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Abu Shardow Abarry

821 Gladfelter Hall
215-204-8496
aabarry@temple.edu

Teaching And Research Interests:
African and African-American Literature, African Languages, Narrative Tradition, African Aesthetics

Education:

Ph.D. State University Of New York At Buffalo, 1977

Doctoral Dissertation: Rhetoric And Poetics Of African Oral Literature

Academic Honors / Professional Recognition

• Temple University Merit Awards For Outstanding Teaching, Research, And Service:1991-1996
• Cheikh Anta Diop Award For Outstanding Scholarship, October,1996
• Cheikh Anta Diop Medal Of Honor For Intellectual And Theoretical Originality, October,1995
• National Council Of Black Studies' Certificate Of Outstanding Service, September,1995
• Commonwealth Academic Fellow, University Of London (SOAS), England, 1986-7
  

Research In Progress:

• Abarry, Abu S. The Changing Role Of Orature In A Technological Age
• Abarry, Abu S. African Pioneer Playwrights: A Literary Biography

Selected Publications

Books

• Abarry, Abu S. Spoken Power: Orature Of The Ga Of Ghana. (In Press).
• Abarry, Abu S. African And African-American Literature: Context And Content. (In Press).
• Abarry, Abu S. (With Mohammed Garba). Basic Hausa: A Learner-Centered Approach. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press, 2003.
• Abarry, Abu S. Effective Research, Thesis And Dissertation Writing. Philadelphia: Center For African And African American Affairs, Temple University, 1991.
• Abarry, Abu, (With A. Mamudu), A Revision Book For Literature In English. Jos: Jos University Press, 1984.

Chapters/Excerpts In Books:

• Abarry, S. Abu, " The Ga Folktale: Context And Themes", (Ed.) Margaret Read Macdonald, Traditional Story-Telling Today, N. York, Garland Publishing Company, 1998
• Abarry, Abu S. " The Role Of Play Songs In The Moral Development Of African Children ", In (Ed.) Anne Adams And Janis Mayes, Mapping Intersections: African Literature And Africa's Development. Trenton, N. Jersey: Africa World Press. 1998
• Abarry, Abu S. " The African Legacy In American Literature", In (Ed.) Janice Hamlet, Afrocentric Notions: Studies In Culture And Communications. Thousand Oaks, Ca.: Sage Publications. 1998.
• Abarry, Abu S. " Recurrent Themes In Mpai (Libation) Oratory", In (Eds.), M.K. Asante And A. S. Abarry, African Intellectual Heritage, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996
• Abarry, Abu S. " Ga Homowo (Hunger Hooting) Festival", In (Eds.), M. K. Asante And A. S. Abarry, African Intellectual Heritage, Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1996

 

Research Articles:

• Abarry, Abu S. "Locating Chinua Achebe", The Literary Griot. (Spring,2002).
• Abarry, Abu S. "The Naming Drama Of The Ga Of Ghana." Journal Of Black Studies. Vol. 27, No. 3, January, 1997.
• Abarry, Abu S. "Africa-Derived Aesthetics In Langston Hughes's Poetry." The Literary Griot, Vol. 8, Nos. 1 And 2, 1996.
• The Significance Of Names In Ghanaian Drama." Journal Of Black Studies, Vol. 22, No. 2, December,1991.

Book Reviews:

• Abarry, Abu S. "Preface" In Edward Lama's On Afrocentricity And Intercultural Communication. N. York : Edwin Mellen Press, 1998
• Abarry, Abu S. Joseph Adjaye's Time In The Black Mind. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, In Journal Of Black Studies, Vol. 27, No.2 November, 1996
• Abarry, Abu S. " Preface ", In Imhotep (A Special Issue On Afrocentric Literary Criticism, Theory, And Methodology), Vol. 3, No.2. Spring, 1992 
  
• Abarry, Abu S. J. G. Christallers Three Thousand Six Hundred Ghanaian Proverbs. . . New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1990. In Journal Of Black Studies, Vol. 22, No. 1, 1991.