Zaynab Alkali

Zaynab Alkali
Born	1950
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. She is regarded as the first woman novelist from Northern Nigeria.

Alkali was born in Tura-Wazila in Borno State in 1950. She graduated from Bayero University Kano with a BA in 1973. 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.

She rose to be a dean in the Faculty of arts at Nasarawa State University in Keffi where she taught creative writing.

She is regarded as the first woman novelist from Northern Nigeria.

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