Asabe Kabir Usman
EMAIL: asabemohd@gmail.com
PHONE: +2348034044562
ADDRESS: Department of Modern European Languages and Linguistics, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: Reading, Writing, Humanitarian services
MEMBERSHIP STATUS: Member
YEAR OF INDUCTION/ADMISSION: 2017
POST HELD: None
MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEE: None
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION: Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto
SPECIALTIES: Oral literature, African literature, Popular culture, Women studies, Gender studies
APPOINTMENTS: None
PARTICIPATION IN GRANTS AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS/PROJECTS: None
COMMUNITY SERVICE: NGO works on less privileged/vulnerable women and children; Television and Radio talk shows on Education, social matters and other related talks.
Biography
I am a professor of Oral and African Literatures in the Department of modern European Languages and Linguistics, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. She doubled as the head of English Unit as well as the Department of Modern European Languages and Linguistics, Usmanu Danfodiyo, University, Sokoto between April 2010 and April 2014. I am the Dean, Faculty of Arts FUBK. My research interests are: Oral literature/Folklore; African literature, Popular Culture (specifically film studies and Hausa popular fictional writings); Creative Writing as well as Women Studies. I was a member of the panel of judges for the NLNG prize for literature in 2016 and 2019. I have been a member of the panel of judges for the UBA annual essay competition since 2013. I am a member of several academic associations. I am the author of Destinies of Life, a novel, and a book, Studies in Hausa Folklore: A Selective Appraisal.
