Kaduna Language Class

About the Author

Born in Kano, Nigeria, Hadiza Isma El-Rufai holds BSc and MSc degrees in Architecture from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in Nigeria, and an MBA degree from the same university. She also has an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University, Bath, UK.

She is the founder of the Yasmin El-Rufai Foundation, which aims to awaken and nurture creativity in children and improve the literacy skills of disadvantaged young women in northern Nigeria.

Hadiza currently lives in Kaduna with her husband and children. She is the author of An Abundance of Scorpions, a novel.