Zaynab Alkali

Zaynab Alkali an haifeta a 1950 a daga gidan Turah- Mazila dake jahar Borno da Adamawa, tayi Makarantar sakandaren Queen Elizabeth, Illorin. sannan ta tafi zuwa Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello dake Zaria inda tasamu digirin farko dana biyu, Sai daga baya ta koma Jami'ar Bayero dake Kano takaranta English har takaiga tasamu digiri na uku wato matakin Dakta. Alkali ta shahara a rubuce-rubucen takaitattun kagaggun labarai, littafinta na farko data wallafa kuma shaharan littafinta shine 'The Stillborn' a shekara ta 1984 sannan ta biyo da 'Virtuous woman' wadda Longman suka wallafa a shekara ta 1987, Alkali dai ta kasance marubuciya kuma ta wallafa littafai da dama, kuma littafan ta sunkasance an fassara zuwa yaruka daban-daban kamar Jamusanci, larabci, Faransanci and Safaniyanci.

Tana daga cikin mata marubutan farko a Arewacin Najeriya.

Rayuwar ta

An haifi Alkali ne a garin Tura-Wazila a jahar Borno dake Arewacin kasar Najeriyaa shekarar 1950. Tayi karatu a jami'ar Bayaro dake Kanoda digirin BAa 1973 Tayi taratun digirin digirgir a jami'ar sannan ta zama shugabar makarantar mata ta kwana ta Sakere Girls Boarding School. Ta koyar da darasin turanci a jami'oin Najeriya da dama. Ta zama shugabar sashe a Jami'ar Jahar Nasarawa dake Keffi.

Ayyukan ta

Littattafanta

• The Stillborn, Lagos: Longman (Drumbeats), 1984, ISBN 978-0-582-78600-4
• 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.

Wanda ta gyara

• 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