Zaynab Alkali Analysis

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1.8.2 Her Themes
Zaynab Alkali is believed to be the first notable female voice from Northern Nigeria. She was enthusiastically welcomed in the male dominated Nigerian literary scene. Her widely read novels focus on the position of African women in patriarchal Africa. In her various works, she has dealt with themes ranging from the problems of child-brides, child abuse, the negative consequences of unemployment, purdah, polygamy etc. She has repeatedly called for a new brand of feminism or what one may term as African feminism. She has equally advocated and identified with what she fondly refers to as ‘womanism’. This new brand of feminism emphasizes the improvement of social, economic and political status of women. She has on several occasions called for a rejection of the western brand of feminism as based on strict gender equality and often anti-male stance. Through her writings, she struggles against cultural, traditional and class privileges which have prevented women’s progress. “In all her works, alkali offers a rare insight into the …show more content…

She was born in 1974 in Maiduguri, Bornu State which incidentally is her state of origin. She attended University Primary School Maiduguri, Bornu State. Her Secondary School was in Federal Government Girls College (FGGC), Yola, Adamawa State and Federal Government College (FGC), Maiduguri, Borno State. Her first degree was from University of Maiduguri, Borno State where she obtained a Bachelor of Law (LL.B). She proceeded to The Nigeria Law School, Bwari where she obtained a Barrister at Law (BL). She went ahead to obtain a master at Law (LL.M) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State. She has been teaching Law at University of Abuja since 2001. Before she ventured into the academia, she practiced Law for a year and a half at M. A. Bello and Co., Abuja. She is a Muslim by faith and is happily married with

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