Moyo Wanga - Vol. 6: Akwaeke Emezi pa Ntchito Yolenga Ntchito

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• Mafuta a Moyo a Akwaeke
  

Chiyambire kutulutsa buku lawo loyambira, wolemba anali kupitiliza. Tsopano, amalankhula zakufunika koti mupumule ndikuwonedwa m'njira zawo.

Nkhani yabwino: Ma Balms Amoyo - {textend} mndandanda wazomwe amafunsidwa pazinthu, anthu, ndi machitidwe omwe amatipangitsa kukhala bwino komanso otukuka - {textend} abwerera.

Nkhani zoipa: Kukhazikitsa kumeneku komwe kukuwunikira Akwaeke Emezi ndiwomaliza. Pothamanga uku, mulimonsemo. Koma tisayike maliro.

Chiyambire kusindikiza "madzi oyera," buku lofufuza za "zofananira za umunthu ndi umunthu," moyo wonse wa Emezi wasintha.

Izi zikuyenera kuyembekezeredwa kwa wolemba aliyense woyamba, koma makamaka amene amadzinena kuti ndianthu opanda umunthu omwe amakhala m'malo amtendere. Kuyambira koyambirira mpaka kumapeto, buku lonena za mbiri yakale limapezeka paliponse pamagawo opanda mizere, makamaka m'malingaliro a owerenga ku "kumadzulo," komwe bukulo lidatulutsidwa koyamba.

M'nyumba ya Emezi ku Nigeria, komabe, Igbo wokalambayo ndi wachilendo kwambiri. "Kwa anthu ena bukuli ndi ntchito," adatero Emezi. Ndipo ntchito ija - {textend} yolemba, yowerengera, yokhudzana ngakhale chinthu chitakhala chachilendo - {textend} ndichinthu china chomwe chimalamulidwa ndi "madzi oyera".

Ngakhale msewu kuyambira pomwe bukuli limalembedwa padziko lapansi sichimapindulitsa, "Madzi abwino" ndi chiyambi chabe. (Emezi wagulitsa kale mabuku enanso awiri pomwe ena awiri akupitilira, zonse zolembedwa kudzera pazakudya zawo pa Twitter.)

Emezi adatumiza mawu kuti, "Ndikofunika kwambiri kutengera matupi athu, mlembi wakuda kwambiri + wakuda wakuda / waku Africa / wolemba waku Nigeria akulemba za zinthu zomwe zidasalidwa, za queer + trans ppl, ndipo akuchita bwino pantchito imeneyi."

Werengani macheza athu pansipa kuti muwone mdziko la Emezi ndikuwongolera momwe amasinthira ndikukhalanso ndi moyo wabwino womwe mosakayikira udatha.

Pakadali pano, sindikufuna kutsanzika kwa inu, chifukwa chake ndingokuuzani usiku wabwino. Zikomo powerenga mndandanda. Zakhala zenizeni.

Amani Bin Shikhan: Ndimakonda kuyambitsa izi ndikufunsa funso lofunika kwambiri: Muli bwanji?

Akwaeke Emezi: Ndili bwino! Ndinali ndi buku langa lomaliza chaka chatha sabata yatha kotero ndili patchuthi, ndipo zakhala zotsitsimula kupeza nthawi yoti ndilembere ndekha ndi zomwe ndalemba.

AB: Ah, zikomo! Ndikudziwa kuti mwakhala mukugwira ntchito usana ndi usiku popititsa patsogolo buku lanu loyambirira, "Madzi abwino," kwinaku mukugwira ntchito zakutsogolo. Kodi mwakhala mukucheperako bwanji kuti mukhale ndi nthawi yochulukirapo? Mukudandaula bwanji kuyambira koyamba?

AE: Ndinagona pabedi langa ndikuyang'ana Netflix masiku awiri, haha! Ndipo ndimayesetsa kukhala wodekha ndekha - {textend} ngati sindimva ngati ndiyenera kudumphanso ndikuwunikiranso zina, ngati zili bwino kutenga masiku ochepa.

AB: Ndi ziwonetsero ziti zomwe mukuonera?

AE: Pakadali pano akuwonera "BoJack Horseman" ndi "Psych." Ndikudumpha kuwonetsa kwambiri.

AB: Ndi njira zina ziti zomwe mumadzichepetsera nokha? Nthawi zambiri mumakonda kufotokoza za zinthu ngati #operationbeast zomwe mumazichita, kuzichita, kuzichita. Kodi mumayendetsa bwanji mbali zonse ziwiri?

AE: Ndinaphunzira kuti ndikhale wodekha ndekha ndi gawo la zokolola. Ngati ndatopa, sindigwira ntchito momwe ndingafunire, chifukwa kupumula sikumakhala kolakwa, ndikofunikira. Monga, kukhala wathanzi ndiye chinthu chofunikira kwambiri, chifukwa ntchito yabwino kwambiri imabwera pambuyo pake, m'malo mongokakamira ntchitoyo ndikuganiza, O ndingopeza zaumoyo wanga pambuyo pake. Izi ndizosadalirika komanso sizothandiza, kunena zowona.

AB: Kodi lingaliro loti kupumula kukhala gawo lofunikira pantchito yanu nthawi zonse lakhala gawo lanu? Kapena zakhala zomwe mwaphunzira panjira?

AE: Ndikuganiza kuti ndidaphunzira mokakamiza, haha. Ndinali mu ER chilimwechi ndipo ndakhala ndikuchiritsidwa kwanthawi yayitali chifukwa cha zovuta zomwe zimayambitsa thupi langa.

AB: Damn, Pepani. Kodi mungafotokozere mwachidule momwe nthawiyo imawonekera kwa inu, mwanzeru?

AE: Inde, zedi. Ine ndakhala ndiri pa “maulendo” aang'ono atatu: pamene bukhulo linayambitsidwa; London mu Juni kuti akhazikitse mtundu wa UK; Germany mu Seputembala kuti ikhazikitse mtundu waku Germany. Ndipo nthawi iliyonse ndimaliza msanga chifukwa ndimavutika kukhala ndi moyo. Zochitika zokha ndizodabwitsa, ndimakonda kulumikizana ndi anthu, koma pali kuwonongeka komwe kumachitika pambuyo pake komanso kusungulumwa komwe kuli koopsa kwa ine.

Chifukwa chake gulu langa ndi ine tikuganizira malo omwe ndikufunika mtsogolomo kuti maulendo azitha kuthekera. Zikuwoneka ngati ndidzasowa mnzanga wapamtima nthawi zonse. Pali nkhani yabwinoyi yolembedwa ndi Rivers Solomon yomwe idandipangitsa kuganiza za nthano yoti titha kuzipanga zokha, momwe timafuniridwira anthu ena kuti atisunge amoyo, ndikumvetsetsa kuti si "kufooka" kotani, kuti titha kupita manyazi ndi liwongo la kusakhoza kuzichita wekha.

Sindikufuna kukhala wolimba mtima. Ndili ndi chidwi ndi anthu oti azikhala odekha ndi ine, kuwonetsetsa kuti ndikupeza zomwe ndikufuna. Koma sitikhala mdziko lachikondi.

AB: Kodi kangati mumapezeka kuti mukuyenda chaka chino?

AE: Mwendo uliwonse mwina unali sabata yoyenda? Moona mtima, sindikukumbukira kwenikweni ... chaka chonse chakhala chowopsa. Zili ngati moyo wanu ukusintha mwachangu kwambiri ndipo mukuyenera kupitiriza kusintha kuti muzitsatira, ndipo mulibe mpweya woti musinthe nokha, osatengera momwe aliyense wokuzungulirani akuchitiranso kusintha kumeneku. Mumataya anthu s * * *.

AB: Kuchokera panja mukuyang'ana mkati, zidawoneka ngati kuti chaka chathunthu mudakhala kuti mudzitsimikizire ndikudzilimbikitsanso inunso, potengera momwe anthu angakugawireni ndikukugawani monga munthu komanso wolemba. Kodi ndi zolondola kunena?

AE: Inde, zidamveka ngati nkhondo yayikulu kuti isawonekere, kuti kukhulupirika kwa ntchitoyi kukhale ndi mwayi kunjaku, kuti usatengeke ndi nkhani komanso zowona za anthu ena.

AB: Kodi mumayang'ana chiyani, mukuwerenga nthawi imeneyo?

AE: Nthawi zonse ndimawerenga zopeka zongopeka kuti zinditengere kudziko lina kuti ndikapume kaye ku ichi. Ndimakhalanso ndi nthawi yambiri yolota ndikumanga moyo womwe ndikufuna, ndikulumikiza izi ndi nkhani zomwe ndikufuna kunena, chifukwa kulemba mabukuwa ndi malo anga achimwemwe, ndipo ndi mphatso yoti amandisamalira pondibwezeretsa ndalama. S * * * zikusintha moyo.

AB: Chifukwa chake mumalemba bukuli, mumalisindikiza, ndipo gawo lanu labwino la chaka limadyedwa nalo. Kodi mumatha bwanji kuchita izi?

AE: Bukulo silinali chinthu chovuta kwambiri mchaka chino. Linali gawo lalikulu komanso lamphamvu, koma nthawi yomweyo, thupi langa linali pamavuto. Chifukwa chake pali zovuta zingapo, tidagulitsa buku lachitatu ndi lachinayi, zovuta zonse pakati pa anthu, chifukwa chake zili ngati panali gulu la zinthu zosiyanasiyana zomwe zimadya nthawi yomweyo.

Ndinayenera kuphunzira kuuza anthu momwe zimakhalira zoyipa kuti athe kuthandiza, chifukwa sindinapange ndekha. Kunja, kumawoneka kowala kwambiri, chifukwa anali kuchita bwino pantchito yonseyi.

AB: Ndimawona kuti ichi ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zovuta kwambiri: kukumbutsa anthu kuti mawonekedwe owonekera kunja sawulula chilichonse chokhudza moyo wamunthu. Poyankhula ndekha, zakhala zovuta kwambiri kukhala ndi zaka zovuta kwambiri pamoyo wanga kukhala zaka zabwino kwambiri mwaukadaulo.

AE: Ugh, inde! Pali nthawi zambiri zomwe ndimafuna kugwedeza anthu ndikufuula pankhope zawo kuti Instagram siyoyimira chilichonse! Ndizachilendo kukhala zowonekera kwambiri, komanso zowoneka nthawi imodzi.

AB: Kodi mukuganiza kuti izi ndi ziti? Kodi zokambirana zanu mwapanga ndi ziti?

AE: Ndikuganiza chosintha chachikulu ndikuti zanga zapa media ndizochepa kwambiri kuyambira pomwe bukulo lidatuluka. Ndidayenera kusefa m'njira yomwe sindinafunikirepo kale, kuti ndidziteteze ndikupanga mtunda woyenera pakati pa anthu wamba omwe adakali ine, koma osati enawo amene tsopano ndili achinsinsi kwambiri.

AB: Inde, pezani zonse. Nanga bwanji zapa TV?

AE: Sindikupezeka mosavuta. Ndimangoganiza za mafotokozedwe a Beyonce ngati osatheka koma osafikirika, ndipo ndimakonda. Kwa ine, kusowa kupezeka kumakhudza chitetezo. Mphamvu zanga sizinawonjezeke ndi kupambana uku. Ngati zili choncho, ndayamba kufooka kwambiri.

Sindikufuna kukhala wolimba mtima. Ndili ndi chidwi ndi anthu oti azikhala odekha ndi ine, kuwonetsetsa kuti ndikupeza zomwe ndikufuna. Koma sitikhala mdziko lachikondi.

Kupsinjika ndi koopsa pakadali pano, chifukwa chake ndasintha pazomwezo, chifukwa anthu ena nthawi zambiri sangakusinthireni pokhapokha mukawauza. Monga, makamaka mafunso onse amapita kudzera mwa omwe amandithandizira, ndidapeza wothandizira, ndimayika ma buffers m'malo kuti ndiziteteze.

Sindinadziwe gawo lomwe likukwera mpaka Prince atamwalira, ndipo ndinayang'ana ndikuzindikira kuti tili ndi dzuwa / zikwangwani zomwe zikukwera, zomwe zidandisangalatsa.

AB: Ndine wokondwa kuti mwapeza bata lokhazikika lomwe likugwirizana ndi zosowa zanu. Izi * * * ndizotopetsa kwambiri ndipo nthawi zambiri zimakhala pafupifupi chilichonse kupatula ntchito. Pamasiku ovuta kwambiriwa, kodi ndi zinthu ziti zomwe "zingakuthandizeni kukhala ndi moyo"? Nchiyani chimakupatsani inu mtendere wamalingaliro ndi mtima masiku ano?

AE: Chimodzi mwazinthu zanga zamoyo ndikupanga zamkati, haha. Nditangolipira gawo lina lamapukutu awiriwa, ndidasinthiratu nyumba yanga pafupifupi mwezi wathunthu, ndipo tsopano ili ngati kanyumba kakang'ono kameneka ndimalankhulidwe agolide ndi matani azomera.

Ndili ndi luso lopangitsa nyumba zanga kukhala ngati malo opumira, ndipo zimagwira ntchito ngati thovu lotetezeka lomwe lingandibwezeretse.

Kulinganiza kwanga ndikukhala kunyumba ndikugwira ntchito mosangalala m'mabuku angapo omwe ndili nawo. Ndiwo mtendere wochuluka pomwepo.

AB: Izi ndi mphamvu. Kodi tchati chanu chobadwa ndi chiyani?

AE: Chabwino, ndiye ndine dzuwa la Gemini, Libra mwezi, komanso Scorpio ikukwera. Sindinadziwe gawo lomwe likukwera mpaka Prince atamwalira, ndipo ndinayang'ana ndikuzindikira kuti tili ndi dzuwa / zikwangwani, zomwe zidandisangalatsa.

AB: Wow, nthano ziwiri. Nenani za dziko lanu; momwe mumadzipangira nokha magulu atsopano. Kodi izi zimakupangitsani bwanji kukhala amoyo pomwe zina zonse zikuwopseza?

AE: Chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe ndizokondana kwambiri za "Madzi oyera" ndikuti zikuwonetsa dziko lapansi lomwe ndimakhala nalo mobisa poyamba. Pafupifupi kufa chifukwa chodzipha maulendo angapo kunanditsogolera kunyumba kuti sindingakhale ndi moyo mdziko lino lapansi, chifukwa chake kukhalabe mdziko langa lokhalo ndiye njira yokhayo yopulumutsira izi.

Ndili wokondwa ndi "Madzi amchere," chifukwa polemba izi adanditsegulira chitseko chenicheni ichi, ndipo zidakhala ngati, oh s * * * izi ndi zomwe zili zenizeni, izi ndi zomwe zili zoona. Ndiyenera kukhala pano kuti ndikhale bwino. Palibe zodabwitsa kuti nthawi zonse ndimakhala ndi mavuto mdziko linalo lanyama.

Ndilinso ndi mwayi kukhala ndi anzanga omwe sianthu omwe nawonso sanakhazikike m'dziko lanyama, chifukwa chake sindili ndekha ndipo titha kugawana ndikulumikizana, ndipo izi zimatithandiza tonse kupirira mawonekedwewa bwino pang'ono. Chimodzi mwa ziyembekezo zanga zazikulu za "Madzi amchere" ndikuti chimatsegula mwayi kwa anthu ena otalikirana, ophatikizidwa kunja kwa anthu - {textend} mwayi womwe siwokha, osati wamisala, ndikuti maiko awo enieni ndiwothandiza kwathunthu.

Mafuta a Moyo a Akwaeke

• Kuwerenga. Pakadali pano mndandanda wazoseketsa wa "Saga" wolemba Brian K. Vaughan ndikuwonetsedwa ndi Fiona Staples. Wamatsenga wanga adandipangira izi, ndipo ndikuziwona kuti ndizabwino.
• Zojambula mkati. Posachedwa ndidakhala mwezi umodzi ndikumanganso nyumba yanga ku Brooklyn. Ndimakonda mapulojekiti ngati amenewo. Kupanga malo ndikosinkhasinkha kwa ine; Nditha kuthera maola ambiri ndikungokonzekera m'mutu mwanga. Zimandithandizanso kukhala wotanganidwa komanso kutulutsa njira zapa TV m'njira yabwino. Ndizochita zosangalatsa kuti ndizisungire ndekha, kujambula izi m'malo osungira anthu.
• Dzuwa. Ndikuyesera kubwerera kumoyo wopanda dzinja. Ndinachita chaka chimodzi ndimakhala ku Trinidad. Zinandidetsa nkhawa kwambiri, komanso khungu langa limawoneka lodabwitsa.

Monga malingaliro a Akwaeke? Tsatirani ulendo wawo pa Twitter ndi Instagram.

Amani Bin Shikhan ndi wolemba zikhalidwe komanso wofufuza yemwe amayang'ana kwambiri nyimbo, mayendedwe, miyambo, komanso kukumbukira - {textend} akagwirizana, makamaka. Chithunzi ndi Asmaà Bana.