Charry Ada Onwu-Otuyelu
Chief Charry Ada Onwu-Otuyelu
(1953-2017), the author of “Ifeanyi and Obi” and “Triumph of
Destiny ”.
Chief Charry Ada Onwu-Otuyelu hailed
from Amaigbo in Imo state She was married to Mr Olusoji Otuyelu and had four
children. Her areas of interest include folktales and history. She was a senior
fellow at Ebedi Writers Residency founded by Dr. Wale Okediran.
A nurse by profession, Chief
Onwu-Otuyelu got her nursing professional qualifications from University
Teaching Hospital Ibadan and Maternity Hospital, Lagos. She was an ex-soldier
that worked with the Armed Forces Medical Service during the Nigeria-Biafra
civil war. She was also one of the early female voices to take the genre of
Children’s literature very seriously. Ifeanyi and Obi won the Children’s
literature award in 1988. She also featured in famous films like Kongi’s
Harvest (by Wole Soyinka), Bisi, Daughter of the River, T.V shows like Village
Headmaster, Masquerade, Igbo plays on IBC TV and Radio.
Since her debut creative works in
the early 80s, Chief Onwu-Otuyelu branched off into other research areas like
history and sociology. After the closure of her clinic and maternity Centre,
she was fully active in Imo state politics.
Charry Ada Onwu-Otuyelu, is a former
Director at the Imo State council for Arts and culture and one of the founding
members of the Association of Nigerian Authors. Chief Ada had once served as
the National Auditor of the Association and won various literary awards through
her outstanding works written for children.
Her other literary works
include: Ada Marries a Palm Tree, Our Grannies Tales, Adobi, Amaigbo
Kwenu: History of my town, Catastrophe, One Bad Turn and Good
Morning Mr Kolanut (2009).
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