Staff

Dr Uthman Idrees Kankawi

Dr Uthman Idrees Kankawi

Post
Reader
Department
Arabic
Email
arabic@unilorin.edu.ng
Office Address
Faculty of Arts Building Room, Floor 1, University of Ilorin
Teaching and Research Area
Arabic Literature in Nigeria and Rhetoric

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. Arabic, University of Ilorin (2012)
  • M.A. Arabic, University of Ilorin (2003)
  • B.A. Arabic, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (1998)
  • SAIS Certificate, Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Lokoja (1992)
  • Professional Diploma in Education (PDE), Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin (2012)
  • Diploma in Teaching Arabic for Non-Arabic Speakers (TASEL), Sheikh (Dr.) Ibrahim El-Tayyib Institute, Kano (2005)

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Nigeria Association of Teachers of Arabic and Islamic Studies (NATAIS)
  • Member, Academic Society for Arabic Language and Literature in Nigeria (ASALLIN)
  • Member, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN)
  • Member, International League for Islamic Literature (ILIL)

Research Affiliations

  • Department of Arabic Research Team

Undergraduate Teaching

  • ARA 129 Arabic Reading Skills
  • ARA 142 Beginners Arabic Conversion II
  • ARA 222 Arabic Reading
  • ARA 227 The Art of Speech-making in Arabic
  • ARA 321 Arabic Literature of the Early Abbasid Period
  • ARA 326 Arabic Prosody
  • ARA 422 Modern Arabic Poetry
  • ARA 423 Modern Arabic Literature II
  • ARA 424 West African Arabic Literature I
  • ARA 426 Modern Arabic Literature in Nigeria
  • ARA 439 Literature of the Mahjar

Postgraduate Teaching

  • ALI 926 Modern Arabic Fiction
  • ALI 924 Three Modern Arabic Poets
  • ALI 923 Classical Arabic Rose
  • ALI 810 Modern Arabic Poetry
  • ALI 805 Critical Study of Nigerian Literature in Arabic