Àtụ:Infobox Person Zaynab Alkali (onye amụrụ n'afọ 1950 na Tura-Wazila, Borno State) bụ otu n'ime novelist, ode abụ nakwa onye na-ede mkpirisi akụkọ na Naijiria. A na-ahụ y dika nwanyi mbụ bidoro dewa akụkọ n' Ugwu Awụsa nke ala Naijiria. A mụrụ Alkali na Tura-Wazila na State Borno n'afọ 1950. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Bayero University Kano na BA na 1973. O nwetara akara doctorate na African Studies n'otu mahadum ahụ ma ghọọ isi nke School Girls Board. Ọ gara n'ihu ịbụ onye nkụzi na Bekee na mahadum abụọ na Nigeria. Ọ lụrụ onye bụbu onye isi oche nke Mahadum Maiduguri , Mohammed Nur Alkali, ha nwere ụmụ isii . O biliri bụrụ onye na-arụ ọrụ na ngalaba nke nkà mmụta ihe omume na Nasarawa State University dị na Keffi , ebe ọ na-akụzi edemede ihe. A na-ele ya anya dịka onye mbụ na-ede akwụkwọ si Northern Nigeria. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ na Mahadum Maiduguri dị ka onye nkụzi nọ na ngalaba Bekee ebe ọrụrụ ọrụ ruo afọ iri abụọ.