Lola Shoneyin

Lola Shoneyin

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Sex or gender	female
Country of citizenship	Nigeria
Given name	Lola
Date of birth	26 Wao-fugdg kiuugu 1974
Zĩ-ninga o roge	Ibadan
Spouse	Olaokun Soyinka
Languages spoken, written or signed	English, Nigerian Pidgin
Writing language	English
Occupation	novelist, writer, poet
Field of work	literary activity, poetry, cultural festival, children's book, children's and youth literature
Educated at	Fettes College, Olabisi Onabanjo University, London Metropolitan University, Cargilfield Preparatory School
Work location	Lagos
Ethnic group	Yoruba people
Magnum opus	The secret lives of baba segi’s wives, Mayowa and the Masquerades, A Fragile State
Award received	Women's Prize for Fiction, PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
Personal pronoun	L484

A Lola Shoneyin (tõnd sẽn dog Titilola Atinuke Alexandrah Shoneyin; b dog-a yʋʋm 1974 tʋʋlg rasem 26 Ibadan, Nizɛɛr) yaa Nigeri seb-gʋlsda la seb-gʋl-gʋlsd sẽn sɩng a noobã sẽn boond t'a Baba Segi pagbã vɩɩm yel-solemdã yʋʋmd 2010 yʋʋm-soabg kiuugã pʋgẽ. A Shoneyin paama yʋʋr sẽn yaa a sẽn yaa nin-gʋlsd sẽn yaa nin -gʋlsd, sẽn yaa sũ-noog soaba, la sẽn yaa nin sẽn gomd ne a sũur fãa (a sẽn yaa ninã sẽn yaa nin na-koɛɛga) n yiis seb-biis a tãabo. A sẽn gʋlsã pʋgẽ, a goma pagb sẽn yaa yoodã la b sẽn namsd b zagsã pʋsẽ wã yelle. Yʋʋmd 2014 yʋʋm-vẽkr kiuugã, b yãka-a-la a Hay Festival sẽn be Afrika wã pʋgẽ n wilg sɛb 39 sẽn be Sahara Sahara soolmẽ wã sẽn pa ta yʋʋm 40 sẽn tar minim la minim sẽn tõe n wilg sɛbã sẽn yaa sõma Afrika sɛbã pʋgẽ. A Lola paama PEN Award Amerikẽ la a Ken Saro-Wiwa Award Nigeri wã pʋgẽ. A ra bee b sẽn na n paam-a la " Orange Prize " sẽn be Etazĩni wã pʋgẽ, a sẽn yiis a no-rɩk ning sẽn boond tɩ Baba Segi wã pagbã yel-solemdã yĩnga. A vɩɩ Lagos, Nizɛɛr tẽnga, la a yaa a sẽn maand yʋʋmdã Aké Art and Book Festivalã. Yʋʋmd 2017 wã, b yãka a soab tɩ Afrɩka sɛb ning sẽn maand yʋʋmdã soabã.

A BIOGRAFI

A VIIM SINGRE

A Titilola Atinuke Alexandrah Shoneyin rogame Ibadan, Oyo tẽnga tẽnga tẽnga, Nizɛɛr soolmã sẽn be zĩ-wũugdẽ wã, yʋʋmd 1974. A yaa bi-bɩɩg a yoob sʋka, a yaa a yao soaba, la a yaa bi-pugl a ye. A roagdbã, a Tinuoye Shoneyin la a Yetunde Shoneyin (a sẽn dog a Okupe) yaa Remo tẽnga neb sẽn yit Ogun soolmẽ wã.

A Shoneyin tʋʋmda tara a vɩɩmã pãng wʋsgo, sẽn yɩɩd fãa a sẽn kõ-a sɛb a pipi no-rɩtgã pʋgẽ, a polygamie wã wɛɛngẽ. A ma wã yageng a Abraham Olayinka Okupe (1896-1976) ra yaa Iperu Remo naam soaba, la a maana pag a nu. A rɩka naam yʋʋmd 1938 la a ki yʋʋmd 1976.

A BANGRE BAOB LA TUUMA

A sẽn tar yʋʋm a yoobã, a kẽnga karẽn-biis roogo sẽn be Etazĩni, n kẽng Cargilfield School, Edimboor. A sẽn lebg n wa Nizɛɛr a ba wã sẽn da be sodaasã yembrã pʋgẽ wã poore, a paama a lekoll a Abadina College wã. A paama a BA (Hons) digre Ogun State University yʋʋmd 1994/95. [Tõnd sẽn na n tool-y neda]

A Shoneyin sẽn sɩng n gʋlsdã yaa yɩɩl la kibay la sõssã. A sẽn sɩng a tʋʋmã mak-sõamyã n zĩnd Post Express yʋʋmd 1995 wã pʋgẽ.  A wilga kibar sẽn gomd Nigeri pag sẽn bas a sɩdã n kẽed ne pag sẽn yaa Aʋstɛɛr neda. Kibsa kãngã kɩtame tɩ b sõs ne neb nins sẽn yaa kʋɩl-gɛtbã n bãng b sẽn maand to-to wã.

A sẽn da gʋls a pipi seb-gʋlsdã, a sẽn boond t'a So All the Time I Was Sitting on an Egg wã, yaa Ovalonion House, Nizɛɛr sẽn yi yʋʋmd 1998 wã.  A Shoneyin kẽnga tẽn-zẽng gʋlsrã program ning sẽn zĩnd Iowa, Etazĩni wã, yʋʋmd 1999 tʋʋlg kiuugã, la a yaa St. Thomas (Minnesota) karẽn-biis sẽn paam b waoogr yʋʋmd kãng me.

A yɩɩl a yiib-n-soabã sẽn yaa Song of a Riverbird wã paama b rãmb Nigeri (Ovalonion House) yʋʋmd 2002 wã.  A sẽn da be Angletɛɛrã, a paama a sẽn zãmsdã kareng London Metropolitan University yʋʋmd 2005.

A Shoneyin paama a pipi noora yʋʋm 2000.A yiib-n-soabã, a Harlot, paama neb wʋsg sẽn nong-a, la yaa bi-bɩɩg sẽn dog n bɩɩd kolonial Nizɛɛrã pʋgẽ n na n paam paoong n lebg "Madame" yell la b pa yiis ye [ tɩb sẽn tog n togs tɩ ] Shoneyin kẽngame n na n gʋls a tãab-n-soabã, a Baba Segi pagbã vɩɩm sẽn pa be bãnd pʋgẽ, sẽn yi b sɛbã yʋʋmd 2010 wã. A Rotimi Babatunde ra tol n maana yɩɩl-gʋlsd a yembr n wilg-a Arcola Theatre wã sẽn be Londẽ wã.

A Shoneyin yɩɩl-tʋʋmd a tãab soaba, a sẽn boond tɩ "Bõnd sẽn nong n loogd yĩng" wã, yʋʋmd 2010 tʋʋlg kiuugã pʋgẽ. Yaa kareng a ye la b yiis-a yʋʋm 2010 t'a lebg b "Mayowa and the Masquerades.

A MENG VIIM

A kãadem pipi wã kaoosame rasem 40. A kẽe ne logtor Olaokun Soyinka, sẽn yaa noobl zoeta Wole Soyinka biiga, la a zĩnda ne yẽnda yʋʋm 22. A vɩɩ Lagos ne a sɩdã la a kambã (2 kom-bõoneg la bi-pugli).

A TUUMA

A SEBA

• Mayowa and the Masquerades - January 2021
• Nostalgia is an Extreme Sport: An essay from the collection, Of This Our Country - September 2010
• Baba Segi, Ses Épouses, Leurs Secrets October 2016
• The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives, London: Serpent's Tail, May 2010.
  • Longlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize, won the 2011 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award and won two Association of Nigerian Authors Awards.
  • Translated into seven languages, published in Italian as Prudenti Come Serpenti.

A KEBAY KOEESE

Woman in Her Season", Post Express Newspapers, 1996

• So All the Time I was Sitting on an Egg (1998)
• Song of a River Bird, Ovalonion House (Nigeria, 2002)
• For the Love of Flight (2010)

A KIBAR N YA KAMB KIBAY

• Mayowa and the Masquerade, July 2010, published in the US in 2020

A EKOLI tʋʋmdã zãmsg sẽn yaa bãngre

• Abiola, Emmanuel. Negotiating Patriarchal Structures: Polygamy and Female Agency in Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives. Ibadan Journal of English Studies 7 (2018): 497–504.
• Bámgbózé, Gabriel. "Beyond Gender Allegory: A Postcolonial Reading of Lola Shoneyin’s Poetry. Ibadan Journal of English Studies 7 (2018): 155-170.
• Jegede, O. B. Subversive (re) writing and body poetics in Lola Shoneyin’s "So all the time I was sitting on an egg". Ibadan Journal of English Studies 7 (2018): 207–224.