Lesley Nneka Arimah
Lesley Nneka Arimah (bɛ dɔɣi o la silimiin goli 13 October 1983 London tiŋgbani ni, United Kingdom) ka o nyɛ Nigeria sa sabira.  O nyɛ bɛ ni buɣisi so ka  "o mali lahabali tibu baŋsim ka ni tooi kuli zaŋ alizama biɛla n-kpaŋsi biɛhigu niriba sunsuuni"ka "lahi mali kukoli palli din mali yaa."Yuuni 2015 ŋuni n-daa kpuɣi Commonwealth Short Story Prize jaashee n-ti gbansabila,2017 O. Henry Prize,n-ti pahi 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing.

O biɛhigu 
Arimah nyɛla bɛ ni dɔɣi so silimiin goli 13 October 1983, London tiŋgbani ni. O zooi la Nigeria mini the U.K. zaa,amaa ka lahi nyɛ ŋun gɔri n-gindi saha kam pirim la o ba ni nyɛ linjima nira la zuɣu. O ni daa na zoori na, o daa kpuɣi napɔŋ chaŋ U.S., ni ka o daa niŋ Master of Fine Arts din jɛndi sabbu baŋsim dini, o daa deei la lala shɛhira gbaŋ ŋɔ shikuru yuli booni Minnesota State University Mankato yuuni 2010.

Silimiin goli September 2017, National Book Foundation daa gahim piigi Arimah m-pahi bɛ niriba "ban na bi paai yuun pihita ni anu"as one of their  "Five Under 35" ka di tu ni salo nina pa bɛ zuɣu, ka yuuni 2019, o daa nyɛla United States nira ŋun mali bɔmbu mini sabbu baŋsim.Saha ŋɔ Arimah be la Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Sabbu

Lahabali ŋmahi 
Arimah's tuma nyɛla din yina New Yorker, Granta, Harper's, Per Contra, n-ti pahi lahabaya din yina pam ni.

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky (2017) 

Arimah tuuli lahabali ŋma shɛŋa o ni laɣim, "What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky", Riverhead Books mini Tinder Press (UK) n-daa yihi li na silimiin goli April 2017, ka Farafina Books daa labi n-yihi li na Nigeria silimiin goli November 2017.

Buku maa yari la paɣaba ban nyɛ yɛltɔɣa zuɣiri kpɛrigu ni ka luɣishɛŋa din daari ba ka bɛ niŋdi binyari shɛŋa din yɛn chɛ ka bɛ zni viɛnyɛla bee ka bɛ baŋ ni bɛ kuli ku tooi tum nika "niŋdi ninsalisili Nigeria tiŋbihi sunsuni ni saamba ban tuui kpe Nigeria ka nyɛ paɣaba", ka kahigiri "din labisiri ba nyaaŋa, bɛ suhuri ni bɔri shɛŋa, bɛ nasara nima, ni bɛ mɔbu zaŋ cha`n bɛ zo ka che tiŋgbani maa yaɣ'shɛŋaa di kaya ni taɣada bi doli bɛ dini.

Lala lahabaya ŋɔ kahigiri la paɣaba wɔliginsim zaŋ chaŋ yaɣa pam, "hali ti tabili yɛltɔɣ' muɣisira din be paɣaba mini bɛ bipuɣinsi sunsuuni ni yɛlimuɣisira din be paɣaba zosimli puuni."O sabbu, The Atlantic sabbu, "zaŋdi la jilima n-ti ban nyeeri wɔligu n-nyari ni."NPR booni li la "Di nyɛla din niŋ lahiʒibisi din yina sa sabbira polli ŋun ŋmani o mali dahinshɛli ha sabiri suma ka di be o tooni."

Lala lahabali ŋmahi ŋɔ lahi nyɛla din yari Nigeria paɣaba yɛltɔɣa, biɛhigu, ni bɛ wumsibu. Lala lahabali ŋmaa ŋɔ,din jɛndi bipuɣinbihi yɛla n- zaŋdi maɣisiri bɛ ni bɔri ni bɛ be shɛm nyɛla din kahigi lahabali ŋmaa ŋɔ ni "Light", din ni ka ba mini ma  ku tooi saɣi n-ti binviɛlli din ŋmani bɛ bipuɣinga pirim la bɛ bipuɣinga maa ni tooi ni tooi niŋ tiŋgbani maa ni saɣiti ni shɛli nyɛla binviɛlli n-ti bɛ tiŋgbani  ni bɔri shɛli n-ti zuŋɔ mini di taɣibu taɣibu.Ka ma ŋun be lahabali ŋɔ ni ŋɔ bɔri ni o bipuɣinga maa zaŋ o maŋ tabili Europe nima viɛlim ni doli so shɛli ka peemiri o zabiri, ka o ba mi nya ka di nyɛ din yan gbarigi o biɛhigu  ka di zuɣu che ka o kuli bɔri ni o nyɛ o ni kuli nyɛ so,lala ŋɔ puuni, ka o kuli niŋ kasi o maŋ maŋa ka lee bi paai o mani di bɔri i o be shɛm ni tiŋgbani maa gba ni bɔri viɛlim shɛm.Din jɛndi lala yɛltɔɣa nima ŋɔ, lahabali din nyɛ "Who Will Greet You At Home" kahigiri la wahala din be ma tali ni, zaashee, niya, n-ti pahi nambɔ zobɔ. Lahabali maa ni jɛndi so, Ogechi, daa bɔri mi ni o zaŋ binyɛra din miri o n-mali bia. Lahabali ŋmaa maa mini buku maa yuli m-booni "When a Man Falls from the Sky" di wuhiri la biɛrim mini nambɔɣu ni timsim shɛli din ʒi bɛ zuɣu. Di nyɛla din yirina lala lahabaya ŋɔ zaa ni,ka lu n-zahim tabiibi yaɣili. Lala lahabali ŋɔ puuni, Nneoma ni tooi zaŋ laasabu malibu n-nyahi suhugarigu, "Bi-African state" shɛli Britain ni su puuni, ni French nahimbu zalisi ni ʒi yɛltɔɣ'shɛli ti bɛ ni daa gbubi shɛba daba.

Lala yɛltɔɣa shɛli din bɔri ni di lihi suhusaɣingu zuɣu ŋɔ nyɛla din yɛltɔɣa kuli labiri yirina lala lahabya din laɣim ŋɔ ni, ka yina lahabaya maa peeji din kani na ka tiri di bahigu peeji, din yuli nyɛ: "What is a Volcano". Di nyɛla din lɛbigiri lahabaya, n-doli buɣi bihi ka jɛndi suhusaɣingu din be bia kɔŋbu ni. Lala lahabali viɛlli ŋɔ wuhiri mi ni kpiimba gba mali la biɛhishɛli ban na be bɛ nyɛvuya ni ni mali, ka di wuhiri ni suhu garigu nyɛlan din mali yaa pam nti sojkam, hali buɣa ban nyɛ paɣaba.

Lala lahabali ŋɔ wuhiri la alaama din be biɛhigu ni, ka zaŋ kperigu m-pahi yɛlimaŋli zuɣu. IO lahabaya pam puuni, Arimah zaŋ la yaɣishɛli ka di tam din be biɛhigu ni zuɣu ka zaŋ shihira nima yɛltɔɣa m-pahi din ni. Din bɔŋɔ niŋbu ni, o nyɛla ŋun niŋ kpaŋ maŋa mj-pahi binyɛr' pala din kpa talahi n-niŋ lala lahabaya ŋɔ laɣimbu ni, ka chɛ ka ban karimdi baŋ binyɛr'shɛŋa di to din ni, kamani suhu saɣingu mini fara zaŋ jɛndi shihira binyɛra.

Lahabali shɛŋa sabi ka yihili polo 

 What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky, New York: Riverhead, 2017. ,

Kundivihira

External links 

 Lesley Nneka Arimah's website
 Chukwuebuka Ibeh, "The Brittle Paper Interview with the Caine Prize 2019 Winner: Lesley Nneka Arimah", Brittle Paper, 20 September 2019.
 Lesley Nneka Arimah Wins 2019 Caine Prize For African Writing, NPR, 14 July 2019
 Caine Prize Winner - Lesley Nneka Arimah, BBC, 23 July 2019

Living people
Igbo women writers
21st-century Nigerian writers
21st-century Nigerian women writers
1983 births
Kirkus Prize winners
Nommo Award winners
Caine Prize winners
Afrocuration 2023