These three selections by Hauwa Mohammad Sambo are taken from The Genesis and Other Poems, a Kaduna Nigeria publication by Informart Publishers.

Hauwa Mohammad Sambo was educated at Queen Amina College, Kaduna, and at the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, where she obtained a degree in English. Her poems have been appearing in various newspapers in Nigeria since 1987. A member of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), her play, Disaster in the House, was also published in 1996 under the Emerging Talents series.