{"id":5032,"date":"1998-11-01T00:20:59","date_gmt":"1998-11-01T00:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=5032"},"modified":"2023-11-01T00:29:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T00:29:45","slug":"voice-from-the-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.net\/?p=5032","title":{"rendered":"Voice from the Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TITLE:<\/strong> <em>Voice from the Kitchen<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUTHOR:<\/strong> Nana Aishatu Ahmad<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUBLISHER:<\/strong> Informart, Kaduna<\/p>\n<p><strong>YEAR:<\/strong> 1998<\/p>\n<p><strong>PAGES:<\/strong> 94<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRICE:<\/strong> Not available<\/p>\n<p><strong>BLURB:<\/strong> Nana Aishatu Ahmad scores another hit with this her second volume of poetry published. In it, her tearful and accusative voice is loud and unflagging, singing of lost opportunities, poverty, betrayal, love and death. Even as she wails, she reasons, challenges and relentlessly lampoons. In a period of economic despondency her moony nostalgia invokes a ritual of soul-searching and carves a new course out of the gloom. <em>Voice from the Kitchen<\/em> re-establishes Ahmad as one of the significant pioneer poets from northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE AUTHOR:<\/strong> Nana Aishatu Ahmad graduated from the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, with a degree in English Language and obtained a M.Ed. (English) from the University of Jos. She taught at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, and now teaches at the Federal College of Education, Gombe. Her poems have appeared in news publications and journals, as well as in the Association of Nigerian Authors&#8217; anthology, <em>Voices from the Fringe<\/em>. 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TITLE: Voice from the Kitchen AUTHOR: Nana Aishatu Ahmad PUBLISHER: Informart, Kaduna YEAR: 1998 PAGES: 94 PRICE: Not available BLURB: Nana Aishatu Ahmad scores another hit with this her second volume of poetry published. In it, her tearful and accusative voice is loud and unflagging, singing of lost opportunities, poverty, betrayal, love and death. 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