{"id":4156,"date":"2007-10-25T09:42:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-25T09:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4156"},"modified":"2024-03-02T15:33:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T15:33:00","slug":"sheme-emerges-winner-of-engineer-mohamed-bashir-karaye-prize-in-hausa-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=4156","title":{"rendered":"Sheme emerges winner of Engineer Mohamed Bashir Karaye Prize in Hausa Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Three writers emerged yesterday as winners of the maiden edition of Engineer Mohamed Bashir Karaye Prize in Hausa Literature.<\/p>\r\n<p>The investiture of the prize took place at an impressive ceremony organised by the Abuja chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA).<\/p>\r\n<p>Editor of LEADERSHIP, Ibrahim Sheme, took the first prize with his novel, <em>&#8216;Yartsana<\/em>, while Hajiya Balaraba Ramat Yakubu and Maje El-Hajeej Hotoro came second and third with their novels, <em>Matar Uba Jaraba<\/em> and <em>Kankana<\/em> respectively.<\/p>\r\n<p>The prize was endowed by the widow of the late Mohammed Bashir Karaye, a former commissioner in Kano State and an ardent lover of the arts.<\/p>\r\n<p>The widow, Mrs Bilkisu A. 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