Sumaila Isah Umaisha
Sumaila Isah Umaisha is the Literary Editor of New Nigerian Newspapers. He has written two collections of short stories, The Last Hiding Place and Other Stories and Burning Dreams. He also has a collection of poems, hell@heavensgate. His works, in poems and short stories are featured in several anthologies, including Vultures in the Air, edited by Zaynab Alkali and the Swiss writer, Al Imfeld; WE-MEN, edited by Nduka Otiono and E. C. Osondu.
Umaisha is the immediate past Publicity Secretary (North) of Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) and the current chairman of the Kaduna State chapter of the association. He was awarded a literary merit award by the Kano State chapter of ANA in 2002. He is a joint winner of the 2005 ANA award for the Literary Journalist of the Year.
Entries by this Author
I Would Rather Shun Self-Publishing - Amatoritsero Ede
- By Sumaila Isah Umaisha
- Published August 13, 2007
- Profiles & Interviews
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"A writer who has never choked down a rejection slip will not get far, really. Rejections are part of the trade. In fact it is an honour to have been rejected. At least one had something written that could have been rejected in the first place. If you cannot write at all, you cannot get rejected at all..." - Amatoritsero Ede
The role of any writer is to write - The Tolulope Ogunlesi Interview
- By Sumaila Isah Umaisha
- Published May 26, 2007
- Profiles & Interviews
- Unrated
"I think that the role of any writer first and foremost is to write. Not talk about writing, not live on past glory, not teach writing, not create new schools of writing, not analyse writing, but WRITE..." - Tolulope Ogunlesi
The President-s Portrait - A Short Story by Sumaila Isah Umaisha
- By Sumaila Isah Umaisha
- Published May 9, 2007
- Short Stories
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Unfolding events began to portray the president in conflicting lights, especially the controversy over the outcome of the election. His opponents said the election was heavily rigged. International election observers said it was slightly rigged. And the election tribunal seemed to find the case too difficult to decide...
Just Flow!
- By Sumaila Isah Umaisha
- Published May 9, 2007
- Essays
- Unrated
In reality, nothing can be as real as the real thing. No matter the quality of one's voice, knowledge and experience in vocal music, one cannot sing a song in the exact voice of the originator of that song...
The Last Hiding Place - A Short Story by Sumaila Isah Umaisha
- By Sumaila Isah Umaisha
- Published October 24, 2005
- Short Stories
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"I feel my own peculiarity would infringe on the right of my wife. Which is why I have remained single, till I met you and found you irresistible. When I succumbed to the desire to marry you my resolve was to retire from writing and live a normal life with you for the rest of my life. I thought you were my last hiding place..."