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Zaynab Alkali


Born
Tura-Wazila, Borno State, Nigeria

Her Islamic family came from a village in Borno State, Nigeria, but moved to a Christian village in Gongola State, where she was brought up. She graduated from Bayero University, Kano, with a BA in 1973, obtaining an MA in African Literature in English in 1979. The first woman novelist from Northern Nigeria, she is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Maiduguri, Borno State.

(from Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby)

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Average rating: 3.88 · 382 ratings · 46 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors
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