Zaynab Alkali
| Zaynab Alkali | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1950[1] |
| Nationality | Nigeria |
| Education | Bayero University Kano |
| Known for | first woman novelist from Northern Nigeria |
| Spouse(s) | Mohammed nur Alkali |
| Children | six |
Zaynab Alkali (born 1950 Tura-Wazila, Borno State) is a Nigerian novelist, poet, short story writer.[2][3][1] She is regarded as the first woman novelist from Northern Nigeria.
Life
Alkali was born in Tura-Wazila in Borno State in 1950. She graduated from Bayero University Kano with a BA in 1973.[4] She obtained a doctorate in African Studies in the same university and became the principal of Sakera Girls' boarding school. She went on to be a lecturer in English at two universities in Nigeria.[5]
She rose to be a dean in the Faculty of arts at Nasarawa State University in Keffi where she taught creative writing.[5]
She is regarded as the first woman novelist from Northern Nigeria.[1]
Works
- The Stillborn, Lagos: Longman (Drumbeats), 1984, ISBN 978-0-582-78600-4[6]
- The Virtuous Woman, Longman Nigeria, 1987, ISBN 978-978-139-589-5
- Cobwebs & Other Stories, Lagos: Malthouse Press, 1997, ISBN 978-978-0230296.
- The Descendants, Tamaza, 2005, ISBN 978-978-2104-73-1
- The Initiates, 2007, ISBN 978-978-029-767-1.
Edited
- Zaynab Alkali, Al Imfeld (eds), Vultures in the Air: Voices from Northern Nigeria, Ibadan-Kaduna-Lagos: Spectrum Books, 1995, ISBN 978-978-2462-60-2
References
- 1 2 3 Zainab Alkali, SIU.edu
- ↑ Pushpa Naidu Parekh, Siga Fatima Jagne, eds. (1998). "Zaynab Alkali". Postcolonial African Writers: a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-29056-5.
- ↑ "Zaynab Alkali". Ips.siu.edu. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
- ↑ Margaret Busby, Daughters of Africa, London: Cape, 1992, p. 782.
- 1 2 Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong; Steven J. Niven (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 177–178. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
- ↑ Dearborn Financial Publishing, 1988; London: Longman, 1989; Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1990; Longman International Education. 1995
External links
- Africanwriter.com
- Ips.siu.edu
- Sumaila Umaisha, "Zaynab Alkali chats with KASU students", 5 January 2011.
- Jstor.org
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