{"id":453,"date":"2021-04-09T10:49:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T14:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/?page_id=453"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:01:55","slug":"hausa-unit-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/hausa\/hausa-unit-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 2: Dr. Muhammad Abdullahi Ibrahim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Title<\/td>Conversation with Dr. Muhammad Abdullahi Ibrahim<\/td><\/tr>
Interviewer<\/td>Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi<\/td><\/tr>
Subject<\/td>His biography, history of Ajami in Hausaland, economy and its intersections with Ajami, postcolonial transformations. <\/td><\/tr>
Content<\/td>Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Sulaiman is popularly known as Dr. Shamsu. He is Assistant Professor of Economics in the Department of Sociology at Bayero University; holds a Master\u2019s degree from International Islamic University, Malaysia; and a PhD. in Economics from Bayero University. Married with two children, Dr. Shamsu has traveled widely, especially in Africa and in the Arab world. 

Dr. Shamsu hails from a cleric family that runs a madrasa, <\/em>and his parents introduced him to the traditional Qur\u2019anic education system at an early age. His uncle, Sheikh Ahmad Ridwan Darma, is a renowned Islamic scholar who oversees the Islamic school in the city of Kano. Despite his many academic and personal obligations, Dr. Shamsu still creates time to teach in the madrasa<\/em>, thereby giving back to his school, family, and community. In the interview, he cites some of his favorite Hausa Ajami authors and poems, such as the one composed by the great Islamic scholar Sheikh Nasiru Kabara, the spiritual leader of the Qadiriyyah movement in Africa. In the video interview, Dr. Muhammad traces the history of Hausa Ajami back many centuries, before colonization. He emphasizes the role that banknotes with Hausa Ajami played in the economy, and identifies the various intersections of economic affairs with the country\u2019s history, pharmacology, education, agriculture, social relations, and politics. The interview discusses some problems surrounding the use of Hausa Ajami and ways to address these.<\/td><\/tr>
Language<\/td>Hausa<\/td><\/tr>
Script<\/td>Hausa Ajami<\/td><\/tr>
Location<\/td>Dangote Business School, Bayero University New Site Campus, Kano, Nigeria<\/td><\/tr>
Pedagogical content\/application<\/td>Includes relevant linguistic, stylistic, and cultural skills as identified in our assessment guidebook\/ ACTFL guidelines<\/td><\/tr>
Access condition and copyright<\/td>These materials are subject to copyright and are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. For use, distribution or reproduction beyond these terms, contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu).<\/td><\/tr>
Contributors<\/td>Fallou Ngom, Jennifer Yanco, Mustapha Kurfi, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Alison Parker, and Frank Antonelli.<\/td><\/tr>
Required citation information<\/td>Fallou Ngom (PI), Jennifer Yanco, Mustapha Kurfi, and Daivi Rodima-Taylor. 2023. \u201cConversation with Dr. Muhammad Abdullahi Ibrahim.\u201d https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/hausa\/hausa-unit-2\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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