Kabura Zakama

Poet

Maiduguri , BO

Nigeria

Borno NG

Email:

kzakama@gmail.com

Website:

kaburazakama.com

Twitter/X:

@KaburaZakama

Author's Bio

Kabura Zakama is a Nigerian writer and promoter of writing in indigenous languages. His collection of poems, The Man Lived, won the 1999 ANA Poetry Prize. He is a member of the Association of Nigerian Authors, Abuja Literary Society and Abuja Writers Forum. He has been published in several anthologies, including 25 New Nigerian Poets and Dance the Guns to Silence: 100 Poems for Ken Saro-Wiwa. His latest collection of poems, Chant of the Angry, was published in October 2021. He is an international development and humanitarian practitioner based in North East Nigeria.

Publications & Prizes

Books:

Chant of the Angry (Kairos Productions, 2021)

The Man Lived (Kairos Productions, 2004)

Prizes won:

ANA Poetry Prize, 1999

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Birago Diop Kwesi Brew Lenrie Peters

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Garkida, AD

Nigeria

Adamawa

Raised in:

Garkida, AD

Nigeria

Adamawa

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Last update: Mar 19, 2022