– 1976-78, French teacher as a part-time job at the Islamic University of Omdurman,   Sudan.

– 1978-82, Research Fellow and lecturer at Bayero University Kano, Nigeria.

– 1981 (Oct.-Dec.), visiting Research Fellow to the University of Marburg, Fed. Rep.

   of Germany (for preparation of a book of a Fulfulde course, jointly with Prof. H.  Jungraithmayr).                    

– 1982-1983 (6 months), Fulfulde instructor as a part-time job at Frobenius Institute,   University of Frankfurt, Fed. Rep. of Germany.

– 1984-86, Fulfulde instructor as a part-time job at the Dept. of African languages and  Linguistics, Univ. of Marburg, and later at the University of Frankfurt.

–  Since 1987, staff member of the Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum.