Charry Ada Onwu

Charry Ada Onwu-Otuyelu yin otanwekantọ Naijilia vijiji dé, podọ e yin yọnnu tintan he yin anadenanutọ Na yẹdide po aṣa gbẹtọ tọn po. E wa sọn Amaigbo to ayimatẹn Imo tọn mẹ. E yin otanwekantọ na ovivu lẹ. e yin awhanfuntọ, bosọ wazọn hẹ (Armed Forces Medical Service) dai to awhan Biafra tọn whenu. Hosọ etọn lẹ wẹ otàn po aṣa po. Owanyi he e tindo na aṣa po otan po basi zẹẹmẹ dodinnanu etọn. E sọ na nudọnamẹ gando hosọ azọ́n etọn lẹ tọn he bẹ, Catastrophe’, ‘Our Grannies Tales’, ‘Adobi’, ‘Triumph of Destiny’, ‘One Bad Turn’, ‘Ada Marries a Palm Tree’ ‘Amaigbo Kwenu: History of My Town’, ‘Good Morning Mr Kolanut’, po devo lẹ po hẹn. Mahopọ Na owu he e na biọ, Charry Ada OnwuOtuyelu jẹ otanwe detọ́n ji to bẹjẹeji owhe 1980. Dopo to Azọ́n tintan he e wa lẹ wẹ ‘Ifeanyi and Obi’, bo yi ajọ̀ to otanwe kinkan na yọpọvu lẹ to owhe 1988. E Zindonukọn to azọ́n nukinkan tọn nado mọ ajọ̀ susu lẹ yi na otanwé kinkan na yọpọvu lẹ.

Charry yin Dotozọ́nwatọ dé, e mọ gbedewema Dotozọ́n tọn yi to wehọmẹ alavọ (University Teaching Hospital Ibadan and Maternity Hospital Lagos) tọn. N se dọ e tindo dotowhe to Obinze, sẹpọ Owerri, ayimatẹn Imo tọn. Họntọn ṣie he nọ yin Chukwubuike sọ dọna mi dọ e yin awhanfuntọ́ dé, bo ko sẹn to (Biafran Armed Forces Medical Service) to awhan Biafra naijilia tọn whenu (1967-70). Ṣigba wékinkan etọn basi zẹẹmẹ walọyizan etọn, taidi Cyprian Ekwensi po Anezi Okoro, he mahopọnna dọ ye wa sọn hẹnnu Dotozọ́nwatọ tọn de, lẹzun nukọntọ́ to otanwé kinkan mẹ.

Azọ́n etọn lẹ

• Good Morning Mr. Kolanut! (2006; co-authored by Ama Boatemaa, Charry Ada Onwu, Samuel Boamah)
• Triumph of Destiny (2003)
• Amaigbo Kwenu: History, Legend & Myth of Amaigbo (1988)
• Catastrophe: A Novel (1982) [7]
• One Bad Turn (1982)
• Ifeanyi and Obi (1982)