Bilkisu Funtuwa

Hajiya Bilkisu Salisu Ahmed Funtuwa is a Nigerian author who writes novels in Hausa that focus on female Muslim protagonists. She is one of the best-known writers of what is known as "Kano market literature" or Littattafan Soyayya — "books of love". Quotes I think I was motivated by three main reasons, all of them based on my feelings for the North. The first is the way girls in the North are having their rights denied. You find a brilliant girl with the urge to further her education but as soon as she gets married the husband prevents her from going further. Bilkisu Funtuwa talking about her motivation to start writing I did so because of old folks non-literates, who would like to read the stories but cannot. I realized that through home videos l could render another great help. Whoever cannot read can watch the video. Bilkisu Funtuwa explaining why she delved into Film making as a writer External links Category:Women authors from Nigeria Category:Novelists from Nigeria Category:Living people