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Kabura Zakama [1](nji yanyi 11 hya May fa 1964) is a Nigerian poet, veterinarian ba  international development and humanitarian practitioner. His collection of poems, ndgya kra simiya penji or fa 1999 Association of Nigerian Authors ANA Poetry Prize.[2] naja ngyanji shabiya aga Birago Diop, Lenrie Peters, Tanure Ojaide ba Kwesi Brew aga key influences oh poetry nyi. Or fa 1998, Zakama established Kairos Productions in order to publish upcoming writers. poetry nyi a thurdin ji or Africa ba abeyanni.[3][4]

Early life and education

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Career

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Poetry

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Sole publications

  • The Man Lived (poems), Kairos Productions, 2004
  • Chant of the Angry (poems), Kairos Productions, 2021

Anthologies

  • Vultures in the Air: Voices from Northern Nigeria, edited by Zaynab Alkali and Al Imfeld, Spectrum Books, 1995
  • 25 New Nigerian Poets, edited by Toyin Adewale; Ishmael Reed Publishing, 2000 [11]
  • Passport to the New World, edited by Sunny Ayewanu; Apex Books Limited, 2001
  • Uncle Bola's Promise: an Abuja Literary Society anthology of poems and prose, compiled by Victor Anoliefo; Foucault Publishers, Netherlands, 2003
  • Five Hundred Nigeria Poets, Volume One, edited by Jerry Agada; Aboki Publishers, 2005
  • Dance the Guns to Silence: 100 Poems for Ken Saro-Wiwa, edited by Nii Ayikwei Parkes and Kadija Sesay; flipped eye publishing and African Writers Abroad, 2005

Sagitar tang

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  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200904153123/https://kaburazakama.com/about-kabura-zakama/
  2. https://allafrica.com/stories/201010220492.html
  3. https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit/2ba23c4974834a19901709424930ee42-pastoralist-development-initiative-abuja
  4. https://thenationonlineng.net/church-seeks-partnership-lift-poor/