Languages & Linguistics, Literature, Culture and Pedagogy VOLUME 1

Mu'azu, Mohammed AminuThe Five Lecturers that edited this Fescherift entitled: Languages & Linguistics, Literature, Culture and Pedagogy are all teaching in the Department of Languages and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.

The Faculty of Arts, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria in conjunction with the Department of Languages and Linguistics hereby honored Late Professor Mustapha Abba via a Festschrift, organized by his former colleagues and students to mark his contribution to academic excellence during his life time. The theme of the Festschrift is: Languages & Linguistics, Literature, Culture & Pedagogy. The Festschrift has been sub-divided into five different sections for ease of reference namely: Languages & Linguistics, Literature, Arts & Theatre Studies, History, Culture and Social Issues, Religious Studies and Pedagogy. It is important to point out that all contributions were subjected to a peer-review. We wish to state categorically that this Festschrift aims at filling the existing gaps in the fields of Languages & Linguistics, Literature, Culture & Pedagogy to mention but a few.Finally, we hope that this Festschrift will significantly encourage younger Linguists, Historians, Religious Scholars as well as Theatre artists to develop interest in the areas of research, data analysis and publication.