Shettima Umara Bulakarima is the first professor of Kanuri language and currently a professor at the Department of Languages and Linguistics, University of Maiduguri. He has written over 50 academic books and the first Kanuri dictionary. His research focuses on Kanuri phonology, grammar, dialectology, lexicography, language planning, and language contact. He recently received an award at the Borno Book and Art Festival,,

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