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Hakkina (My Right) by Aishatu Musa Dalil has won this years BBC Hausa short story contest for women.

The winner of the 2021 competition Aishatu is an 18-year-old, first year university student of English and French.

She began writing in 2018 and has a passion for writing about women’s issues.

Hakkina tells the story of a young woman, Fatima, who is raped by her stepfather and is threatened by her mother not to tell anyone about the abuse.

In fact, she locks Fatima in a room despite the injuries she sustained during the assault.

To Fatima’s mother, silencing her daughter not only covers for her husband, but also “protects” her daughter from the stigma faced by victims of rape in the Hausa society.

The first runner-up is a story written by Nana Aicha Hamissou Abdoulaye.

Titled: “Butulci,” (Betrayal) it is about a young couple whose new marriage and pregnancy news is marred by the sudden horror of kidnapping.

The title of the story stems from the events that led up to the kid