Usman Muhammad Bugaje


    Conference and Seminars Papers

  1. Attempting a Vision for the Nigerian Muslim Community
  2. Muslims and the Challenge of the New World Order
  3. Muslims in a Computer Age
  4. Future of Nigeria and the Relevance of Values
  5. Towards A Global Women Islamic Movement
  6. Women's Empowerment And Islam
  7. The Role of Muslim Women in the Transformation of Society
  8. Some Observations on Islamic Education in Katsina State
  9. The Cause of Martin L King: Quest for Freedom, Equity and Leadership in Nigeria
  10. Islamic Movements and the Political Economy in Africa: An Overview with Reference to Sub-saharan Africa
  11. Trade, Debt and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Muslim Initiative to the Rescue?
  12. Strengthening Islamic Cultural Awareness through Hajj:The Means and the Methods
  13. The Rule of Law and the Challenges of Pluralism
  14. The Islamic Political System and the Political Future of Nigeria 
  15. Islam in Africa Organisation
  16. Towards a Viable Islamic Political System: What Options for Nigeria
  17. Muslims in Africa and the Challenges of the 21st Century
  18. Contemporary Muslim Response to the Challenge of Knowledge: Separating the Chaff from the Grain
  19. The Evolution of the Legislature and the Challenges for Democracy in Nigeria:An Overview
  20. Welcome Address: Formal Inauguration of Forum for Demoacracy and Good Governance (FDGG)
  21. Working Together for Peace in Africa: Some Bubbles of Thoughts - Second Inter-Faith Peace Summit
  22. Welcome Address:Conference of Parliamentarians of Ecowas Member States
  23. First Trust Dialogue: The Nigerian Question: The Way Forward


     Sokoto Caliphate Papers

  1. Shaykh Uthman Ibn Fodio and The Revival of Islam in Hausa Land
  2. The Jihad of Shaykh Usman Dan Fodio and Its Impact Beyond the Sokoto Caliphate
  3. Some Contributions of the Sokoto Caliphate Scholars to the Study of Medicine
  4. The Administration of Zakat in Colonial and Post Colonial Nigeria
  5. The Sokoto Caliphate in Modern Nigeria: Ending it, Mending it or Re-inventing it?
  6. The Sakkwato Model: Origin to Fruition of the Jihad (in PDF - you need Acrobat reader to view it.)
  7. The Tradition of Tajdid in West Africa: An overview
  8. National Workshop and Book Launch on the Life and Legacy of Shehu Usman Dan Fodio
  9. Scholarship and Revolution: An examination of the impact of a tradition of Tajdid on the Sokoto Caliphal Leaders

Theses  

   (in PDF - you need Acrobat reader to view it.)
  1. Comparative Study of Uthman Ibn Fodio and Imam Muhammad Ahmad Al-Mahdi -  M.A
  2. The Tradition of Tajdid In Western Bilad Al-Sudan   Ph D
  3. The Contents, Methods and Impact of Shehu Usman Dan Fodio's Teachings (1774-1804)   - Part I Masters Dissertation

Writings on Nigeria    
 

  1. Education, Values, Leadership and the Future of Nigeria
  2. Hajj and the Nigerian Government: Towards a Clear and Sustainable Policy on Hajj 
  3. Nigeria is sick: but symptoms are mistaken for for the disease
  4. When Silence is not Golden
  5. Lest We Forget: Some Lessons from Death for the Living
  6. Looting and the Nation
  7. Questioning the National Question
  8. The National Question: Separating the Chaff from the Grain
  9. Kaduna Conference on the 1995 Draft Constitution
  10. Power without Persuation

Topical Issues    

  1. Contemporary Muslim Response to the Challenge of Knowledge: Separating the Chaff from the Grain
  2. Lewinsky Missile, American Logic and the Rest of Us
  3. A Week with South African Muslims
  4. Frontiers and Mechanics of Islamic Economics
  5. No More Heroes, Only Bullies
  6. War by Other Means

Book Reviews    

  1. Leadership and Governance in Nigeria: The Relevance of Values
  2. In the Shadow of Conquest: Islam in Colonial Northeast 
  3. Status and continuity in West Africa
  4. The Heritage of Islam, Women, Religion and Politics in West Africa
  5. Tribe and State: Essays in Honour of David Montgomery Hart