Ayesha Harruna Attah (dem born am December 1983) be Ghanaian-born fiction writer.[1][2] She dey stay Senegal.[3]
| 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 |
Ein early years den education
Dem born Ayesha Harruna Attah for Accra, Ghana, insyd de 1980s, under military government, to mummie wey na be journalist den puppie wey na be graphic designer.[4] Attah talk say: "My parents be my first major influences. Dem run literary magazine wey dem bell am Imagine, wey get stories about Accra; articles for art, science, film, books; cartoons—wey I love especially. Dem be (wey still be) my heroes. I discover Toni Morrison na wen I dey thirteen, wey I hook. I devour everytin she wrep. I dey kai say I read Paradise, wey ein meaning evade me then, e make me feel like na ebi de most amazing book dem wrep wey one day I want wrep world full of strong female characters, just lyk Ms. Morrison do."[5]
After she grow insyd Accra, she move go Massachusetts wey she study biochemistry for Mount Holyoke College,[6] den she get ein Masters degree insyd magazine journalism for de Columbia University,[7] wey she receive MFA insyd creative writing for New York University.[3][8]
Ein writing
She publish five novels.[3] She wrep ein debut book Harmattan Rain (2008) secof fellowship from Per Ankh Publishers — wey be under de mentorship of Ghanaian novelist Ayi Kwei Armah — den TrustAfrica,[9] wey dem shortlist am for de 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Africa Region).[10] Ein second novel Saturday's Shadows, World Editions publish am[11] insyd 2015,[12] dem nominate am for de Kwani? Manuscript Project,[13] wey dem san publish am for Dutch (De Geus) insyd.[14] Ein third novel be The Hundred Wells of Salaga (2019), wey dey deal plus "relationships, desires den struggles insyd women demma lives for Ghana inyd de late 19th century during de scramble give Africa".[15] She wrep The Deep Blue Between, novel give young adults. Den ein fifth novel, dem go release Zainab Takes New York insyd April 2022.
As 2014 AIR Award laureate, na Attah be writer-in-residence for de Instituto Sacatar insyd Bahia, Brazil.[16] She san so chop Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship insyd 2016 for proposed non-fiction book for de history of de kola nut.[17]
Harmattan Rain (2008)
Saturday's Shadows (2015)
The Hundred Wells of Salaga (2019)
The Deep Blue Between (2020)
Work
Novels
- 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
Essays
- "Skinny Mini", Ugly Duckling Diaries, July 2015[18]
- "The Intruder", The New York Times Magazine, September 2015[19]
- "Cheikh Anta Diop – An Awakening", Chimurenga, 9 April 2018[20]
- "Opinion: Slow-Cooking History", The New York Times, 10 November 2018[21]
- "Inside Ghana: A Tale of Love, Loss and Slavery", Newsweek, 21 February 2019[22]
Oda writing
References
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/15/nyregion/young-african-writers-hold-forth-in-brooklyn.html?_r=0
- ↑ https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/60288-african-american-books-around-the-world-african-american-interest-books-2013-14.html
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220625074649/https://www.pontas-agency.com/authors/ayesha-harruna-attah/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160731211132/http://www.worldeditions.org/blog/ayesha-harruna-attah-why-i-write
- ↑ Daniel Musiitwa, "Interview with Ghanaian Author Ayesha Harruna Attah", Africa Book Club, 1 May 2015.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160427092544/https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/english/event-archive
- ↑ https://alumni.columbia.edu/bookshelf?author=ayesha+attah&title=&keyword=&affiliation=All&school=All&year=All&genre=All&subject=All
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160910115324/http://www.cp-africa.com/2010/04/01/ayesha-ghanas-rising-literary-icon/
- ↑ https://geosireads.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/interview-with-ghanaian-writer-ayesha-harruna-attah/
- ↑ http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2010/02/18/shortlists-for-the-2010-commonwealth-writers-prize-africa-region/
- ↑ https://www.thebookseller.com/news/vissner-de-geus-launches-english-language-publisher
- ↑ Attah, Ayesha (2015). Saturday's Shadows. World Editions. ISBN 978-94-6238-043-1.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20191121154928/http://manuscript.kwani.org/kwani-manuscript-project-shortlists.php
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160814234608/http://www.booktrade.info/index.php/showarticle/53187
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190804141239/http://www.pontas-agency.com/books/ayesha-harruna-attah/one-hundred-wells/
- ↑ http://www.africacentre.net/introducing-the-2014-artists-in-residency-award-laureates/
- ↑ http://milesmorlandfoundation.com/-scholarship-announcements/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200211051148/http://uglyducklingdiaries.com/blog/ayesha-harruna-attah
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/06/magazine/the-intruder.html
- ↑ chimurengachronic.co.za/cheikh-anta-diop-an-awakening/?sslid=MzEwMDU2tjQ1MjU0AwA&sseid=MzS1NDc1MDAxMgAA&jobid=1a7ef79b-0155-419c-827e-c0e65ee51c85
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/opinion/sunday/slow-cooking-history.html
- ↑ https://www.newsweek.com/ghana-ayesha-harruna-attah-1335709
- ↑ https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/second-home-plus-yacht/
- ↑ https://www.asymptotejournal.com/special-feature/ayesha-harruna-attah-incident-on-the-way-to-bakoy-market/