Abubakar Imam was a Nigerian writer

Writer

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, journalist

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 and politician

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 from Kagara, Niger in Nigeria

Nigeria

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. For most of his life, he lived in Zaria

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, where he was the first Hausa

Hausa people

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 editor of Gaskiya Ta Fi Kwabo

Gaskiya Ta Fi Kwabo

Gaskiya Ta Fi Kwabo is a Nigerian newspaper, printed three times a week. It is the world's first Hausa language paper, and was one of northern Nigeria's first periodicals. Gaskiya Ta Fi Kwabos first editor was Abubakar Imam...

, the pioneer Newspaper in Northern Nigeria.
He attended Katsina College and the University of London

University of London

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's Institute of Education

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. He first came to repute when he submitted a play for a literary competition in 1933. The judge in the competition was Rupert East, the head of a translation committee, he liked his writing, usually accentuated by the vivid knowledge of native norms and vegetation and mixed with his literary style of wit and imaginative prose. In 1939, together with Robert East and a few others, they started the Gaskiya corporation, a publishing house, which became a successful venture and created a platform for many northern intellectuals to draw forth their voice. The exposure of many premier writers in Northern Nigeria to the political process influenced Imam to join politics. In 1952, with the formation of the Northern People's Congress

Northern People's Congress

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, together with Umaru Agaie, and Nuhu Bamalli

Nuhu Bamalli

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, they formed the major administrative nucleus of the party.