Ibrahim Sheme

Ibrahim Sheme is a bilingual Nigerian writer, journalist, filmmaker, and publisher. He worked as editor and correspondent of many Nigerian newspapers, including Leadership, The Tide, New Nigerian, The Reporter, and Hotline Magazine.He also authored the official biography of the number two man in the military government of General Olusegun Obasanjo, the late Major-General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, and the official biography of the leading Hausa musician and singer, the late Mamman Shata. Quotes Shata Ikon Allah’ simply means “Shata, God’s Miracle.” I did not create this truism. It was one of the emirs of Kano, Alhaji Sir Muhammadu Sanusi (reigned 1953 – April 1963 ) who used to address the musician with those words in an appreciative manner whenever he visited the palace to pay his respects to the monarch. I started working on the biography alone in 1991. Then in 1997, I was introduced to one Aliyu Ibrahim Kankara by Ibrahim Malumfashi, presently a professor at Kaduna State University (KASU), Kaduna, as somebody who had also begun to write a biography of Shata. Malumfashi said the young man had requested to introduce him to me and see if we could merge our works to produce a single volume. All of us lived in Kaduna. When we met, I agreed. I have learnt lessons in single-mindedness, good focus and forgiveness. Never derail in your work because of financial constraints or backstabbing. Maintain your focus. And, then, move on after the successful completion of your project. Above all, try and not make the same mistakes of the past; learn from your own history. Ibrahim speaking on the lessons he had learnt during hard times External links Category:Living people Category:Nigerian writers Category:Journalists from Nigeria