Ifeoma onyefulu biography of alberta smith

Name is pronounced "Ee-for-ma Oh-yefulu"; born March 31, , in Onitsha, Nigeria ; daughter of Emmanuel a lawyer and Emily a businesswoman; maiden name, Ekwensi Onyefulu; married Roger Malbert an exhibition organizer , June 6, ; children: Emeka, Ikenna sons. Religion: Church of England. Home — 15 Bickerton Rd. Photographer and author.

Caribbean Times, London, England, staff photographer, ; freelance writer and photographer, beginning Ifeoma Onyefulu is a Nigerian expatriate living in England who has successfully introduced English-speaking audiences to the range and variety of village life in her homeland through her picture books for young readers. Illustrated with her own photographs, Onyefulu's books have been praised as useful additions to classroom libraries for the lessons they teach about the universality of some experiences, as well as for offering a rarely seen depiction of African village life.

The brightly colored photographs she includes in books such as A Is for Africa, Grandfather's Work: A Traditional Healer in Nigeria, and A Triangle for Adaora: An African Book of Shapes evoke the important relationships between the people in her stories and also illustrate the customs and realities of everyday life in contemporary Africa.

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The first of Onyefulu's concept books, A Is for Africa provides an overview of Nigerian village life while also reviewing the alphabet for young English speakers. Chris Powling, writing in Books for Keeps, compared the visual impact of A Is for Africa to "stepping from a darkened room straight into noon sunshine, so bright and needle-sharp are the author's photographs.

Like A Is for Africa, the counting book Emeka's Gift contains a brightly lit visual tribute to Nigerian village life that some critics have found enchanting. The simple story finds a young boy setting off to buy his grandmother a birthday gift.