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Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto

The Most Peaceful University in Nigeria








Muhammad Tukur Usman


Brief Biography

Undergraduate Course Handled 1.HIS 105: Introduction to Economic History = 3 units 2.HIS 202: Economic History of Nigeria in the 19th Century = 3 units 3.HIS 403: Economic History of Nigeria in the 20th Century = 3 units 4.HIS 408: History of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy 5.HIS 309: Problems and Prospect of Economic Integration and Development in West Africa = 3 units 6.HIS 306: Comparative Industrialization Britain, U.S.A., U.S.S.R. and Japan = 3 units 7.HIS 211: Economic History of West Africa in the 19th and 20th Centuries = 3 units 8.GST 304: Nigerian Peoples and Culture POSTGRADUATE COURSES HANDLED MIS 704: Nigeria and the International Community MIS 708: International Borders and Transborder Resources PGDMRS 608: International and Regional Organizations in Refugee Management PGDADS 608: Alternative Development Models PGDADS 612: Agricultural Revolution PGDADS 614: Issues in Sustainable Development HIS 707: Economic History of West Africa in the 19th and 20th Centuries HIS 821: Problems and Prospect of Regional Economic Cooperation in West Africa. HIS 894: Economic History of Modern Asia PCS 805: Conflict Resolution and Transformation in History External Examinations of Postgraduate Works and/or Assessment for Promotions to Professorial Cadre Federal College of Education, Katsina Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria University of Ilorin Federal University Lafia, Nassarawa State Umar Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina University of Maiduguri, Borno State Nigerian Defence Academy Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyingba, Kogi State


Area of specialization:Social and Economic History
Email:mt.usmanu@udusok.edu.ng
Phone:08035073557

List of Selected Publications

Books A.M.T. Usman, Ashafa A.M. and Sama’ila A., (Eds.) Readings in Post-Colonial Borders and Economy in West Africa (Pyla-Mak, Kaduna) 2018. B.M.T. Usman, Yandaki and Jumare (Eds.) MAHDI ADAMU in the Practice of History – Hausa and Beyond (Ahmadu Bello University Press, Zaria) 2018. C.M.T. Usman and M.A. Rufa’i, (Eds.) Social and Economic History of Northern Nigeria Since 1500 AD (Aboki Publishers, Makurdi) 2015. D.A. Bako, M.T. Usman et al, TRADITIONAL and Nationalist Values in Political Practice – A Biography of Malam Lawan Dambazau (Ki Kasala) 1922-2000 (Usmanu Danfodiyo University Press, Sokoto) 2014. E.M.T. Usman, Muslim Scholars of Sokoto Emirate Under British Rule: A History of Reaction and Compromise in Northern Nigeria, 1903-1960. (Ahmadu Bello University Press, Zaria) 2012. (Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals and Chapters in Books and Conference Proceedings) M.T. Usman, “Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on Trade and Intercommunity Relations in the Hinterland and Borderland of Northwest Nigeria”, LASU JOURNAL OF HISTORY & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 4(1) 2022 (www.lajohis.org.ng) M.T. Usman and Abubakar Sama’ila, “The Ungoverned Spaces of the Unsecured Borderlands: Trade relations and Armed Banditry in Sokoto-Zamfara-Katsina Axis of Nigeria-Niger border”, O.S. Eloyiz Kwaghga and A. Sama’ila, Global Insecurities: Challenges and the Way Forward (SED Institute, Akure, Nigeria) 2021. M.T. Usman and Abubakar Samaila, “Periodic Markets and the Development of Inter-community Relations along Nigeria-Niger Border” in Degel: Journal of Faculty of Arts, UDUS, 2019 (paper and online edition) M.T. Usman and Abubakar Samaila, “Cross-Border Trade as an aspect of Diplomacy in West Africa: Example of Kamba-Gaya-Mallanville Region”, Book of Proceedings on African Diplomacy from the earliest times to 2010. Dept. of History, University of Abuja. M.T. Usman & M.I. Sa’id, “Persistence of Bara and Almajiranci in Northern Nigeria in the 20th Century” in M.L.A. Bashar and G.A. Gusau (Eds.) Nature and Methodology of Islamic Sociology, (Islam and Knowledge Forum, Sokoto) 1990, pp.74-91(ISBN-978-028-706-X) M.T. Usman, “The Changing Role and Functions of Northern Emirs and Chiefs Since Independence”, The Journal of History Teachers, (History Teachers Association) No.1, April 1992, pp.51-65 M.T. Usman, “A Note on the Production and Reproduction of the State in the Sokoto Caliphate in the Nineteenth Century”, Al-Bayan: Journal of the Islamic Research Centre, Vol.2, no.1, (Islamic Research Centre, Sokoto) 1995/ 1416 A.H., pp.23-36 (ISSN 1116-7077) M.T. Usman, “Reflections on the Contemporary Challenges of a Secular Political Order: Nigerian Muslims in Search of a New Leadership” in A.A. Gwandu (Ed.) Islam and the Contemporary World Politics, (Islamic Research Centre, Sokoto) 1995 pp.201-208 (ISSN 1117-5982) M.T. Usman, “A Short Note on the Role of the Sokoto Ulamah in Anti-colonial Struggle: the Case of Scholar-Poets”, The Beam: Journal of Arts and Science, (Haliru Binji College of Arts & Science, Sokoto) Vol.4, August 1998, pp.89-98 (ISSN 1118-5953) M.T. Usman, “Another Consideration of the Internal Factors for the Collapse of the Sokoto Caliphate 1840-1903”, DEGEL: Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Islamic, Vol. II, (Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto) September 1999, pp.31-36 (ISSN: 0794-9316) A. Bako & M.T. Usman, “Colonialism and the Growth of Sabon Gari System in the Early 19th Century Kano”, DEGEL: Journal of the Faculty of Arts & Islamic Studies, Vol. II, (Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto) September 1999, pp.24-30 (ISSN: 0794-9316) M.T. Usman and M.U. Bunza, “A Short Note on the Islamic Perspective in History Writing”, DEGEL: Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Islamic Studies, Vol.3, (Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto) June 2000, pp.190-198 (ISSN: 0794-9316) M.T. Usman, “Contemporary Relevance of the Sokoto Caliphate Literature in the Understanding of Teacher-Student Relationship”, Ethics in Higher Education in Nigeria (Social Science Academy of Nigeria) 2003, pp.212-221(ISBN: 978-33273-3-X) M.T. Usman, “Contemporary Relevance of Abdullahi b. Fodio’s Views on Child Education as Contained in Lubab al-Madkhal”, DEGEL: Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Islamic Studies, Vol. VI, (Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto) August 2003, pp.1-9 (ISSN: 0794-9316) M.T. Usman, “Literary Legacy of the Sokoto Caliphate: Commentary on Some Selected Poems from Northern Nigeria”, FAIS JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES, Vol. 2, No.4, (Bayero University Kano) November 2003, pp.21-40 (ISBN 978-2035-02-5) M.T. Usman, “The Ulamah (‘Ulama) and Administration of Justice in Colonial Northern Nigeria: A Case of Sokoto Province”, Hamdard Islamicus: Quarterly Journal of Studies and Research in Islam, Vol. XXIX, No. 4, October-December 2006 (Bait al-Hikmat and Pakistan Historical Society, Pakistan) pp.13-17, ISSN 0250-7196) M.T. Usman, “The Sokoto Caliphate Literature in the Era of Globalization”, DEGEL: Journal of Arts and Islamic Studies, vol. VII, (Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto) June 2007, pp.82-96 (ISSN: 0794-9316) M.T. Usman, “An Historical Survey of Regional Integration and the Role of Donor Agencies in West Africa”, JOLAE: Journal of Arts and Education, Vol. 1, No.1, (Faculty of Education and Arts, IBB University, Lapai) September 2007, pp.110-126 (ISSN: 2006-280X)