Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah (Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois)

Submitted:  Mon, 25 August 2003


Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Comparative Literature
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
E-mail:  a-naallah@wiu.edu


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


Research interests include 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.

Selected publications:

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.