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Subject: Today! Muslim Responses to British Colonialism in Northern Nigeria as
Expressed in Fulfulde Poems
Sent: Apr 30, 2012 10:55 AM
TODAY!
April 30, 2012, 12:30 pm
Muslim Responses to British Colonialism in Northern Nigeria as Expressed in
Fulfulde Poems (Paper Attached)
Mallam Bashir Abubaker
PAS Conference Room, 620 Library Place
Mallam Mohammed Bashir Abubakar hails from the family of Modibbo Raji and
Modibbo Nakwashiri, who were famous for their Islamic scholarship. He acquired
his Islamic education at home, beginning with learning the recitation of the
Qur’an and basic tenets of Islam from the age of 5. Educated through the
traditional system of Islamic learning known as “Jangirde Jawleeji” in
Fulfulde, and “Karatun Zaure” in Hausa., Mallam Bashir Abubakar received
advanced training in Islamic Studies by studying classical texts of Islamic
law, Quranic exegesis, theology and Arabic language and literature. He also
studied different genres of Fulfulde poetry and has a large collection of
poems, including popular songs and verses written in the nineteenth century.
In addition to his advanced training in the traditions of Islamic learning,
Mallam Bashir Abubakar read Accountancy at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
from 1974 to 1977. Trained as Islamic Banker at the Faisal Islamic Bank of
Kibris Ltd., under the sponsorship of International Islamic Banks in Cairo,
Mallam Bashir Abubakar is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and fellow of the Association of National
Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) since 1995. His carrier as professional
accountant culminated in his appointment as the Bursar of Adamawa State
University in 2004, making him a Principal Officer of the University,
equivalent to the rank of full professor in the academic cadre. Mallam Bashir
Abubakar is the Chairman of the University of Adamawa Mosque Committee as well
as the Deputy Chief Imam of the University Juma’at Mosque.
Mallam Bashir Abubakar is a gifted poet, who has composed many poems in Hausa
and Fulfulde, his mother tongue. His recitations of Fulfulde poems have been
recorded on CDs, and those related to Islam (wa’az) have been regularly
broadcast by radio stations in Northern Nigeria, while recitations of his Hausa
poems have been broadcast on BBC Hausa Service in London. Mallam Bashir
Abubakar was the poet laureate at several public events in Yola, the capital of
the Adamawa Emirate in the northeast of Nigeria, including the Golden Jubilee
held in 2003 to celebrate Lamido Aliyu Musdafa’s 50 years (1953 – 2003) on the
throne as the traditional ruler of Adamama Emirate. He was also the poet
laureate at the International Conference for the celebration of 200 years of
the history of Adamawa Emirate (i.e. 1809 – 2009), and recently at the
installation of new Emir of Admawa, Lamido Dr. Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa in 2010.
Mallam Bashir is also a co-author of Fulfulde Poems, an anthology sponsored by
the Organization of the Bicentenary of the Sokoto Caliphate c. 1804-2004.
Published in June 2004, the anthology has been translated in translated into
English and French.
Later this week:
May 2, 2012, 6:00 pm
William Bross Lloyd, Jr. Lecture in honor of the 60th Anniversary of Toward
Freedom
Revolution and Transformation in Africa : Towards Freedom and Emancipation
Horace Campbell, African American Studies and Political Science, Syracuse
University. With introductions by Greg Guma, former editor of Toward Freedom
and Robin Lloyd.
PAS Conference Room, 620 Library Place
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