TITLE: Vision of the Jewel: A Collection of Poems Heralding the Birth of Gombe State
AUTHOR: Nana Aishatu Ahmad
PUBLISHER: Informart, Kaduna
YEAR: 1997, reprinted 2009
PAGES: 49
PRICE: Not available
BLURB: In Vision of the Jewel, Nana Aishatu Ahmad makes her debut as one of the first female poets from northern Nigeria to be published in the English language. The collection encapsulates the dawn of a new era for her people in Gombe State, a moment of sudden fulfillment pregnant with promises of a great future. Her dreams, hopes and fears are conceptualised in straight-shooting, enjoyable style devoid of obtuse abstractions.
THE AUTHOR: Nana Aishatu Ahmad is the author of several books, including Voice from the Kitchen, a collection of poems, as well as The Twist, her first published novel. Born in Gombe, she was educated at University of Maiduguri with a degree in English Language and obtained a M.Ed. (English) from University of Jos. She has taught at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, and Federal College of Education, Gombe. She was the Dean of Faculty of Languages at FCT College of Education, Zuba, Abuja, prior to her current appointment as the Honourable Commissioner of Education in Gombe State. Vision of the Jewel is her first book published.
… Vision marks her out as a poet of immense potential.
– New Nigerian
