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is a poet and a resident essayist in Minna. She writes from Kano, where she is currently finishing a law degree.
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is a poet and a resident essayist in Minna. She writes from Kano, where she is currently finishing a law degree.
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AUGUST 12 2020
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Poet, essayist and author of ‘When We Talk of Freedom’, Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu, believes anger is great for writing. She finds that anger ‘makes the futile exercise of trying to be careful while writing, fall away.’
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OCTOBER 14 2019
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Each time someone questioned Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu’s decision to wear a hijab, it wasn’t just about clothing. It spoke to a larger culture even in Nigeria, in which visibly Muslim women are either exoticized or viewed as oppressed.