– Ph.D. in African Languages and Linguistics, University of Marburg, Fed. Rep. of Germany, 1986.

– Zertifikat : Deutsch als Fremdsprache (German as a Foreign Language) Goethe-   Institute,  Mannheim, Fed. Rep. of Germany, 1983.

– M.A. in Sudanese and African Languages, Institute of African and Asian Studies,   Univ. of Khartoum, 1979.

– B.A. Honours, Faculty of Arts, University of Khartoum, 1976.

– Diplome Superieur d’Etudes Francaises de 3eme Degre, University of Grenoble,  France, 1975.

Knowledge of the following languages:

Studied, speak, read and write:               

1-Arabic                                             

2- English                                             

3- French                                

4- German

5- Fulfulde (Fulani),

6- Hausa

7- Swahili (to some extent)