Hafsat Abdulwaheed

Abdulwaheed has been a member of a women's rights group in Nigeria called Baobab. When the country returned to democratic governance in 1999 after prolonged military rule, the group observed that there were no women in the cabinet of the North-Western State of Zamfara, where Hafsat has been living with her husband for many years. At one time, she said, "the leadership of the group went to visit the governor and expressed their displeasure at this development. I didn't go with them because I wasn't given to keeping quiet when I felt something wasn't right.

Hafsat Abdulwaheed started writing when she was in primary school, where she wrote folk tales and she received awards. She once received an award from the British Council when she was either in primary four or five. In 1970 she entered one of her stories, So Aljannar Duniya ("Love is Paradise on Earth"), which she wrote when she was in primary five, in a literary competition organized by the Northern Nigerian Publishing Company (NNPC). The book was inspired by the experiences of her elder sister who at that time married a Libyan and the cultural differences began to generate friction in the marriage. She reviewed and edited it before it was submitted.

Hafsat Abdulwaheed Ahmed (born May 5, 1952) is a Nigerian, writer, poet, and a women's rights activist. She is the first female Hausa writer from Northern Nigeria to have written a published novel. Hafsat hails from Kofar Mata quarters of Kano City of Kano State Nigeria.

Hafsat Abdulwaheed was born on May 5, 1952. She is a Nigerian author who writes mainly in Hausa. She is a poet, and a women's rights activist. She hails from Kofar Mata quarters of Kano City, Northern Nigeria. She did her primary education at Shahuci primary School and secondary school at Provincial Girls School currently known as Shekara Girls Secondary School, both in Kano State. She started writing in her primary school days. She married Muhammed Ahmed Abdulwaheed on January 25, 1966 In the early 1970s she became the first female Hausa writer to have her novel published. In the 2000s, she attempted to contest in the governorship election in the Northern Nigerian State of Zamfara. She has written more than 30 books, only five of which have been published. She has a number of children and the eldest among them is Kadaria Amed, a journalist