Teaching & Research Areas:
Conferences, Workshops and Research works:
I. Conferences
- West Africa Examinations Council, International Moderating Committee Meeting, WAEC Guest House, Accra, 19th – 23th November, 2018.
- The Pre-tertiary Education Curriculum Review and its impact on Traditional Arabic Schools, First Post-Restructuring Meeting of the National Council of the Islamic Education Unit. Durra Institute, Accra, 10th November, 2018.
- A One-Day Session with Cambridge Assessment International, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), British Council, Accra. 17th July, 2018.
- National Stakeholder Conference on Educational Achievements and Mobility in Poor Muslim Communities in Ghana, Baraka Policy Institute, 20th – 21th October, 2017.
- The Importance of Arabic Language as an Examinable Subject in Pre-Tertiary Education, National Strategic Conference on Muslim Education in Ghana, May 21, 2016, sponsored by Baraka Policy Institute (BPI), Accra, Ghana.
- A Reassessment of the Influences of the ‘Agents’ of Usuman Dan Fodio in Gold Coast: Evidences from the Arabic Writings of Umar Abubakri Karache, 1st International Conference of POGSASS, 14th – 16th October, 2014, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
- International Subject Panel Meeting for the selection of Arabic texts (2016-2020) in Benin City, Nigeria. March 25th - 27th March, 2013. Arabic representative.
- Biannual West African Examination Council (WAEC) International Moderating Committee Meeting in Lagos, Nigeria/ Accra, Ghana (since 2009 - ---). Arabic representative.
- ‘Religion and Language Disengaged: A Case Study of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Ghana’, 10th Faculty of Arts Colloquium, 17th and 18th April 2012. University of Ghana, Legon.
- ‘Is the Imam Communicating? An Assessment of the Functional Purpose of Arabic Sermons in Ghanaian Mosques’, 8th Faculty of Arts Colloquium, 14th and 15th April 2010, University of Ghana, Legon.
I. Workshops
- Pre-tertiary Education Curriculum (KG1 – B6) Finalization Workshop, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), Blue Royal Hotel, Larteh Akuapem, 13th-17th August, 2018.
- Pre-tertiary Education Curriculum (KG1 – B6) Workshop, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), Blue Royal Hotel, Larteh Akuapem, 7th-11th May, 2018.
- 3-Day Pre-tertiary Education Curriculum (KG1 – B6) Workshop, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), Blue Royal Hotel, Larteh Akuapem, 24th-27th April, 2018.
- Curriculum Framework and Subject Experts Workshop, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), Lou-Ralph Hotel, Dome, Accra, 4th-9th February, 2018.
- National Council for Curriculum and Assessment Pre-tertiary Level Curriculum Review Workshop. (MOE), Pentecost Convention Center, Gomoa Fetteh, C/R, 16th – 18th January, 2018.
- West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), Item Writing Workshop, (WAEC), Blue Royal Hotel, Larteh Akuapem,11th – 15th December, 2017.
2. Published Papers.
I. تطور التأليف العربي في دولة غانا الحديثة من خلال المناظرات الدينية القلمية
مجلة الدراسات الأفريقية، مركز الدراسات الأفريقية, النجف - العراق
Mohammed, A. U (2019) The Development of Arabic Authorship in Modern Ghana through Muslim Doctrinal Debates. Journal of African Studies, Center for African Studies. Najaf, Iraq. (Papers accepted for publication, 2019).
II. الثقافة العربية الإسلامية فى دولة غانا الحديثة: بين آمال الماضي وتحديات الواقع
Mohammed, A. U. (2018) Arabic and Islamic culture in modern Ghana: Between past expectation and current challenges, Al-asaalah International Journal of Arabic and Islamic studies, Al-Hikmah University (Ilorin, Nigeria). Department of Arabic. Vol.8: no.1 (2018). Pp.12-31.
III. Mohammed, A. U (2018). Uthman bin. Fodio in the Gold Coast: Evidences from the Arabic writings of Umar Abubakri Karachie, al-Fikr Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies. Vol. 30 (2018) pp. 7-23.
IV. Oladosu, A. Afis, and Mohammed, A. U (2016). The Metaphor of money
in Arab-Islamic culture. Legon Journal of the Humanities, Vol. 27, No
1. Pp. 48 – 70. University of Ghana, Legon.
V. Mohammed, A. U (2015) Is the Imam communicating?: An assessment of the functional purpose of Arabic sermons in Ghanaian mosques. Journal of Oriental and African Studies (JOAS) vol. 24, pp. 174-185.
VI. Mohammed, A. U. & others. (2014). A Historical Appraisal of the
Department of Modern Languages and the Department of French,
Journeys Through the Modern Languages at the University of Ghana.
University of Ghana Readers, AH series 6. Oxfordshire. Ayebia
Clarke Publishing Ltd. Pp. 9-30.
VII. Thaqafi, U. A. M. & Mohammed, A. U. (2014). Islamic community issues in Nigerian Arabic poetry. Alimi Journal of Arabic Studies (AJAS), Vol. 1. Pp. 149 – 164. University of Ilorin.
VIII. Mohammed, A. U. (2016). The Importance of Arabic Language as an Examinable Subject in Pre-Tertiary Education National Strategic Conference on Muslim Education in Ghana, 2016, Conference Report. Baraka Policy Institute (BPI). 60-67
3. Work in Progress:
a. Book (Arabic)
اللغة العربية وآدابها في غانا الحديثة– دراسة تاريخية أدبية لمؤلفات العلماء المسلمين.
Arabic Language & Literature in Modern Ghana: Historical and
Literary Evaluations of the Writings of Muslim Ulamaa
b. Journal Articles
النثر العربي في دولة غانا الحديثة - دراسة في مؤلفات العلماء التقليديين
i. Arabic Literary Prose in Modern Ghana: A Critical Study in the Writings of the Local Scholars.
ii. ‘Religion and Language Disengaged: A Case Study of Arabic and
Islamic Studies at the University of Ghana’
iii. ‘The Ghanaian Arabic: A Multicultural Mosaic’.
4. Extracurricular activities:
- Member: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NACCA)
Pre-tertiary Level Curriculum Review Committee.
- Chairman, School Management Board: Al-Basar Senior High School,
Awoshie, Accra.
- Member: Biannual West African Examination Council (WAEC) International Arabic Moderating Committee.
- Chairman: School Management Committee, Umar Bun Hatab Basic
Schools, Madina, Accra.
- Member: Madina West Council of Ulamah (Muslim Clerics).
- Chairman: Transbureau Management Board, (Translation Office), Dept.
of Modern Languages, UG, Legon.