Mudi Sipikin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mahmud Muhammad 1930 |
| Died | February 19, 2013 (aged 82–83) |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, businessman, politician |
| Notable work | Arewa Jamhuriya Kawai |
| Political party | Northern People's Congress |
| Other political affiliations | Askianist Movement
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| Children | 23 |
Alhaji Mudi Sipikin (1930–19 February 2013) was a Nigerian poet and founding member of the Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU), the radical political party that was the main opposition in the Northern Region during the Nigerian First Republic. He got his surname 'Sipikin' from when he was a clerk for NEPU, owing to his habit of mispronouncing "This is Mudi speaking" instead answering "This is Mudi sipikin". While the majority of his works were written in Hausa, under the supervision of Richard Ali, efforts have been undertaken by the Poetry Translation Centre to preserve and translate these literary works into English.[1]