Garba Gashuwa
| Garba Gashuwa | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1949 Gasamu, Bade, Gashuwa, Yobe State |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Nigerian |
| 💼 Occupation | A poet, Politician and a Civil Servant |
| Known for | Political poems |
| Notable work | Fasahar Garba Gashuw |
Alhaji Garba Gashuwa (1949 - ) is a contemporary Hausa poet from Northern Nigeria and one of the greatest in the area of Hausa political poems. Gashua was born in Gasamu and attended a traditional Qur’anic school in Gasamu. Although he did not attend any formal Western school, he learnt how to read and write in Roman Script (Bōkō) from friends.[1] Gashua’s composition is usually in Ajami (using Arabic-based alphabet to write indigenous languages). Thus far, he has composed more than one thousand poems on various subjects.
References
- ↑ Birniwa, Haruna Abdullahi (1987). ‘Conservatism and Dissent: A Comparative Study of NPC/NPN and NEPU/PRP Hausa Political Verse from ca 1946 to 1983’. Sokoto: Usmanu Danfodio University: Unpublished PhD. Theses. Search this book on
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