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CURRICULUM VITAE

1. PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: Ghazali Bello Abubakar Address: Department of Political Science,

Sokoto State University, Nigeria State: Sokoto State Nationality: Nigeria/Oversea Citizens of India (OCI) Mobile: +234(0)7033164828 ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-7027-8049 Skype: alghazel1 E-mail: alghazel@gmail.com,ghazali.abubakar@ssu.edu.ng

2. EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

2009-2014: Ph.D. International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

2005-2007: M.Sc. Politics and International Relations, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

2001-2004: B.Sc., Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.

1994-2000: Senior Secondary School Certificate, Government Secondary School, Sokoto, Nigeria.

3. WORK EXPERIENCE

Dec., 2019-Date: A One Year Sabbatical Leave (Senior Lecturer),

Department of Political Science, Federal University

of Kashere, Gombe State, Nigeria

Oct., 2018-Date: Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Department

of Political Science, Sokoto State University,

Sokoto, Nigeria

Feb., 2017-Date: Teacher, Conflict Resolution, Division of General

Studies (GST), Sokoto State University, Sokoto,

Nigeria.

Sept., 2015-Oct., 2018: Lecturer I, Department of Political Science, Sokoto

State University, Sokoto, Nigeria

June, 2015-June, 2016: Lecturer II, Department of Political Science, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria

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May-July, 2014: International Visiting Fellow, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD)

Sept., 2004-Aug., 2005: Teacher, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)

4. RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. African Studies 2. International Relations 3. Middle Eastern Politics 4. Political Islamism

5. TEACHING INTEREST

1. Middle East and African Politics

2. Political Theory

3. International Relations (IPE)

4. Political Islamism

5. TEACHING COURSES

Course Code Title of course Level

POL 301 Western Political Thought Undergraduate

POL 203 Introduction to Political Analysis Undergraduate

POL 311 Theories of International Relations Undergraduate

POL 405 Third World and Dependency Undergraduate

POL 208 Islamic Political Thought Undergraduate

POL 302 History of African Political Thought Undergraduate

POL 204 Political Ideas Undergraduate

POL 409 Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Undergraduate

POL 314 Politics of International Economic Relations

Undergraduate

POL 206 Foundation to Political Economy Undergraduate

POL 8301 Advanced Political Theory Postgraduate

POL 207 Introduction to International Relations

Undergraduate

GST 211 Conflict Resolution Undergraduate

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6. SKILLS AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Acting Head of Department, Political Science, Sokoto State University:

12th-17th July, 2019

Departmental Research Project Coordinator, Department of Political

Science, Sokoto State University, Sokoto, Nigeria: 2016-Date

IT Skill, Advanced Digital Appreciation Program for Tertiary

Institutions, at Digital Bridge Institute

Languages: English and Arabic-near native speaker fluency; Hausa

(mother tongue), conversational Hindi and Urdu

7. AWARDS/GRANTS

06th-07th Sept., 2018: TETFund International Conference Sponsorship

Award, N1, 890,768, on Gender Equality through the

Strategy of Gender Mainstreaming organized by

Presidency University, Bengaluru, Karnataka,

India, through Sokoto State University, Sokoto,

Nigeria

April-December 2017: Principal Investigator, N 1,337,896 Research Grant,

TETFund Institution-Based Research Intervention

Allocation through Sokoto State University,

Sokoto, Nigeria

Aug., 2009-Jan., 2014: Postgraduate Scholarship (Ph.D.), Indian Ministry

of External Affairs (ICCR [African Scholarship

Scheme])

May-July, 2014: International Visiting Fellow, Taiwan Foundation

for Democracy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taipei,

Taiwan

8. PAPERS/PUBLICATIONS

a. BOOKS 1. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello, (2020), Moroccanization and the Politics of

Change, (Accepted for publication by Akinik Publishers)

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2. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello, (2019): Democratization and Political Reformation in Morocco, New Delhi: Studium Press Publishers

3. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello, (2017): India and Africa, Collaboration in Creating New Future, Mauritius: Lambert Academic Publishing

b. CHAPTERS IN EDITED VOLUMES

1. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello (2019), Regional Identity and Political Transformation in Nigeria, in R. Jayakumar, Delhi, India: AkiNik Publication. ISBN Paperback: 978-93-5335-599-9. E-Book: 978-935335-600-2

2. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello (2019), Quest for Democratization in Morocco and Roles of the Monarchy, in Jain, Rashmi and Khosla, Tamanna, New Delhi: Studium Press. ISBN: 13:9789385046346

3. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello (2018), Indo-Nigeria Strategic Importance in Socio-economic and Political terms in Gaur Mahendra, New Delhi: Paragon International Publishers. ISBN: 978-93-83154-75-3

c. JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello: Nigeria and the Politics of God-fatherism:

from Military Dictatorship to Civilian Plutocracy, Madorawa Journal of

Arts and Social Sciences, (Maiden edition), pp.110-120, August, 2020

2. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello: Chinese ‘Dollar’ Influence in Africa,

implication for Taiwan-Nigeria Ties, Global Scientific Journal of Advance

Research in Humanities and Social Science, Vol. 08 No. 07 pp.887-899,

July, 2020

3. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello: Strengthening Nigeria-India Intelligence

Cooperation: Much to do in fighting Boko Haram, International Journal

of Social Sciences and Economic Review, Vol. 02 No. 01 pp.01-06, March,

2020

4. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello: Regionalization and ethno-religious politics:

challenges to democratic transition in Nigeria, Islamic University

Multidisciplinary Journal, Uganda, Vol. 06 No 05 pp. 154-160, December,

2019. URL:

https://www.iuiu.ac.ug/iumj/ArticleDetails.aspx?jid=12&did=163

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5. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello: Morocco and Transition to Democracy: The

Enduring Struggle, History Research, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2019, pp. 56-64. doi:

10.11648/j.history.20190702.15

http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journali

d=205&doi=10.11648/j.history.20190702.15

6. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello and Dangaladima, Hayatu: India-ECOWAS

Partnership, the case of Nigeria, Rima International Journal of Historical

Studies, Vol. 03 (01): pp. 171-188, January, 2019

7. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello and Ladan, Isma’ila Muhammad: A

Centenary of 1914 Amalgamation in Nigeria and the Prospect of Unity:

A Critical Assessment, Rima International Journal of Historical Studies,

Vol. 03 (01): pp. 210-222, January, 2019

8. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello and Shehu Sama’ila: India-Nigeria

Collaboration: A South-South Perspectives, Global Journal of Human-

Social Sciences: Political Science, Vol. 19 No. 03 pp.40-50, August, 2019

URL: https://globaljournals.org/GJHSS_Volume19/5-India-Nigeria-

Collaboration.pdf

9. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello: Islamization and Democratic Transition in

Post-revolution Egypt, International Journal of Social Sciences and

Economic Review, Vol. 01 No. 01 pp.29-34, June, 2019 URL:

http://ijsser.com/index.php/IJSSER/article/view/28/10

10. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello: Condition of Women in Nigeria: Issues and Challenges, Arts and Social Sciences Journal, Vol. 8 No. 4 pp.293-296. DOI: 10.4172/2151-6200.1000293

11. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello: Political Polarization and democratic process in Taiwan: implications for Cross-strait relations, Journal of Humanities and Social Science, Vol. 21, No. 11 pp.47-51, Nov., 2016, URL: http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol.%2021%20Issue11/Version-6/H2111064751.pdf

12. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello: Tidal Phase of Democratic Transition in Tunisia, A Comparative Analysis with Taiwanese Democratization Process, IASET Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 1 pp.5-22

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13. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello: European Union Democracy Promotion in the South of the Mediterranean: case of Morocco, Journal of Education, Arts and Humanities, Vol. 2 No. 3 pp.42-49, Oct., 2014, URL: http://watchpub.org/jeah/issues/2014/october/pdf/Abubakar.pdf

14. Abubakar Ghazali Bello: African Union and the North African Political Turmoil: Unity in Diversity, Challenge for [Con]-Federation, International Invention Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, Vol. 1 No. 2 pp. 50-53, Dec., 2014, URL: http://internationalinventjournals.org/journals/IIJASS/archive/2014/December_vol_1_issue-3/Fulltext/Abubakar.pdf

15. Abubakar Ghazali Bello: Africa’s Policy Perspectives in Partnering India: Case of Ivory Coast and Nigeria, Comparative Analysis, African Currents, Vol. 32, No. 48, pp.13-21. June, 2013

16. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello: India-Nigeria Bilateral Relations, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist Vol. II No. 3 p. 20, August, 2013

17. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello: The 2011 General Elections in Nigeria, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist Vol. III No. 5 pp.18-20, May, 2011

18. Abubakar, Ghazali Bello: India-Nigeria Relations: The Emerging

Challenge, Sage Journals Insight on Africa, Vol. 2, No 2 pp 129-140, July,

2010. URL:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0975087814411125

9. ONGOING RESEARCH

1. Boko Haram and the security dimension in West Africa Sub-Region: A

cross-border challenge

2. Political Nationalism and Democratic Transition in Postcolonial

Society: comparative analysis between Hong Kong and Taiwan

3. Reconsidering Boko Haram: A Prolonged Terror in Nigeria’s Northeast

4. Cypriot Membership and the EU Domestic disquiets: an Ancillary

Obstacle for Turkey’s Candidacy?

10. CONFERENCE/SEMINAR PAPERS

1. Nigeria’s evacuation experience during the Covid-19, a paper

presented at the International Web-Symposium on “Vande Bharat as

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World’s largest Diaspora Evacuation Mission under COVID-19: Comparing

Experiences of Different Home Countries” Jointly organised by the

Organisation for Diaspora Initiatives (ODI India), Centre for Diaspora

Studies (CDS), Central University of Gujarat (CUG) and Diaspora and

International Migration Programme (DIMP), CAS-School of

International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, on 22nd

August, 2020

2. India and other Diasporas in Africa under Covid-19: Comparative

Challenges and Opportunities, a paper presented at the 7th

Organization for Diaspora Initiatives (ODI) Young Scholar Diaspora

Conference on ‘Indian Diaspora in Africa and other part of the world under

Covid-19: Comparative Perspectives on their Challenges, Post Pandemic

Options, and Emerging Research Agenda in Diaspora Studies’, jointly

organized by ODI India, Diaspora and International Migration

Program (DIMP) and the Center for African Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru

University, Delhi, India, 25th July, 2020

3. Nigeria and the Politics of God-Fatherism: from Military Dictatorship

to Civilian Plutocracy, a paper presented at the 2nd International

European Conference on ‘Interdisciplinary Scientific Researches’,

organized by the Institution of Economic development and Social

Researches, Ankara, Republic of Turkey in Collaboration with the

Universitas Studii Paduani, Italy, 4th-5th July, 2020

4. Covid-19 Situation in Africa: How the Continent is coping with the Crisis and the Consequences?, a paper presented at the Young Scholar International Webinar on “Options of Africa in Corona Crisis Under AFRICOM and Financial Clout of China: Comparative Challenges and Opportunities of Engagement with Global South” organized by African Studies Association (ASA, India) in Collaboration with Centre for African Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 05th June, 2020

5. Condition of Women in Nigeria: Issue and Challenges, a paper presented at the International Conference on Gender Equality through the Strategy of Gender Mainstreaming organized by the Presidency University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 06th-07th Sept., 2018.

6. India-Nigeria Economic Relations: Prospects and Challenges, a paper presented at 31st Annual Conference on State, Governance and Regional

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Integration in Africa, Organized by the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA), Department of Political Science, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria, 26th-29 March, 2018

7. Africa’s Policy Perspectives in Partnering India, Case of Nigeria and Ivory Coast: A Comparative Analysis, a paper presented at National Seminar on Determinant and Dimension of Foreign Policy of Francophone and Anglophone Africa Towards India: A Comparative Analysis, Center for African Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India 27th-28th March, 2012.

8. Gender Discrimination and Religious Interventionism in Northern Nigeria, a paper presented at International Conference on Gender Relations in Developing Societies: A 21st Century Perspectives, Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi, India 19th-20th March, 2013.

9. Discussant: Call for Democratization and the Resource of Popular Movement in Egypt, a paper presented by (Ms. Judith Anne Lal), at National Doctoral Scholars Seminar on North Africa and Arab World: Contemporary Issues and Challenges, Center for African Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India 14th January 2014.

10. Discussant: The Implications of the Arab Spring on Oil Markets, paper presented by (Ms. Veda Vaidyanathan), at National Doctoral Scholars Seminar on North Africa and Arab World: Contemporary Issues and Challenges, Center for African Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India 14th January 2014.

11. COMMUNITY SERVICES

a. RADIO TALKS/INTERVIEWS i. 06th.June.2020: Current Affairs (Hausa), “Youths and their

contribution in Political life of Nigeria ”, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

ii. 10th.July.2019: Current Affairs (Hausa), “My Community”, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

iii. 14th.March.2019: Current Affairs (Hausa), “Economic implications towards insecurity of northern Nigeria”, Makomar Arewa, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the

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Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

iv. 14th.March.2019: Current Affairs (Hausa), “Parliamentarian debate on the roles of military in the Nigeria’s 2019 Presidential election”, Kasarmu Ayau, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

v. 07th.March.2019: Current Affairs (Hausa), “Inspector-General of Police deploys Deputy Inspector-General of Police to various states for the conduct of peaceful gubernatorial elections”, Kasarmu Ayau, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

vi. 07th.March.2019: Current Affairs (Hausa), “reindustrialization process in Northern region”, Makomar Arewa”, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

vii. 02nd.March, 2019: Current Affairs (Hausa), “How to reduce cost implication on running government”, Makomar Arewa, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

viii. 01st.March.2019: Current Affairs (Hausa), “Kowane Kalubale ne kega Yan’ Majalisa bayan Zaben Watan Ukku, 2019”, Karin Kumallo, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

ix. 21st.Feb.2019: Current Affairs (Hausa), “Farfadowa da Masana’antu a Arewachin Najeria”, Makomar Arewa, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

x. 21st.Feb.2019: Current Affairs (Hausa), “Dage Zaben 16.February, 2019: Alfanu ko Rashin Alfanu”, Kasarmu Ayau, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind

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Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

xi. 12th.Feb.2019: Current Affairs (English), “Can the Country Hold Credible Elections or will it fall back?”, Gist Naija, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

xii. 19th.Jan.2019: Current Affairs (English), “How to Conduct a Free and Fair Elections”, Gist Naija, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

xiii. 10th.Jan.2019: Current Affairs (Hausa) “Tsarin Mulkin Sardauna”, Makomar Arewa, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

xiv. 10th.Jan.2019: Current Affairs (Hausa), “Rashin Armashing Demokradiyya”, Kasarmu Ayau, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

xv. 27th.12.2018: Current Affairs (English), “Security implication in Zamfara State”, View Point, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

xvi. 27th.12.2018: Current Affairs (Hausa), “Sharhi kan Tsaro a Jihar Zamfara”, Karin Kumallo, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

xvii. 21st.12.2018: Current Affairs (English), “2019 Appropriation Budget in Nigeria”, View Point, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

xviii. 21st.12.2018: Current Affairs (Hausa), “Kasafin Kudin Nigeria na Shekara ta 2019”, Karin Kumallo, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

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xix. 13th.12.2019: Current Affairs (Hausa), “Kiran da Kasar Amurka tayi ga ‘yan takara su mutunta yarjejeniya”, Karin Kumallo, Garkuwa FM 95.5, the golden voice of the Caliphate, Behind Bafarawa Filling Station opposite old Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria

12. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES

a. Reviewer: Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

b. Reviewer: SAGE Open, Humanities and Social Sciences

c. Member (permanent): Global Association for Humanities and

Social Science Research (GAHSSR)

d. Chief Guest Editor: Science and Education Publishing (SciEP),

Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, USA:

http://www.sciepub.com/journal/wjssh/SpecialIssue?spid=32

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e. Member: African Studies Association of India (ASA

India)

f. Member: Policy Research Institute of African Studies

Association of India (PRIASA, India)

g. Member: Athens Institute of Education and Research,

Athens, Greece

h. Member: (Editorial Board) International Journal of Social Science

Studies (IJSSS)

http://www.redfame.com/journal/index.php/ijsss/about/edit

orialTeam

i. Associate Member, African Studies Center, Universiteit, Leiden,

The Netherlands, URL: http://www.ascleiden.nl/content/ASC-

community/members/ghazali-bello-abubakar

j. Member: (Editorial Board) Journal of Pan-African Studies

(Africology), Sun Village California, U.S.

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k. Editorial Board Member, Asian Institute of Research, Journal of

Social and Political Sciences, Indonesia, URL:

https://www.asianinstituteofresearch.org/jsp

13. PROJECTS SUPERVISION

i. 2016/2017 Academic Session

2016: Anas Abdullahi Muhammad, The effect of unemployment on Nigerian economy: case of Kontagora local government area.

2016: Naziru Ibrahim, Democracy and Good Governance in Sokoto State: 2007-2011

2016: Maimuna Ahmad Babani, African Union Mission and Peacekeeping Operations in Africa: Case of Darfur Area of South Sudan

2016: Muhammad Ibrahim, The Roles of National Orientation Agency in Political Education

2016: Hassan Mu’azu, Kebbi State Women Political Participation,

Initiatives and Challenges: 2007-2011

14. REFEREES

Prof. Samwel Maghimbi: University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Prof. Ajay Kumar Dubey: Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, akdubey@hotmail.com

Prof. Kamal Babikir: Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria