I was born in Garkida, a town in Adamawa State in the north-eastern part of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I attended a Missionary school from Elementary to High School. After high school I was a...view moreI was born in Garkida, a town in Adamawa State in the north-eastern part of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I attended a Missionary school from Elementary to High School. After high school I was admitted to ATC/ABU Kano from 1967-1970. In 1971 after the completion of my course of studies, I was admitted to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria. I graduated three years later with a Second-Upper class with honors degree in 1974.
I served a required one year of National Youth Service in Kano, before joining Ahmadu Bello University Zaria faculty in the Faculty of Education. In 1977/1978, I attended the University of Chicago, Illinois, where I earned a Master’s degree (MA).
I returned to Ahmadu Bello University teaching, until 1980 when I was admitted to a Ph.D. program at Columbia University, New York City. I completed my degree in 1985. I joined the City Board of Education in 1985, and the City University of New York (CUNY) system at Borough of community College Campus in 1987, until my retirement in July this year.
Besides my teaching and family responsibilities, I am the author of several books which include the following titles: Suksuku Revisited: A collection of Bura Tribal Stories, Folk Tales and Makumdla dza, dza/Riddles and Quotes; Reflecting Their Belief Systems, Mores and the Supernatural; 2017; The Story of the Origin of the Bura/Pabir People of Northeast Nigeria, Language, Migrations, the Myth of Yamta-ra-Wala, Social Organization and culture, 2014; Araba Let’s Separate, The story of the Nigerian Civil war, 2012; Suksuku, Stories and Folktales of the Bura People of North-Eastern Nigeria, 2010; The Village Boy, 2009; Cognition, Culture and Field Dependence-Independence, 2008; Depth Pictorial Perception, Culture and Psychological Differentiation, 2008; AG Press, 3 Dudley Rd. Apt.4, Townsend, MA 01469. All the books, except the last listed, are published by Authorhouse Publishing Company in Bloomington, Indiana.view less
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Suksuku Revisited: A Collection of Bura Tribal Stories, Folk Tales and Makumdla Dza, Dza/Riddles and Quotes; Reflecting Their Belief Systems, Mores and the Supernatural