Story; Rahamatu-Lahi Zakaria || Editor in Chief ||
People have different reasons why they do things or venture into a particular trade. For Abdul-Majeed Fatima, known by her stage name as Gifted Tima has said she is plying the poetry scene because she wants to inspire the next generation of people.
In an interview with Sanatu Zambang, she says that a good speech or words can change the negative attitude of people hence her reasons for doing poetry. Her poetry is mostly inspired by her society. She gets her inspiration from what is currently happening in her environment and she wants to change those negative things through poetry.
Gifted Tima is a trained teacher by profession and a youth activist. She was encouraged by her friend to start poetry who saw her works and she has never looked back after taking the stage.
One of the challenges she said is finance. People do not like to pay when they invite her to perform. Also, she does not have money to go to a studio to do a recording of her work or even shoot a video.