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Unknown to many, there are some good female writers in Northern Nigeria, but they are not easily known because they write in Hausa language. For a wider audience, I have advocated for translations, for years, at various forums, at home and abroad.

— Zaynab Alkali

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Education opens doors and gives an individual option in life.

If you want to be a good writer, write what you deeply feel you should write, not what you feel the audience will like.

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My stories are triggered by drama of life.

The character of Ezeulu, the chief priest in Arrow of God, by Chinua Achebe is one of my favourite characters.

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