Jamila Babayo
Hajiya Jamila Babayo Musa is a female Nigerian writer. She writes novels in Hausa that focus on girl child abuse and human trafficking. Her writings combine themes of women's rights with issues relating to the Hausa people and Islam, drawing from her own experiences as a member of these groups.
 Babayo in 2019 during an interview with BBC Hausa | |
| Born | Jamila Babayo Musa 11 December 1983 Potiskum, Yobe State, Nigeria |
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| Language | Karekare |
| Residence | Potiskum, Yobe State |
| Alma mater | College of Administrative and Business Studies, Potiskum |
| Genre | Prose |
| Notable works | A Juri Zuwa Rafi |
| Notable awards | See below |
| Spouse | Alhaji Sa'id Ibrahim |
Writing career
Babayo maintains the role that is expected of her and the religious practice of polygamy that constitutes the Hausa female's reality, and therefore writes about how to combat such circumstances.[1]
Awards
In the year 2019, Jamila Babayo become the third-place winner of the BBC Hausa's Short Story Writing Competition and was awarded at the Sheraton Hotel in Abuja.[2] Jamila lives with her family in Potiskum, Yobe State, Nigeria.
References
- Dandalin Taurari (November 2019). "Ban yi tsammanin zan lashe gasar Hikayata ba". Mujallar ADABI.
- "Winner emerges in BBC Hausa short story competition". P.M. News. October 26, 2019.
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