Kole Omotoso

Kole Omotoso
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Akure,, 21 ga Afirilu, 1943
ƙasa	Najeriya
Mutuwa	Johannesburg, 19 ga Yuli, 2023
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Edinburgh (en) King's College, Lagos Jami'ar Ibadan
Harsuna	Turanci Pidgin na Najeriya
Sana'a
Sana'a	marubuci da Malami

Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso wanda aka fi sani da Kole Omotoso (an haife shi ranar 21 ga watan Afrilu 1943 - 19 ga Yuli 2023). marubuci kuma ɗan Najeriya ne kuma haziƙi wanda aka fi sani da ayyukan almara kuma a Afirka ta Kudu a matsayin "Yebo Gogo man" a cikin tallan kamfanin sadarwa na Vodacom.^[1] Rubuce-rubucen sunyi fice sa akan sifar sadaukarwa da jajircewa don haɓaka sake fasalin zamantakewa da siyasa na Afirka da mutunta juna tsakanin ɗan adam.

An haifi Kole Omotosso a cikin dangin Yarbawa a Akure, Jihar Ondo, Najeriya.^[2] Mahaifiyarsa da kakanninsa sun taso bayan rasuwar mahaifinsa. ^[3] Duk da cewa rashin uba na iya murkushe matashi dan Najeriya, abubuwan da suka faru a lokacin kuruciyarsa sun taimaka matuka wajen ci gabansa a matsayinsa na mutum da kuma marubuci. ^[3] Omotoso ya yi karatu a Kwalejin King da ke Legas da Jami'ar Ibadan sannan ya yi bincike a karatun digiri na uku a kan marubucin Larabci na zamani Ahmad Ba Kathir a Jami'ar Edinburgh.^[4][5]

Omotoso ya koma Ibadan inda ya yi lacca kan karatun Larabci (1972 – 76), sannan ya koma jami’ar Ife inda ya yi aikin wasan kwaikwayo (1976 – 88). Ya zama marubuci ga mujallu daban-daban (ciki har da Afirka ta Yamma) a cikin shekarun 1970 kuma ya yi fice a cikin jiga-jigan Najeriya. Manyan jigoginsa sun hada da auratayya tsakanin kabilu, abubuwan ban dariya na rikicin Biafra da Najeriya, da yanayin dan Adam—kamar yadda ake misalta abota tsakanin Yarbawa da Igbo da kuma dangantaka tsakanin yara da iyaye.

Littafinsa na tarihi a shekarar 1988 game da Najeriya, Just Kafin Dawn (Spectrum Books), ya jawo cece-kuce kuma ya jagoranci Omotoso ya bar kasarsa ta haihuwa. Bayan ziyartar farfesa a cikin Ingilishi a Jami'ar Stirling da Jami'ar Kasa ta Lesotho da sihiri a Kamfanin Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Talawa, London, ya zama farfesa na Turanci a Jami'ar Western Cape a Afirka ta Kudu (1991-2000).^[6] Daga 2001 zuwa 2003 ya kasance malami a Sashen Wasan kwaikwayo a Jami'ar Stellenbosch.

Ya kuma rubuta ginshiƙai da dama a cikin jaridun Afirka, musamman ma shafi mai suna “Trouble Travels” a cikin jaridar Sunday Guardian ta Najeriya. Daga 2013 zuwa 2016, ya kasance majibincin Kyautar Etisalat don Adabi watau Etisalat Prize for Literature.^[7]

A cikin tsakiyar 1990s da 2010 ya bayyana a matsayin "Yebo Gogo man" a cikin tallace-tallace na talabijin na kamfanin wayoyin hannu watau Vodacom.^[1][8]

Omotoso yana da aure da ’ya’ya uku - ciki har da mai shirya fina-finai Akin Omotoso da marubuci Yewande Omotoso - kuma a halin yanzu yana zaune a Centurion, Gauteng, Afirka ta Kudu.^[1]

Omotoso ya taso ne a lokacin da ake ta faman tashe-tashen hankula na tsattsauran ra'ayin kishin kasa kuma yana sha'awar irin damar da ke tattare da makomar kasarsa. Almararsa ya yi yawa akan yanayin ɗan adam, kuma jigogi sun haɗa da alaƙa tsakanin zuriyar ƙasa da ƙabila. Zaɓin Fela babban misali ne na almara na ɗan sandan Najeriya. Duk da haka, tare da hawan lalacewar zamantakewa da siyasa, 'yan shekaru bayan 'yancin kai, ya zama mai sha'awar rubuce-rubuce game da almara. Almara hanya ce da ta wanzu baya ga rugujewar rayuwa da kuma inda zurfin sake gina rayuwa da ra'ayoyi ke zama gaskiya. Har ila yau, wata hanya ce ta gwaji kan ra'ayoyin zamantakewa da siyasa don sauyi da ci gaban al'umma. Labarin da ba na Omotoso ya yi ba yana da yawa a cikin batun batun.

• Ginin (1971)
• Yaƙin (1972; Penguin Classics, 2008,  )
• Mu'ujiza (gajerun labarai) (1973)
• Zabin Fela (1974)
• Hadaya (1974, 1978)
• Sikeli (1976)
• Don Aron Leaf Mai Yawo (1978)
• Tunanin Ƙwararrun Mu na Kwanan nan (1982)
• Kafin Alfijir (Littattafan Spectrum, 1988,  )

• La'ananne (1976)
• Inuwa a cikin Horizon (1977)

• Form na Littafin Novel na Afirka (1979 da dai sauransu. )
• The Theatrical Into Theater: nazarin wasan kwaikwayo da wasan kwaikwayo na Caribbean mai magana da Ingilishi (1982)
• Lokacin Hijira zuwa Kudu: An sake duba rikicin Afirka (1994)
• Achebe ko Soyinka ? Nazari A Cikin Bambance-bambance (1995)
• Afirka ta Kudu (1997)

• Uko Atai, Marubutan Afirka Vol. 2 1997

• Kole Omotoso

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Segar, Sue (26 October 2014). "SA could become like Nigeria". Weekend Argus. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
2. ↑ "Kim, Minjae (3 September 2017). "A Man is Known by His Cup: Signaling Commitment via Costly Conformity". doi:10.31235/osf.io/93krj.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Kole Omotoso", Africultures.
4. ↑ "Omotosho, A.A.D. (1972). "Ali Ahmad Ba-Kathir, a contemporary conservative Arab writer - an appraisal of his main novels and plays". hdl:1842/18513.
5. ↑ "Kole Omotoso". Retrieved 6 July 2010
6. ↑ "Omotoso, Kole", in Oyekan Owomoyela, The Columbia Guide to West African Literature in English Since 1945, Columbia University Press, 2008, p. 147.
7. ↑ http://businessdaynigeria.com/toast-african-writers
8. ↑ "Posthumus, Carol. "Yebo! Gogo (Yes! Grandma)". Retrieved 28 April 2008