Sani Maikatanga

Rayuwar farko da ilimi 

An haifi Sani Maikatanga a karamar hukumar Nasarawa, Jihar Kano, Najeriya. Da ga Alhaji Muhammadu Maikatanga da Hajiya Hauwa Gumel . Ya yi Makarantar Firamare ta Musamman ta Giginyu tsakanin 1983 da 1989, Makarantar Sakandare ta Gwamnati a Tarauni tsakanin 1989-1991 kuma ya ci gaba da karatu a Kwalejin Ilimi da Fasaha ta Bichi inda ya karanta injiniyan lantarki.

 Ayyuka 
Maikatanga ya fara aikinsa bayan ya bar makaraNTA tare da Salisu Baso da Tijjani NTA studio a Kawo, sannan ya koma Babson Studio a kan Laraba Road da Galaxy Photo Studio a Giginyu kafin ya shiga aikin jarida a shekarar 2000.

Maikatanga ya fara aikinsa na daukar hoto a shekara ta 2000 a matsayin mai ba da rahoto da mai daukar hoto ga shahararren littafin fim na Hausa FIM Magazine . Daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin mai daukar hoto mai zaman kansa na Jaridar Leadership daga 2005 zuwa 2006 kafin ya shiga Media Trust, masu wallafa jaridar Daily Trust, a cikin 2009.

Bayan barin Media Trust a cikin 2021, Sani Maikatanga ya kafa kamfaninsa, Sani Maikatang Photography, kuma ya ci gaba da aikinsa a matsayin mai daukar hoto, yana mai da hankali kan 'yan asalin ƙasar da al'ummomin da ke ware a arewacin Najeriya. Daga cikin abubuwan da ya dauka akwai shahararren bikin kamun kifi na Argungu, wanda ya ba shi lambar yabo tare da hotonsa, Fishers on the Run, wanda aka dauka a bikin Argungu, a matsayin mai nasara na farko bayan ya sami mafi yawan kuri'u.

Maikatanga ya zama sananne da farko ta hanyar hotunan tseren doki, wanda aka fi sani da Durbar a arewacin Najeriya. Ya kuma rufe yawancin abubuwan da suka faru na Jamhuriyar Nijar, kamar bikin Salt Cure a In-Gall da bikin Bianou a Agadez . Shahararrun kafofin watsa labarai kamar su BBC Hausa, Media Trust,  Associated Press,  Deutsche Welle, Reuters,  New York Post,  da The Guardian  suna amfani da hotunansa.

 Daraja da kyaututtuka 
Maikatanga sanannen mai daukar hoto ne a arewacin Najeriya wanda ya zama sunan gida tsakanin matasa da mata. Ya sami kyaututtuka da yawa, takaddun shaida, da kuma karbuwa daga hukumomi daban-daban da manufofi na kasashen waje, wanda mafi kwanan nan daga Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Afirka ne.

 Kyaututtuka 

 Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) wasika ta godiya don taimakawa, aiki, da kuma motsawa a lokacin shirin kwalara na MSF Holland a Kano a cikin 2000.
 Kyautar Taimako ta Farko, wanda Kungiyar Red Cross ta Najeriya ta shirya.
 Kyautar kyawawan halaye da kungiyar fina-finai ta Hausa ta bayar sama da shekaru goma na gudummawa mai ban mamaki ga masana'antar fina-fakka.
 Kyautar Kyauta daga Northern Trendz don gudummawa ga karfafa matasa.
 Wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta uku a gasar daukar hoto a gasar cin kofin kasar Sin da Najeriya a gasar daukar hotuna a shekarar 2019.
 Ceto Kyautar Gidauniyar Mata ta Inspirational da Creativity (REWOFO) 2020.
 Kyautar Kyaututtuka ta hanyar Inspire Arewa Youth Initiative 2020.
 Kyautar Kyaututtuka ta FASHMEX 2020
 Gidan Tarihi na Duniya (GLF) Gasar Hotuna ta Afirka Mai cin nasara na farko 2022 . 
 Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 a Najeriya / Kyautar masu cin nasara 2022

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1975