Opal Palmer Adisa

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Adisa ɓadi mile sappo nder firo Kingston, Jamaica, o yahi nder wuro man. Nder hitaande 1970 o yahi janngude e Hunter College, New York, nden nder hitaande 1979 o yahdi to San Francisco Bay Area ngam o heɓugo MA nder binndi. Bana David Katz wi'i, "Adisa'en golle ɗon nafama diga ɓaawo ɓiyum nder ɓiyum e nder suudu cukko nder lesdi Jamaika, to baaba maako ɗon huuwa bana kemist e inna maako bana marɗo defte. Nder haala nde'e, Opal sukaajo ɗon anndinaako tan ko anndal haala, ammaa boo, ɓaawo waalidi mum'en ɓe cujji, to hakkiilo walaa keerol haani ha haani haani ha rewɓe e hakkiiloji ɗi ɓe ɗon haani haaki dow talaka'en. Goongaaji ɗi'e, e ɓesda e ɓernde mum ngam ɓeyda nguurndam yimɓe haade maako, waɗi Adisa yiɗi "taƴugo wolde to ɓe ngalaa wolde" nder duuɓi mawngu.