ADAMU, Prof. Mahdi

Born January 2,1939
in

Ngaski, Kebbi

Prof.

ADAMU

Mahdi

B.A, M.A.Ph.D;

Gender: Male
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Profession Historian, academic, administrator
Working Experience
Previous Appointments:

Assist Sec, Snr. Asst Secretary, Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lagos,1965-74;Lecturer 1, Dept. Of History, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1974-75; Senior Lecturer, 1975-75; Reader, 1979; Professor of History, 1980; din,Center for Nigerian Cultural Studies, A.B.U.,Zaria, 1975-80; Head, Dept. of History, 1980-82; Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 1981-82; Vice-Chancellor, Islamic University in Uganda, Mbale, 1994-04;Vice-Chancellor, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, 1982-89; Visiting Professor of History on Sabbatical Leave at the Center forT rans-Saharan Studies, University of Maiduguri, 1989-91; Professor of History, Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto,since 2004;

Elementary School, Ware, 1946-49; Middle School, Sokoto, 1950-53; Provincial Secondary School, Sokoto, 1954-59; Barewa College, Zaria, 1960- 61; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1962-65; 1966-68; Centre of West African Studies, University of Birmingham, U.K., 1971 -74;
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Elected mem., Constituent Assembly, Lagos (Representing Yauri- Bagudo, Sokoto State), 1977-78

OFR

“The Spread of Hausa Ctiltttre inHist Africa”, Savanna, vol.v No: 1,June 1976; The Hausa Factor in West Africa History, A.B.U. Press Ltd., Zaria, 1978; Market Essays in the Economic History of the Atlantic Slave Trade,.Princeton University Press, 1979; “The Economics of Culture among the Hausa during the second millennium AD”, Kano Studies, New Series, Vol. No.4,1979; “Towards a Definition of Culture in WestAfricdnC6ntext’\Kano Studies,New Series, 1980; “Rural Development” in Nigeria: The University, the Nation and the Economic Recession- (Proceedings Of the 1982Annual Seminar of the Committee of Vice Chancellors X Ibadan University Press, 1987, pp. 103-111; Social Development in the Africa /teg/on, being a Conference Paper delivered in Indonesia, Jakarta, Published by llFTIHAR, 1996;Islam. Secularism and Globalization: Towards the 21′ Century, International Seminar held at Jakarta, Published by HFTIHAR, 1998; Aspects of Economic and Social Development in the Sokoto Caliphate in the Nineteenth Century, in The Sokoto Caliphate History and Legacies. 1804-2004, Vol. I&II, Arewa House, Kaduna, 2006; Sufism and Empire Building in West Africa, International Seminar on Sufism and the Contemporary Time in Nigeria, Sokoto, October, 2007; 77k? Civil Society in Nigeri, Paper delivered at Kebbi State Steering Committee on the National Conference, February 2005; Islamisation of Knowledge in the Nigeria Context, May 28,2005; and many other publications; hob: hockey, fives, photography and Da’awah activities; off: Department of History, Usman Danfodiyo University,Sokoto.
Source Publication:

Governing Council, State College of Arts & Science, Sokoto, 1976,1980-89; Board of Directors, Sokoto State History Bureau, 1979, 1980-83; Board of Directors, Rima Transport Corporation, Sokoto,1976-79; Kaduna State Council for Arts and Culture, 1976-81; Nigerian Participating Committee forFESTAC 77,1976-77; Sokoto State Local Government Reform Commission, 1980-81; Board of Governors of the Institute of Health, A.B.U.,Zaria (As Senate Representative, 1980-82; The ResearchGroup, 1980-83;Governing Council, Federal Polytechnic, Bida, 1981 -83;Sokoto State Scholarships Board, 1983-89;ch: Sokoto State Police-Community Relations Committee, 1984-89; Joint Admissions & Matriculation Board (JAMB), 1985-89; The Study Group,1986^91; DFRRI Projects Monitoring Committee, Rivers State, 1990-91;Sec. General,Islam in Africa Organization, 1989-91; UNESCO Sub-Committee on Hausa Translation of Some Abridged Volumes of General HistoryofAfrica,1980-94; Governing Board of the Center for Intellectual Services of the Sokoto Caliphate, Sokoto, since 2004; v-ch., International Islamic Forum for Sciences, Technology and Human Resources Development(1IFTIHAR), Based inJakarta, Indonesia 1997-04;Yauri Emirate Elders’ Committee, since 2005; Editorial Board, DEGEL Journal, Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, since 2006; Governing Council, Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi,since Feb., 2009;etc mm: Historical Society of Nigeria, since Dec 1966;Patron/ Member, Chartered Institute of Administrators and Commercial teachers, 1985-89; Fulbright Fellowship Screening Committee forUSAID, Lagos, 1990-91;Editorial Board, Lapai Journal of Central Nigeria History, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida University, Lapai; Board of Advisers, Al-Nahda Journal of Islamic Heritage, Sokoto,since2007;Editorial Consultant PAIS Journal of Humanities, Kano, since 2006; nh: Officer ofthe Order ofthe Federal Republic(OFR), 2008;

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