l'Afrique

États-Unis d'Amérique

Associate Professor in Comparative Literature

Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois

a-naallah@wiu.edu

Department of African-American Studies
Western Illinois University
Morgan 205A
1 University Circle
Macomb, Illinois 61455 USA

phone: 309-298-1289
fax: 309-298-2181

http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfan

Nigeria

African and African Diaspora literature and performance, culture and thought.

On-going research on Elaloro, indigenous African Discourse Theory based on Yoruba discourse traditions.

Also Yoruba and Hausa languages and linguistics; and, African poetry.

The People's Poet: Emerging Perspectives on Niyi Osundare. Edited by
Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2002.

Almajiri: A New African Poetry. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press,
2001.

Ogoni's Agonies: Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Crisis in Nigeria. Edited by
Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998.

With Bayo Ogunjimi. Introduction to African Oral Literature.
Ilorin, Nigeria: Unilorin Press, University of Ilorin, 1991.

indigenous discourse ; Yoruba ; Hausa ; African poetry ; linguistics ; Ken Saro-Wiwa ; Nigeria