IiBalms zoBomi - Umqu. 6: Akwaeke Emezi kwiNkqubo yokuDala uMsebenzi

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Oko bakhupha inoveli yabo yamabali, umbhali ebesendleleni. Ngoku, bathetha ngemfuneko yokuphumla kwaye babonwe ngokwabo.

Iindaba ezimnandi: IiBalms zoBomi - {textend} uthotho oluqhutywa ludliwanondlebe lwezinto, abantu, kunye nezenzo ezisigcina siphila kwaye siphumelela- {textend} ubuyile.

Iindaba ezimbi: Olu fakelo lubonisa i-Akwaeke Emezi engenakulinganiswa yeyokugqibela. Kule nkqubo, kunjalo. Kodwa masingangcwabi i-lede.

Oko kwapapashwa “Amanzi acocekileyo,” incwadi ethetha ngokujonga “ubume bomntu,” ubomi bukaEmezi butshintshile.

Kulindeleke ukuba nawuphi na umbhali okwesihlandlo sokuqala, kodwa ngakumbi umntu ozichaza njengonobuntu obungenabuntu kwiindawo ezinomda. Ukususela ekuqaleni kuye esiphelweni, inoveli ebhalwe ngobomi bakhe izifumana izele zii-bloom egcweleyo kwiindawo ezingabhaliswanga, ubuncinci kwiingcinga zabafundi “entshona,” apho incwadi ibikhutshwe khona ekuqaleni.

Kwikhaya lika-Emezi laseNigeria, nangona kunjalo, le nyani i-Igbo indala ayisiyonto intsha. "Abanye abantu le ncwadi iyasebenza," utshilo u-Emezi. Kwaye loo msebenzi - {textend} wokubhala, wokufunda, wokunxibelelana nokuba into iyinto yasemzini - {textend} yinto ethi "Amanzi amatsha" ayalela.

Ngelixa indlela ukusukela oko kwaziswa inoveli emhlabeni ibingadinisi, "Amanzi amatsha" asisiqalo nje. (U-Emezi sele ezithengisile ezinye iincwadi ezimbini zisaqhubeka, zonke zibhalwe ngokwe-Twitter feed yazo.)

U-Emezi ubhale watsho, "Ummangalelwa + otshintshileyo omnyama / waseAfrika / umbhali waseNigeria ebhala malunga nezinto ezazisingelwe phantsi, malunga ne-queer + trans ppl, kwaye ephumelela ngelixa esenza lo msebenzi ubalulekile."

Funda incoko yethu engezantsi ukukhangela kwihlabathi lika-Emezi kunye nenkqubo njengoko behlengahlengisa kwaye behlengahlengisa impumelelo engathandabuzekiyo ukuba ikude.

Okwangoku, andifuni kuthi ndlela-ntle kuwe, ke ndiza kuthi kuwe goodnight. Enkosi ngokufunda uthotho. Ibiyinyani.

Amani Bin Shikhan: Ndiyathanda ukuyiqala ngokubuza umbuzo osisiseko: Unjani?

Akwaeke Emezi: Ndilungile! Ndandinomnyhadala wencwadi yam yonyaka ophelileyo kwiveki ephelileyo ke ndikwimowudi yekhefu, kwaye kuye kwaba sisiqabu ukufumana ixesha lam nokubhala.

AB: Hayi, ndiyavuyisana! Ndiyazi ukuba ubusebenza ubusuku nemini ukukhuthaza inoveli yakho yokuqala, “Amanzi amatsha,” ngelixa usebenza ngaxeshanye kwiiprojekthi ezizayo. Ukunciphise njani ukubuyela ekubeni nexesha elingaphezulu kwakhona? Wenza njani ukudideka ukusuka kolobaleko lokuqala?

AE: Ndalala esofeni yam ndaza ndabuka i-Netflix kangangeentsuku ezimbini, haha! Kwaye ndizamile ukuba nobulali nesiqu sam - {textend} ngathi andiziva ngathi kunyanzelekile ndiphinde ndibuyele kuhlaziyo kunye nezinye iiprojekthi, ngathi kulungile ukuthatha iintsuku ezimbalwa.

AB: Zeziphi iinkqubo ozibukeleyo?

AE: Okwangoku ubukele "iBoJack Horseman" kunye ne "Psych." Ndiyaxhuma kwimiboniso emininzi.

AB: Yiyiphi enye indlela onobulali ngayo nesiqu sakho? Uhlala uthumela i-tweet ngezinto ezinje nge- #operationbeast oyenzileyo, oyiphumezayo, oyiphumezayo. Uwalungelelanisa njani amacala amabini?

AE: Ndifunde ukuba nobulali nesiqu sam ngu Inxalenye yemveliso. Ukuba ndiyadinwa, andizukuwenza umsebenzi ngesantya okanye umgangatho endiwufunayo, ke ukuphumla ayisiyonto intle yokuzibeka ityala, sisidingo. Njengokuba, ukuba sempilweni yeyona nto iphambili, kuba owona msebenzi ubalulekileyo uza emva koko, endaweni yokutyhala umsebenzi kuqala nokucinga, Owu ndiza kujonga impilo yam kamva. Ayizinzanga kwaye ayisebenzi, ukunyaniseka.

AB: Ngaba loo mbono wokuphumla uyinto ebalulekileyo kwirejimeni yakho yomsebenzi ibisoloko iyinxalenye yakho? Okanye ibiyinto oyifundileyo apha endleleni?

AE: Ndicinga ukuba ndiyifunde ngenkani, haha. Bendikwi-ER kweli hlobo kwaye bendikunyango ngokwasemzimbeni uninzi lonyaka ukusuka kumonakalo woxinzelelo obangela umzimba wam.

AB: Damn, ndicela uxolo. Ngaba ungachaza ngokufutshane ukuba lalikhangeleka njani elo xesha kuwe, ngokokusebenza?

AE: Ewe kulungile. Ndikhe ndaya “kutyelelo” oluncinci ezintathu: xa incwadi yaphehlelelwa; ILondon ngoJuni ukwazisa ngoshicilelo lwase-UK; Jamani ngoSeptemba ukumilisela uhlelo lwesiJamani. Kwaye ixesha ngalinye ndiliphelisa kwangoko kuba bendinobunzima bokuhlala ndiphila. Iziganeko ngokwazo ziyamangalisa, ndiyakuthanda ukunxibelelana nabantu, kodwa kukho ukuphazamiseka okwenzeka emva koko kunye nesizungu esiyingozi kum.

Ke mna neqela lam sijonga ukuba yeyiphi indawo yokuhlala endiyifunayo kwikamva ukuze ndikwazi ukukhenketha. Kukhangeleka ngathi ndiya kuhlala ndifuna umhlobo osenyongweni kunye nam. Kukho esi sincoko simnandi sikaMilambo uSolomon esasindenze ndacinga ngentsomi yokuba singazenza sodwa, indlela esidinga ngayo abanye abantu ukuba basigcine siphila, kwaye siqonda ukuba ayisiyiyo na "ubuthathaka," ukuze sikwazi ukuyeka ihlazo kunye netyala lokungakwazi ukuyenza ndedwa.

Andinamdla wokomelela. Ndinomdla wokuba abantu bathantamise nam, baqiniseke ukuba ndiyayifumana le nto ndiyifunayo. Kodwa asihlali kwihlabathi lethenda.

AB: Uzifumana kangaphi kulo nyaka?

AE: Umlenze ngamnye mhlawumbi yayiyiveki yokuhamba? Ngokunyaniseka, andikhumbuli kakuhle ... uninzi lonyaka lube yingqushu. Kufana nobomi bakho obutshintsha ngesantya sentambo kwaye kuya kufuneka uqhubeke utshintsha ukuze uqhubeke nayo, kwaye awunamphefumlo wokuziqhubekisela olo tshintsho, ungasathethi ke ngendlela wonke umntu okujikelezile nawo asabela ngayo kolo tshintsho. Ulahlekelwa s * * * itoni yabantu.

AB: Ukusuka ngaphandle ujonge ngaphakathi, ibivakala ngathi unyaka omninzi ubandakanya wena ukuba uqiniseke kwaye uphinde uziqinise, ngokubhekisele kwindlela abantu abaya kwenza ngayo isini kwaye bakuhluze njengomntu kunye nombhali. Ngaba leyo yinto echanekileyo?

AE: Ewe, kwakungathi kungumlo omninzi ukuba ungabonakali, ukuthembeka komsebenzi ukuze ube nethuba ngaphandle, ukuze ungagqitywa ngamanye amabali abantu kunye nezinto eziyinyani.

AB: Ububukele ntoni, ufunda ntoni ngelo xesha?

AE: Ndihlala ndifunda izinto eziyinyani zentsomi ukuze indise kwamanye amazwe ukuze ndifumane ikhefu kule. Ndichitha ixesha elininzi ndicinga ngokwakha ubomi endibufunayo, nokudibanisa oko kumabali endifuna ukuwabalisa, kuba Ukubhala ezi ncwadi yindawo yam yolonwabo, kwaye sisipho esinjalo sokuba bandikhathalele njengembuyekezo ngokuthi bandinike uzinzo kwezemali. Oko * * kuyatshintsha ubomi.

AB: Ke uyayibhala le ncwadi, uyipapashe, kwaye nonyaka ongcono uyayigqiba. Uyenza njani ukuba iphume kule nkqubo?

AE: Incwadi eneneni yayingeyona nto ifunwa kakhulu kulo nyaka. Ngokuqinisekileyo yayiyinxalenye enkulu kwaye inamandla, kodwa kwangaxeshanye, umzimba wam wawusengxakini. Ke kukho imiba emininzi yempilo, sathengisa incwadi yam yesithathu neyesine, lonke uxinzelelo phakathi kwabantu, ke kufana nokuba kukho umhlambi wezinto ezahlukeneyo ezidlayo ngaxeshanye.

Kwafuneka ndifunde ukuxelela abantu ukuba kubi kangakanani ukufumana oko ukuze bakwazi ukunceda, kuba andizukuyenza ndedwa. Ngaphandle, kujongeka ngathi kukhazimla, kuba yiyo yonke le mpumelelo.

AB: Ndifumanisa ukuba yenye yezona zinto zinzima: ukukhumbuza abantu ukuba imbonakalo yangaphandle ekhanyayo ayibonisi nantoni na ngobomi bomntu. Ukuthetha buqu, kuye kwaba yinto ebambekayo ukuba enye yeyona minyaka inzima ebomini bam ibe yeyona minyaka ibalaseleyo emsebenzini.

AE: Ugh, ewe! Kukho amaxesha amaninzi ndifuna ukushukumisa abantu kwaye ndibangxolise ebusweni babo ukuba i-Instagram ayisiyiyo imbonakalo echanekileyo yayo nantoni na! Kuyothusa ukubonakala ngakumbi nangakumbi, kwaye ngakumbi nangakumbi ngokungabonakaliyo ngexesha elinye.

AB: Ucinga ukuba ucinga ntoni ngaloo nto? Loluphi uthethathethwano olwenzileyo nolo lwazi?

AE: Ndicinga ukuba olona tshintsho lukhulu kukuba imithombo yeendaba zentlalo incinci kakhulu kuba incwadi iphumile. Kuye kwafuneka ndicofe ngendlela ebendingenakucinga ngayo ngaphambili, ukuzikhusela kunye nokwenza umgama ofunekayo phakathi kwento ebonakalayo yoluntu eseyindim, kodwa hayi omnye lo unguye wangasese ngakumbi.

AB: Ewe, ufumane ngokupheleleyo. Kuthiwani malunga nemidiya yoluntu?

AE: Ngokubanzi ndifikeleleke kancinci. Ndihlala ndicinga ngale nkcazo kaBeyoncé njengengafikelelekiyo kodwa engenakufikeleleka, kwaye ndiyayithanda. Kum, ukunqongophala kokufikeleleka kakhulu kukhuseleko. Umthamo wam awunyukanga ngale mpumelelo. Ukuba kukho nantoni na, ndiye ndaba ethe-ethe ngakumbi.

Andinamdla wokomelela. Ndinomdla wokuba abantu bathantamise nam, baqiniseke ukuba ndiyayifumana le nto ndiyifunayo. Kodwa asihlali kwihlabathi lethenda.

Uxinzelelo luyabulala okwangoku, ndiye ndalungelelanisa loo nto, kuba abanye abantu bahlala bengenakulungelelanisa nawe ngaphandle kokuba uyifuna. Njengokuba, ubukhulu becala yonke imibuzo ihamba ngeearhente zam, ndafumana umncedisi, ndabeka indawo kwindawo yokuzikhusela.

Khange ndiyifumane indawo ekhulayo de kwasweleka uPrince, ndaye ndayijonga ndabona ukuba sinelanga / imiqondiso ekhulayo, eyandonwabisa.

AB: Ndonwabile ukuba ufumana uzinzo ekuhambeni okuhambelana neemfuno zakho. Le s * * * iyothusa kwaye ihlala ihleli ngayo yonke into ngaphandle komsebenzi. Ngezo ntsuku zovavanyo, ungacinga ukuba zeziphi "iibhalsam zobomi" zakho? Yintoni ekuzisela uxolo lwengqondo nentliziyo kule mihla?

AE: Enye yeebhalsamu zam zobomi uyilo lwangaphakathi, haha. Ngokukhawuleza nje ukuba ndibhatelwe ngenxalenye yesivumelwano seencwadi ezimbini, ndaphinda ndayihlengahlengisa yonke indlu yam malunga nenyanga, kwaye ngoku injengale ndawo incinci inee-aksenti zegolide kunye neetoni zezityalo.

Ndilungile ngokwenyani ekwenzeni amakhaya am azive ngathi ziindawo ezingcwele ezithuleyo, kwaye isebenza njengebhola ekhuselekileyo enokuzihlaziya ize indibeke.

Ibhalansi yam efanelekileyo kukuba sekhaya kwaye ndiphumle ndisebenza kwiincwadi ezininzi endinazo eziqhubekayo. Luninzi uxolo apho.

AB: Amandla la. Ithini itshathi yakho yokuzalwa?

AE: Kulungile, ke ndiyilanga laseGemini, inyanga yeLibra, kunye nokunyuka kweScorpio. Khange ndiyifumane indawo ekhulayo de kwasweleka uPrince, ndaye ndayijonga ndabona ukuba sinelanga / imiqondiso ekhulayo, eyandonwabisa.

AB: Wow, iintsomi ezimbini. Thetha nam malunga nehlabathi lakho; uzenza njani iinkwenkwezi ezintsha ngokupheleleyo. Lo mkhwa ukugcina kanjani uphila xa yonke enye into isoyikisa?

AE: Enye yezinto ezisenyongweni malunga "namanzi acocekileyo" kukuba ibonisa umhlaba endandihlala ndinawo ngokufihlakeleyo kwindawo yokuqala. Phantse ukufa ngokuzibulala amatyeli aliqela kundigibisele ekhaya ukuba andinakuphila kweli hlabathi, ke ukuhlala kwilizwe lam kuphela kwendlela yokusinda kulembonakalo.

Ndiyabulela ku "Freshwater," kuba ukuyibhala kukrola ucango kule nyani kum, kwaye ibingathi, oh s * * * yeyona nto iyinyani, le iyinyani. Kufuneka ndihlale apha ukuze ndilunge. Akumangalisi ukuba bendihlala ndinengxaki kwelinye ilizwe lenyama.

Ndikwathamsanqa ngenene ukuba nabahlobo abangabantu abangasekelwanga [kwilizwe] lenyama, ngenxa yoko andindedwa kwaye sinokwabelana kwaye sidibane, kwaye oko kusinceda sonke ukuba sikwazi ukumelana nokubonakaliswa ngcono. Elinye lamathemba am “Amanzi acocekileyo” kukuba livula amathuba abanye abodwa, nabangengobantu ngaphandle - {textend} amathuba abawodwa, awaphambani, kwaye lawo mazwe lawo asemthethweni ngokupheleleyo.

IiBalms zoBomi zika-Akwaeke

• Ukufunda. Okwangoku uthotho lweencwadi ezihlekisayo "Saga" ezibhalwe nguBrian K. Vaughan kwaye ziboniswe nguFiona Staples. Umlingo wam wandicebisa, kwaye ndiyayikhathalela ngokukhupha.
• Ukulungiswa ngaphakathi. Kutshanje ndichithe inyanga ndenza indlu yam eBrooklyn. Ndiyazithanda iiprojekthi ezinje. Ukuyila izithuba kukucamngca ngam; Ndinokuchitha iiyure ndizicwangcisa entlokweni yam. Ikwagcina ndixakekile kwaye ndicime imithombo yeendaba ngendlela elungileyo. Kukuzonwabisa endikugcinayo kwaye ndizenzele kona, oku ndikrola kwiindawo ezingcwele zabucala.
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