Zaynab Alkali
Zaynab Alkali (alizaliwa 1950) ni mwandishi wa riwaya kutoka Nigeria.[1] Pia ni mshairi na mwandishi wa hadithi fupi, na anatajwa kuwa mwandishi wa kwanza mwanamke wa riwaya kutoka Kaskazini mwa Nigeria.[2][3]
Maisha na elimu
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Alkali alizaliwa Tura-Wazila, Jimbo la Borno mwaka 1950.[4] Alisoma katika Bayero University Kano na kuhitimu shahada ya BA mwaka 1973.[5] Baadaye alipata shahada ya uzamivu katika masomo ya Afrika katika chuo hicho hicho, na akafanya kazi kama mkuu wa Shule ya Wasichana ya Shekara. Pia alihudumu kama mhadhiri wa Kiingereza katika vyuo vikuu viwili nchini Nigeria.[6]
Familia
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Alkali aliolewa na aliyekuwa makamu mkuu wa University of Maiduguri, Mohammed Nur Alkali, na walipata watoto sita. Anaishi Keffi, ambapo aliwahi pia kufundisha katika Nasarawa State University.
Kazi
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Alkali alifanya kazi katika University of Maiduguri kwa takribani miaka ishirini kama mhadhiri mwandamizi wa Kiingereza. Baadaye alihamia katika Shirika la Afya ya Msingi la Nigeria (NPHCDA) Abuja, kabla ya kujiunga na Nasarawa State University.
Riwaya yake maarufu The Stillborn (1984) ilipokelewa vizuri na ilizingatia safari ya mwanamke anayepambana na changamoto za mila kandamizi.[7] Kazi nyingine ni pamoja na The Virtuous Woman (1987), Cobwebs & Other Stories (1997), The Descendants (2005), The Initiates (2007), na Invisible Borders (2016).[8]
Vitabu vyake vimetafsiriwa katika lugha mbalimbali zikiwemo Kijerumani, Kifaransa, Kiarabu na Kihispania.
Ajira na uongozi
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Alkali amewahi kuwa:
- Mhadhiri katika University of Maiduguri kwa zaidi ya miaka 20
- Afisa katika NPHCDA Abuja
- Profesa katika Nasarawa State University, Keffi
- Mkuu wa kitivo cha Sanaa
- Naibu Makamu Mkuu (Utawala)
- Mkurugenzi wa Mafunzo ya Jinsia
Tuzo
[hariri | hariri chanzo]- Tuzo ya ANA Literary Prize (1985)
- Icon of Hope (2000) – Rais Olusegun Obasanjo
- Nigerian Woman of Distinction Award (2010)
- Woman of Substance Merit Award (2011)
- Lifetime Achievement Award KABAFEST (2018)
Vitabu
[hariri | hariri chanzo]- The Stillborn (1984)
- The Virtuous Woman (1987)
- Cobwebs & Other Stories (1997)
- The Descendants (2005)
- The Initiates (2007)
Marejeo
[hariri | hariri chanzo]- ↑ Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.
- ↑ Ijewere, Esther (2019-01-07). "Meet Zaynab Alkali, the first woman novelist from Northern Nigeria". Women of Rubies (kwa American English). Iliwekwa mnamo 2026-03-19.
- ↑ Ovuakporie, Emman (2024-12-02). "Meet first female novelist from Northern Nigeria, Zainab Alkali". TheNewsGuru (kwa American English). Iliwekwa mnamo 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "ALKALI, Dr. Zaynab". Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation (kwa American English). 2016-11-09. Iliwekwa mnamo 2026-03-19.
- ↑ Margaret Busby, Daughters of Africa, London: Cape, 1992, p. 782.
- ↑ Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong; Steven J. Niven (2 Februari 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. ku. 177–178. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link) - ↑ Ouarodima, Maina (2018-06-01). "Women and Patriarchy: A Reading of Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn". American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences. 43 (1): 178–189.
- ↑ Amos, Kobor (2018-01-07). "Alkali's tale of love and politics in Invisible Borders". The Guardian.
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