{"id":15182,"date":"2017-03-13T13:21:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T12:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=15182"},"modified":"2017-05-04T12:07:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T11:07:03","slug":"nasidi-prof-yakubu-abdullahi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/nasidi-prof-yakubu-abdullahi\/","title":{"rendered":"NASIDI, Prof. Yakubu Abdullahi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

B.A, M.A, Ph.D; lecturer,consultant, administrator, b: April 15, 1950; so: Kano; m: Dr. (Mrs.) Ajus Maryam Nasidi; Hajiya Maryam Nasidi; nc:twos,twod;ed:Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1970-73; University ofLeeds,UK, 1975-76; University ofWisconsin, Madison, USA, 1979-86; cr: Information Officer, Kano State Ministry of Information, 1969;EducationOfficer,(Teacher), Min. ofEducation, Bimin Kudu SecondarySchool, Kano, 1969-70;EducationOfficer, Bimin Kudu Secondary School, 1970; Education Officer,WudilTeachers’College, 1972; Lecturer inEnglish,NYSC, Civil ServiceTrainingCentre, Calabar, 197374;Asst. ResearchFellow, ABU, Zaria,1974;LecturerII,1977;LecturerI, 1981; Teaching Asst.to Prof. Brenkmann, Dept. of Comparative Literature, University ofWisconsin, Madison, USA, 1981-82;Head;DramaSection. Dept. of English, 1984-86; Senior Lecturer, 1984; ReaderABU, 1989; Ag. Dir,CentreforNigerian CulturalStudies,ABU, 1988-91; Prof. 1992; Dir, Centre for Nigerian Cultural Studies, ABU Zaria, 1990-94; Dean, Faculty of Arts,ABU,2001;2000-04; ch., Humanities Complex of AandPC, ABU, 2001-03; Special AdvisertoChiefofGeneral Staff,Presidency. Abuja, 199498;DeputyViceChancellor, ABU, Zaria, since2004; mm: University Senate, ABU,since 1999;ch.,Humanities Complex,ABU,Zaria, 2001-03; Governing Board,Triumph PublishingCompany, Kano,1995-98;Technical Committee ontheAutonomyofthe PGSchool,2001;ch.,SelectionCommittee, National Theatre Awards, 1995;Selection\/RecruitmentCommitteeoftheNasarawa StateUniversity, 2001;cw:Oh,My Mind (onthe flight ofmy imagination) Kuka, 1972; Return of Ghosts, Kuka, 1978-79;At Festac (Kuka, I978-79); A Song for K.K. Dandali, 1986;ee\/assesson Undergraduate, Universityof Jos, Dept. of Theatre Arts, Jos, 1988-90; Bayero University, Kano, Dept. of English, Kano, 1993-94; Postgraduate, Universityoflbadan, PhD, 1992; University of Ilorin, 2001;Bayero University, Kano, MA. 2000; Reader\/ Assoc. Prof. BayeroUniversity, Kano; UniversityofAbuja;University of Jos; Prof, University of Abuja, Bayero University, Benue State University, mm: African LiteratureAssociation, 1984-90;Nigerian Academyof Letters,2000; Technical Committee, Publicity Support Group, Obasanjo\/Atiku Campaign Team, LegacyHouse,Abuja, 2003; Presidential Campaign Team, 2003; seminars\/conference\/workshops: Discussant, I”Ministryof Defence Retreat on National Security, Kaduna, March, 2002; Participant, Partnering for ICT Development inNigerian Universities; v-c’s Forum, Abuja, 2006; Delegateat the2″1 Nigeria Diaspora Day\/3″1 Science and Technology Conference with the, “Connecting Nigeria withher Diaspora”atTranscorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, 2007;The AssociationofCommonwealthUniversities,ACU,Conferenceon ACU’s PR, Marketingand CommunicationsNetwork, Toronto; Canada, 2006; Wole Soyinka: A Celebrationof Intellectual Leadership, Paper Presented atthe8*Wole Soyinka Lecture Series, Nicon-Hilton, Abuja, 2005; publ: BeyondThe ExperienceofLimits(Theory,PowerandCriticism inAfrican Literature), Caltop Publications, Ibadan, 1998; Co-author Not YetYolfywood: Essays and Speeches of Brendan Shehu, NFC, Jos, 1992; Culture and Democracy.ABU Press,1997;BrainGain fortheAfrican RenaissanceIssues inGovernance,ABU Press, 2007;Theatre andMedia intheNextMillenium, Nigerian TheatreJournal, 1999;Co-author, The ShadowoftheSunasthe Shadow ofthe Truth, in Brain Gain for African Renaissance: Issues in Governance, 2007;awards: KennedyMemorial Essay, Zonal Winer, 1969; British Council Fellowship, Stratford-upon-Avon, Uk, 1975; Swiss Government Fellowship, Kumba, Cameroon, 1984; ah: Best Graduating Student, Dept. of English, ABU, Zaria, 1973; Kano State Scholarship and Ahmadu Bello University Fellowship for M.A at University of Leeds and AhmadBellUniversitFellowship foM.A at University of Leeds and PhD.,University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA; off: Office of the Dean, Faculty ofArts, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; pha: House No 19, 3rd Avenue,301 Road, Sharada, Kano. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,749,1505],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15182","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-administrator","category-educationist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15182"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}