Biography of abubakar ladan zaria francis
The legendary nigerian poet abubakar ladan and his legacy of!
By Dr. Aliyu Tilde
This morning I travelled to Zaria to attend the funeral of Malam Abubakar Ladan, one of the greatest poets Africa has ever produced.
Biography of abubakar ladan zaria francis
Arguably, he is the most travelled among them, for, as he once told me in , he visited all but six countries in Africa.
I was the last visitor to see him apart from his relations. I visited him from Bauchi just six days ago in his house at Zaria.
I met him bedridden by illness. He said, “Tilde, see what has become of me. I cant walk. I am only carried: Old age and illness.”
My children couldn’t withhold their tears as he tried to speak with difficulty.
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They came in with my camera but he was in too a bad shape for any photograph. We tarried a while before bidding him farewell, praying for his condition to better, not knowing that it will be our last sight of the exceptional and inspirational talent.
This morning Fatuhu wrote on our poet’s forum that Abubakar Ladan has died.
I didn’t need to think before knowing that I must attend