Rufaida Umar Ibrahim
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Born16 January 1995
Occupation
- Writer
- Novelist
NationalityNigerian
EducationBiology and Integrated Science Education.
Rufaida Umar Ibrahim | |
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| Born | 16 January 1995 |
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| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Education | Biology and Integrated Science Education. |
| Alma mater | Federal College of Education, Kano |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Notable awards | |
| Children | Fatima Alawiyyah, Halimatus Sadiya, Aisha Humaira |
Rufaida Umar Ibrahim (born January 16, 1995) is a Nigerian writer and novelist who writes in Hausa. She was born and raised in a half-caste family of Gobirawa and Fulani in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. She rose to fame after winning the BBC Hausa's women short story writing competition in the year 2020 as the 3rd runner-up alongside Maryam Umar who became the 1st prize winner.[2][3] Her success for winning another short story competition as 1st runner-up organized by Aminiya Trust Newspaper in the late 2020 made her often regarded as one of the most popular leading female writers of Northern Nigeria.[4][5][6][7]
