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Audu Bulama Bukarti is a prominent Nigerian analyst, social critique, public intellectual and human rights lawyer. He is currently Senior Analyst in the Extremism Policy Unit of the
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change The Tony Blair Institute (TBI), commonly known by its trade name the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, is a non-profit organisation set up by former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to provide advice to governments and "to help political leader ...
, senior non-resident at the Africa Program of the
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and also an opinion columnist at
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northern Nigeria's largest newspaper where he writes every Wednesday. Bulama's research focuses on violent
extremist groups ''Extremist Groups: An International Compilation of Terrorism, Terrorist Organizations, Violent Political Groups, and Issue-Oriented Militant Movements'' is a reference work, reference book compiling information on over 200 groups classified as ex ...
in
sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the List of sov ...
. He has studied extremist groups in Africa for over a decade and has written many papers, commentaries, and op-eds on extremist groups’ history, ideology, and strategy; deradicalization and reintegration of former fighters; and response to COVID-19, including for Foreign Policy, the Independent, the Telegraph, CNN, the Council on Foreign Relations, Hudson Institute, the National, and War on the Rocks. He has been cited several times each in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, and Reuters, among others. He has granted interviews various outlets of BBC World Service, Sky News, France 24, Voice of America, Al Jazeera TRT World and a host of others.


Early life and education

Bulama was born in Bukarti town of
Yobe State Yobe is a state located in northeastern Nigeria. A mainly agricultural state, it was created on 27 August 1991. Yobe State was carved out of Borno State. The capital of Yobe State is Damaturu; and it's largest and most populated city is Potisku ...
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Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
, he started his education in Bukarti Primary School, Yobe, he obtained his Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) in 2005, from College of Education Gashua, Nigeria. he attended Bayero University, Kano between 2006 and 2011 where he obtained
Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...
(Common & Islamic Law); at Second Class Upper grade he went to
Nigerian Law School The Nigerian Law School is an educational institution set up by the Government of Nigeria in 1962 to provide a Nigerian legal education to foreign-trained lawyers, and to provide practical training for aspiring Legal Practitioners in Nigeria. ...
where he was trained as Legal Practitioner and he was called to bar in 2012. In 2016 Bukarki obtained his
Master of Laws A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: ' or ') is an advanced postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject. In mos ...
from Bayero University, Kano and he is currently at
SOAS University of London SOAS University of London (; the School of Oriental and African Studies) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury are ...
for
Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common Academic degree, degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields ...
in Law.


Career

Bulama started his career as Assistant Senior Accounts Officer II at Karasuwa Local Government of Yobe State where he work for ten years that is from 2003 to 2013 in 2014 Bukarti become Lecturer at Bayero University, Kano under the department of Law up to 2018 in 2017 Bulama joined Tony Blair Institute for Global Change as Sub-Saharan Africa Analyst, he is a Human Rights and Employment Legal Practice He is a regular guest on Hausa- and English-language channels, including
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BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
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and
Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle (; "German Wave" in English), abbreviated to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget. The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service con ...
; he has spoken at the
University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...
and
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;
Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
,
Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
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George Washington University , mottoeng = "God is Our Trust" , established = , type = Private federally chartered research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.8 billion (2022) , preside ...
and many more.


Publications

#The most worrying aspect of the Kankara kidnapping, African Arguments, (February 2021) #The West in African Violent Extremists’ Discourse,
Hudson Institute The Hudson Institute is a conservative American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1961 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, by futurist, military strategist, and systems theorist Herman Kahn and his colleagues at the RAND Corporat ...
(October 2020) #The Mozambique Conflict and Deteriorating Security Situation,
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change The Tony Blair Institute (TBI), commonly known by its trade name the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, is a non-profit organisation set up by former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to provide advice to governments and "to help political leader ...
(June 2020) #A deadly alliance: coronavirus makes Boko Haram more dangerous than ever
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(June 2020) #Thanks to coronavirus, Boko Haram is making a comeback,
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(April 2020) #How Jihadi Groups in Africa Will Exploit COVID-19,
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(April 2020) #The Challenge of Boko Haram Defectors in Chad, War on the Rocks (March 2020) #The Origins of Boko Haram—And Why It Matters, Hudson Institute (January 2020)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bulama Bukharti, Audu 1984 births Living people Bayero University alumni People from Yobe State Nigerian Muslims