’Ya Mace or ‘The Girl-Child’ by Safiyya Jibril has won this year’s BBC Hausa Short Story Writing Contest for Women. Safiyya is a 29 year-old secondary school teacher studying for her Master’s degree in Soil Science at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, northern Nigeria. The story highlights the ordeal of Halima, who going by family tradition, is expected get married …

The BBC Hausa short story writing competition is now open for entries from all women writing in Hausa, irrespective of their nationality or experience. Entries must be engaging works of fiction on any topic and should be between 1000 to 1500 words. A panel of judges will select one winner and two runners-up. Jimeh Saleh, Editor of the BBC Hausa …