gaa Massachusetts a te zanne biochemistry, Mount Holyoke College poɔ, a pãã nyɛ o masa degeree magazine journalism poɔ, Columbia University eŋɛ, ane o nyɛ la o MFA kuribu sɛge poɔ, New York University eŋɛ.

Sɛgere

Attah pɔbilisi la nɔvelɛ anuu. O fɔrɔ gane Harmattan Rain (2008) da sɛge la a yi peɛroo ganzanne lombori ane wulluu fẽẽ yi Per Ankh Publishers — Ghana nɔvell sɛgerɛ Ayi Kwei Armah nuuri nyooroo bee dɛnnoo eŋɛ — ane TrustAfrica, a da poɔ a bogli iruu pɛll ko a 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Africa Region). O nɔvell ayi soba Saturday's Shadows, World Editions naŋ pɔbilisi 2015 poɔ, da kaa iri la ko a Kwani? Sɛge lantaa yelnyɔgeraa, ane ka ba pɔbilisi o Dutch (De Geus) poɔ. O nɔvell ata soba la The Hundred Wells of Salaga (2019), naŋ kyaare ne "baaloŋ, yelboɔre ane toɔrɔ pɔgeba nyɔvore eŋɛ Ghana poɔ a yuomo 19th kɔɔre naŋ pare a scramble ko Africa wagere". O la maale sɛge la The Deep Blue Between, nɔvell ko bibil-nembɛrɛ. O nɔvell anuu soba, the romantic comedy Zainab Takes New York, da yi la gbaŋgbale kyɛpire 2022 poɔ.

O naŋ e a 2014 AIR Award laureate, Attah da e la sɛgerɛ a writer-in-residence be a Instituto Sacatar Bahia, Brazil poɔ. O meŋ la di la a Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship 2016 poɔ ane poteɛrɛ kaama gane naŋ kyaare guori (kola nut) yelkorɔ.

Bernardine Evaristo da iri la Attah na nyoore bee zanne o ka o e protégé, ko a Rolex Mentor ane Protégé Arts yelnyɔgeraa 2023–2024 poɔ.

Harmattan Rain (2008)

Harmattan Rain, naŋ pɔbilisi 2008 poɔ, tu la a Ghana yideme gyɛnireseŋ ata senselloŋ, a paale Lizzie-Achiaa, Akua Afriyie ane Sugri.

Lizzie-Achiaa da la a pɔge gandaa ba die poɔ, naŋ yɔ boɔrɔ o nɔnna a lanne o ganzanne nɛɛseŋ eŋɛ. O bipɔge koŋ sage lɛ, yielyiele Akua Afriye, wɛle yie la are o yoŋ a e bisaa boŋyeni paaloŋ poɔ zɔɔzɔɔ wederɛbɛ naŋ ŋmɛ kuu sigi ane Akua Afriye's bipɔge yeni Sugri da taa la nɔmmo, bipɔge weree meŋ naŋ nyɛ guubo o baabo eŋɛ, a bare die de gaa Yuniveniti New York poɔ, zie o naŋ zanne ka wagere kaŋa neɛ na maŋ taa la sommeŋɛ yaga lɛ.

Saturday's Shadows (2015)

Sɛt la 1990s poɔ West Africa, Saturday's Shadows kyaare la "die kaŋa naŋ mɔɔrɔ ka ba e noɔreyeni politikal yelsɛgere soga naŋ ba are kpeɛŋaa", a poɔ o naŋ yeli ka: "Attah la maale wuli la o bammo o naŋ e sɛgerɛ. O e-wuli la o gɔɔroŋ o naŋ e sɛgerɛ ne o deɛndeɛnemɛ baabo naŋ ba taa gbɛ-ŋmɛ ane kyaannoo."

The Hundred Wells of Salaga (2019)

Aminah nyɔvore kpeɛbo da e la laanfeɛ te ta saŋa na ba naŋ da wa wɛle o yi o yiri poɔ ne feroo eŋ sori naŋ leɛre o yi nubiri weɛ zannoo poɔ eŋ pɔge naŋ ta ona. Wurche, Naa bipɔge wuli meŋɛ, zenzena/kpiire faana la na kɔ kɔnɔɛ nimizeɛ o saa nazaŋ poɔ. A pɔgeba bama bayi nyɔvore yɔzie leɛ la dɔndɔnnoo a Wurche noba poɔ fugi la a bal, a nensaalsɔgla kɔɔroo vinviŋ wagere a yuomo kɔɔre 19 vuo baaraa eŋɛ.

A yi Aminah ane Wurche dannyaa eŋɛ, The Hundred Wells of Salaga tere la noba kɔɔroo naŋ ba taa mannoo ane lɛ Africa naŋ nare do yelkyɛrre bebiri zaa noba nyɔvore poɔ.

The Deep Blue Between (2020)

Yeere-yɔɔmine Hassana ane Husseina's die be la saambo poɔ kpaŋkpaŋ kpeɛõ naŋ di baare. Kyɛ a ŋaa ba e a baaraa, a ba senseloŋ piiluu la a lɛ, neɛ naŋ na baŋ de ba yɔ ne zie saamba ane yipɔge, zie ba naŋ na mɛ yipaala, gu bamenne yi toɔrɔ a piili na baŋ bamenne. A yeere naŋ pãã tuuro sobi-tɛɛtɛɛ Brazil ane Gold Coast poɔ naŋ be West Africa, ba nyɔgɛɛ taa a yi zẽẽ baaloŋ. Kyɛ ba sagedeebo daŋ na baŋ tage baŋ lantaa? Sobi-kpoŋ tuuraa ne yelkorɔ leɛteɛroo naŋ ta ona wagere zie, The Deep Blue Between e la senseloŋ kyennaa poloo naŋ na baŋ kyogi nɔmaa dɛene gba.

Meŋɛ Nyɔvore

Ayesha e la Alhaji Abdul Rahman Harruna Attah bipɔge ane Nana Yaa Agyeman. O meŋ la taa la kpeɛma ba naŋ boɔlɔ Rahma.

Toma

Nɔvelɛ

• Harmattan Rain. Popenguine, Senegal, West Africa: Per Ankh, 2008. ISBN 9782911928123, OCLC 310739454
• Saturday's Shadows. London: World Editions, 2015. ISBN 9789462380431, OCLC 903399393
• The Hundred Wells of Salaga. New York: Other Press, 2019. ISBN 9781590519950, OCLC 1035458812
• The Deep Blue Between. London: Pushkin Press, 2020. ISBN 9781782692669

Yelyagasɛgere

• "Skinny Mini", Ugly Duckling Diaries, July 2015
• "The Intruder", The New York Times Magazine, September 2015
• "Cheikh Anta Diop – An Awakening", Chimurenga, 9 April 2018
• "Opinion: Slow-Cooking History", The New York Times, 10 November 2018
• "Inside Ghana: A Tale of Love, Loss and Slavery", Newsweek, 21 February 2019

A sɛgere mine

• "Second Home, Plus Yacht", Yachting Magazine, October 2007
• "Incident on the way to the Bakoy Market", Asymptote Magazine, 2013
• "Unborn Children", in Margaret Busby, New Daughters of Africa, 2019.