Biography

I was born and raised in Nigeria. I first attended Federal College of Education, Kano (an advanced teachers training collage), where I earned an advanced level certificate in two majors i.e., Geography and English language. I later proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where I completed a BA in Archaeology. It was out of the previous A-level knowledge in Geography and fieldwork experiences that I developed an interest in Paleo-Environmental Studies, specifically the life-histories of landscape and the connections between past human societies and physical landscapes in Nigeria. I have been researching on how past societies in Northern Nigeria utilized the geo-environmental provisions around them and my immediate goal is to develop a career in that direction; because I believed that a proper understanding of past environmental and social systems is invaluable to how we approach and solve contemporary social and environmental problems. I hope to collaborate with the Cambridge community members and other Scholars to promote education and research and to achieve my long-term goals of advancing my country's knowledge of its centuries old diverse history. I am greatly honoured to be part of the Gates Cambridge community.

Previous Education

Ahmadu Bello University Archaeology 2014