Alhaji Labo Yari (14 April 1942 – 18 March 2023) was a Nigerian writer and founding member of the

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. He wrote ''Climate of Corruption'' in 1978, the first English language novel published throughout

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Born in

Katsina Katsina State ( ; 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞥁𞤭𞤲𞤢) is a state in the northwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It is bordered to the west by Zamfara State, to the east by Kano and Jigawa states, and to the south by Kaduna St ...

, Yari studied at the

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, and between 1966 and 1967 Norwegian literature at the

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. He started his journalistic career in 1962, and later worked for the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture and as general manager of the publishing house Gaskiya Corporation. In 1978, he debuted as a novelist with ''Climate of Corruption'', the first English language novel published in

, which was a commercial hit. In 1982 he was among the five co-founders of the

(ANA). He died at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Katsina on 18 March 2023, at the age of 80. At the time of his death he had just finished a new novel, ''Awaiting Gozo''.

Works

*''Climate of Corruption'' (1978), Fourth Dimension Publishing Company, Nigeria. . *''A House in the Dark'' (1985), Fourth Dimension Publishing Company, Nigeria. . *''Man of the Moment'' (1992), Fourth Dimension Publishing Company, Nigeria. . *''A day without cockcrow and other stories'' (1999), Informart Publishers, Nigeria. . *''Muhamman Dikko, Emir of Katsina and his times: 1865–1944'' (2007), Summit Books, Nigeria. .

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