Hoton Tomi Adeyemi yana kallo daga bangon sabon littafinta, The Siren. Hoton mai ban mamaki ne: fuskarta ta cika firam ɗin, ba ta yin murmushi, kallon da take yi yana kan mai kallo kai tsaye. "Yana da ban tsoro – kamar Mona Lisa, tana kallonka a ko'ina," in ji ta, tana dariya.
Yin amfani da hoton marubuci a bangon littafi abu ne da ba a saba gani ba, kuma Adeyemi ta ce hakan nuna mallaka ne. Bayan shekaru 12 a cikin duniyar Children of Blood and Bone – littafi na farko a cikin jerin littattafan YA wanda ya sa ta zama tauraruwar adabi, da kuma daidaita shi zuwa fim, wanda ya zama tushen baƙin ciki mai zurfi – Adeyemi ta so wannan littafin ya kasance nata babu shakka.
"Zaɓi ne mai tsanani, kuma ina tsammanin saboda ina buƙatar mutane su gan ni a cikin wannan," in ji ta. "Na sami nasara mai yawa, amma kuma ya faru ta hanyar da fassarar mutane da yawa aka dora kan wacece ni."
Rikicin jama'a na kwanan nan game da daidaitawar fim ɗin mai zuwa na iya jawo hankali, amma marubuciyar 'yar Najeriya Ba'amurkiya mai shekaru 33 ta riga ta shafe yawancin rayuwarta ta manya ana kallo. Children of Blood and Bone, littafinta na farko na 2018, ya zama abin mamaki a fannin bugawa, ya sami yarjejeniya babba ta miliyoyin, kuma ya fara a matsayi na 1 a jerin masu siyar da littattafan matasa na New York Times. Labarinta na Zélie, wata budurwa da ke gwagwarmaya don maido da sihiri a masarautar Orïsha, an yi wahayi daga tatsuniyoyin Yammacin Afirka kuma ya ba da wani abu da Adeyemi ta yi marmarin samu tun tana yaro: yarinya Baƙar fata mai duhun fata a tsakiyar babban labarin fantasy.
Nasarar ta kawo nata tatsuniyar. Adeyemi ba ƙaramin marubuci matashi mai nasara ba ne kawai; ta zama, a tunaninta, alama ta abin da ƙarni na gaba na adabin YA na Baƙar fata zai iya zama – wani abu da ta ji nauyinsa sosai.
"Na ji matsin lamba na zama cikakkiyar yarinya Baƙar fata mai duhun fata, na zama 'Oprah mai kyau'," in ji ta. "Wannan ita ce yarjejeniyar littafin YA mafi girma a tarihi, ba ga mace ko marubucin Baƙar fata kaɗai ba. Kuma kaɗan ne daga cikinmu ake ba su dama kwata-kwata, don haka a cikin shekaru 12 da suka gabata akwai wannan ji na ɗaukar kowa."
Masu karatu suna gaya mata abin da littafin ya nufi ga 'ya'yansu. "Ba ka da masaniyar abin da wannan ya yi mini," suna cewa. Irin waɗannan martanin suna da ban sha'awa, amma kuma da wuya a san abin da za a yi da su.
Yanzu, da The Siren, Adeyemi ta ƙaura daga babban fantasy zuwa wani abu na zamani. Littafin mai zaman kansa yana bin Emery, wata ɗaliba Baƙar fata da ta isa Kwalejin Dartmouth da niyyar barin abin da ya gabata mai wahala a baya. An ja ta cikin wata ƙungiyar mata ta asiri ta "Sirens" kuma tana matuƙar son shiga ciki. A wasu hanyoyi, in ji Adeyemi, littafin yana da alaƙa da kai sosai. "[Emery] ita ce matashiyata ta ciki," in ji ta. "Ina so kawai in rungume ta."
Wataƙila ta sami nasara, amma a farkon aikin Adeyemi bai taɓa zama tabbatacce ba. Ta rubuta labarinta na farko tana shekara biyar – fan fiction na Parent Trap saboda, in ji ta, tana "son tagwaye da doki". Sannan ta shafe shekaru tana ƙoƙarin kada ta zama marubuciya. Iyayenta sun ƙaura zuwa Chicago daga Najeriya a farkon shekarun su na 20, kuma Adeyemi ta girma da ɗabi'ar neman nasara ba kakkautawa wanda yakan zo da zama ɗan ƙaura na ƙarni na farko – wanda ba ya jin daɗin ayyukan kirkire-kirkire. Ta yi la'akari da likitanci, bankin zuba jari da shawarwari, amma ta ci gaba da komawa ga rubutu. "Ana kiranka ka zama ɗan fasaha abu ne mai ban tsoro," in ji ta. "Ba zaɓi mai ma'ana ba ne."
Bayan karatun Turanci a Harvard, Adeyemi ta sami tallafin karatu don nazarin tatsuniyoyi da al'adun Yammacin Afirka a Salvador, Brazil, ƙwarewar da daga baya za ta yi wahayi ga Children of Blood and Bone. Ta ƙaura zuwa California kuma ta fara aiki na ɗan lokaci a wani kamfanin shirya fina-finai a Los Angeles yayin da take rubuta littafinta na farko.
Wannan ƙoƙari na farko ya ɗauki shekaru huɗu da rabi ana rubutawa kuma ya sami ƙi 63. Ta yanke shawarar ta bar rubutun ta rubuta Children of Blood and Bone maimakon. Lokacin da aka buga shi a 2018, nan da nan ya zama ɗaya daga cikin littattafan YA da aka fi magana akai a shekarar. Ga marubuciya da ta shafe shekaru ana ƙi ta, saurin da girman abin da ya biyo baya suna da ruɗani. "Ban taɓa daidaitawa da gaske ba, saboda akwai aiki da yawa da za a yi," in ji ta. "Shekaru 12 zuwa 14 ne na aiki mai tsanani."
Sannan fim ɗin ya zo. A takarda, mafarkin marubuci ne: littafinta zai zama babban shiri na Hollywood tare da ƴan wasa masu tauraro da ba za a iya yiwuwa ba ciki har da Viola Davis, Idris Elba, Regina King, Damson Idris, Amandla Stenberg da Cynthia Erivo, wanda zai fara a Janairu 2027. Adeyemi ta haɗa rubutun allo, amma yayin da daidaitawar ke ci gaba, ta ƙara rashin jin daɗi da tsarin.
A watan Yuli, Adeyemi ta wallafa wani bidiyo na minti biyar a TikTok inda ta bayyana tsarin daidaitawa a matsayin "mafi munin abin da na taɓa fuskanta a rayuwa." Ta ce ta bar wurin yin fim "tana huci da kuka," kuma bayan haka ta fuskanci ciwo mai tsanani na jiki da hare-haren tsoro. "Ba na son sake jin labarin wannan aikin," in ji ta.
Ta ce ba ta yi jinkiri sosai ba game da yin magana a bainar jama'a. "Na fahimci cewa idan ban yi magana ba, ba zan iya ci gaba ba," in ji ta. "Ba zan iya damuwa da martani ba, saboda ba dole ba ne in rayu da yadda mutane suka amsa mini – dole ne in rayu da kaina, kowace rana."
Lokacin da na tambaye ta abin da ya faru daidai a wurin yin fim, duk da haka, Adeyemi ta yi jinkiri. "Ba zan shiga cikin dalla-dalla ba," in ji ta a hankali. "[Amma] dukan tafiyar jerin littattafan da daidaitawar ta ji kamar na Littafi Mai Tsarki … Ya ɗauki duk ni."
Akwai, duk da haka, tattaunawa ta jama'a game da zaɓen Amandla Stenberg a fim ɗin, wadda take da zuriyar gauraye, da tambayoyi game da wariyar launin fata: an kwatanta halin Stenberg a cikin littafin da "fata mai duhun jan ƙarfe." TikTok na Adeyemi na Yuli kuma ya nuna saƙonnin da ta aika wa Stenberg a Fabrairu 2025, a lokacin da Stenberg ta amsa martanin wariyar launin fata, tana gaya wa jarumar: "Kada ka sake amfani da sunana a wata hira ko bidiyo. Kada ka rubuta mini. Kada ka kira ni."
Lokacin da na tambayi Adeyemi ko tana son ta fayyace wani abu game da zaɓen 'yan wasa, ta ƙi. "Da fim, darakta ne ke yanke kowane shawara," in ji ta. "Da littafina zan iya magana game da kowane zaɓi har zuwa waƙafi, saboda da gaske hakan yana hannuna. Don haka babu wani abu da zan ƙara, sai bayanin cewa waɗannan ba zaɓuɓɓukana ba ne."
Ta bayyana sarai, duk da haka, game da abu ɗaya. Lokacin da na tambaye ta ko za ta taɓa daidaita wani littafinta don allo ta amsa kawai: "Ba za a taɓa ba." Ba ta da sha'awar kallon fim ɗin mai zuwa kuma. "Har yanzu ba na shirin kallonsa, amma ba nawa ba ne in kalla," in ji ta.
Maimakon haka, tana ƙoƙarin barin duniyar Children of Blood and Bone a baya, da mai da hankali kan abin da ta cimma. "Ina alfahari da ƙarfina, juriyata, da alherina," in ji ta.
Tana kuma alfahari da abin da ta yi imani littafinta na farko ya fara: gaskiyar cewa yanzu za ta iya shiga shagon littattafai ta ga shelves na jarumai masu duhun fata a fannin fantasy, soyayya, masu ban tsoro da asiri. "'Yan matan da suka girma bayana ba za su taɓa samun wannan ƙwarewar ba," in ji ta. Kamar yadda mawallafinta ya gaya mata: "Ka canza abubuwa."
The Siren na Tomi Adeyemi an buga shi ta First Ink ranar Alhamis. Don tallafa wa Guardian, yi oda kwafinka a guardianbookshop.com. Ana iya amfani da kuɗin isarwa.
Tambayoyin da ake yawan yi
Tambayoyin da ake yawan yi Tomi Adeyemi da Daidaitawar Fim ɗin Children of Blood and Bone
Tambayoyin Farko
Jira Tomi Adeyemi ta ce ba ta shirin kallon fim ɗin
Ee Marubuciyar Children of Blood and Bone ta bayyana a bainar jama'a cewa ba ta shirin kallon daidaitawar fim ɗin littafinta
Me ya sa za ta faɗi haka
Ta bayyana rashin jin daɗinta game da yadda aka gudanar da daidaitawar Kallon wani sigar labarinta da ba ta jin yana nuna hangen nesanta zai yi zafi don haka ta zaɓi kada ta kalla
Ta sayar da haƙƙin fim ɗin
Ee Paramount Pictures ta sami haƙƙin littafin a 2022 tare da shirye-shiryen daidaitawa zuwa fim
Hakan yana nufin fim ɗin ba zai faru ba
A'a fim ɗin yana ci gaba da tafiya Shawararta na rashin kallonsa ba ya hana yin shi
Tana da hannu wajen yin fim ɗin
An haɗa ta da aikin a matsayin mai gabatarwa mai zartarwa amma ta bayyana sarai cewa ba ta da matakin ikon kirkire-kirkire da take so
Tambayoyin Ci Gaba
Menene ainihin abin da ba ta jin daɗi
Ta bayyana damuwa game da shawarwarin kirkire-kirkire da nawa ne ra'ayinta a cikin tsarin A ganinta daidaitawar ta kauce daga abin da ta tsara wa labarin
Menene matsayin mai gabatarwa mai zartarwa kuma yana nufin iko na gaske
Mai gabatarwa mai zartarwa na iya shiga cikin manyan shawarwari amma taken ba ya tabbatar da ikon kirkire-kirkire Wani lokaci EPs suna da hannu sosai wani lokaci matsayi ne na shawara ko girmamawa Adeyemi ta nuna cewa tasirinta iyaka ne
Menene ikon kirkire-kirkire ke nufi a daidaitawar fina-finai
Ita ce ikon yanke shawara ta ƙarshe kan abubuwa kamar rubutun allo zaɓen 'yan wasa da yanayi Marubuta ba safai suke samun cikakken iko ba ɗakunan fim ne yawanci ke riƙe shi Wannan gibin shine tushen rikici na yau da kullum
Ta ce wani abu game da 'yan wasa ko darakta
Ta mai da hankali kan maganganunta na jama'a kan zaɓinta na rashin kallo maimakon kai hari ga takamaiman mutane Matsayinta ya fi game da kare kanta fiye da sukar daidaikun mutane
Wannan ya zama ruwan dare ga marubutan littattafan da aka daidaita
Ya fi yadda mutane suke tsammani yawa Marubuta da yawa ba su jin daɗin daidaitawa wasu suna magana wasu suna yin shiru Adeyemi ta shahara da yin magana kai tsaye game da shi
Matsalolin da ake yawan fuskanta da Shawarwari masu amfani
Rashin kallonta ba ya cutar da damar fim ɗin
Wataƙila ba sosai Amincewar marubuci
