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Dr
ALKALI
Zaynab
BA.M.A. Ph.D.; university lecturer, writer; b: 1950; p: Garkida; so: Borno; m: Prof. Nur Alkali; nc: six;
ed: Waka Girls Boarding School. Biu. lga. Borno State; Queen Elizabeth Secondary School. Ilorin. Kwara State. 1963-68; Ahmadu Bello University. Zaria; Bayero University. Kano.
cr: Headmistress. Shekara Boarding School. Kano. 1974-76; Asst. Lecturer. Bayero University. Kano; Lecturer, University of Maiduguri; 1981-83; Lecturer/Co ordinator. English and General Studies, Modibbo Adama College, Yola, 1984-85; Snr Lecturer. English, University of MaidusurT. 19S5- aprof. African Literature and Creative Writins. University of Maiduguri. since 1998;Excu.Scc. Womens Right Advancement'and Protection Alternative WRAPA. Abuja. 1998-99. dir. AZ ZY Writers Centre. Rijiyar Zaki, Kano. Since 2000; Deputy dir. USD &BI National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Abuja, since 2000; Teleast Judge, 1987; Council mem. Nigerian Copy Right, 1989-94, Council National Commission of Musuem and Monuments since 2001; mm. Association of Nigerian Authors; former presd. Association of Nigerian Authors, Borno State branch, award: Association of Nigerian Authors award for best novel of the year The Stillborn. 1985, Inner Wheel award of Rotary Club, Maduguri Branch, 1987; Roll of Hon.award, Creative Writers Association Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.1987; merit award for Letters National Council for Women Societies, 1997; Association of Ni«erian authors award for the Best Short Story of the year. 1997; award for Excellence. Leo Club. University of Maiduguri: f. Cambridge Seminar. 1997;
publ: Stillborn. Longman, London, 1984; The Virtuous Woman. Longman, London, 1987; Cobwebs and Other Stories- 1997-
hob: reading, writing, off: Department of English, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Borno State.
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