Zakariyau Oseni

Who is Zakariyau Oseni?

Zakariyau Idrees-Oboh Oseni, is a prominent Arabic and Islamic Studies Scholar, an Imam and a poet from Nigeria. He was trained at the University of Ibadan where he obtained a Certificate in Arabic & Islamic Studies, B. A. First Class Hons. in Arabic Language and Literature, M. A. in Arabic & Islamic Studies and Ph.D. in Arabic Language & Literature. He has over 33 years’ experience in lecturing in Arabic Studies and aspects of Islamic Studies. He has over 100 publications in Arabic, Islamic Studies and Literature out of which are three collections of poems in English, three plays and a collection of short stories in Arabic, and a collection of Afenmai Proverbs translated and annotated. He is an editorial consultant to fifteen academic journals in Nigeria and beyond. He was the Head of the multidisciplinary Department of Religions and the Department of Arabic, University of Ilorin. He is currently a Visiting Professor and Head, Department of Languages, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, since October 2011. He is the immediate past Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, Ilorin. He is the Chief Imam and Waziri of Auchi. Moreover, he is a Fellow of Arabic Studies, Nigeria, Fellow of the Academy of Religion and member of the Consultative Committee of ‘Ulama’ under the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. He is happily married with children.