Ibrahima Diallo

Dr Ibrahima Diallo

Senior Lecturer

School of Humanities

College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

I am an applied linguist who employs sociolinguistic and cultural perspective to critically examine, analyse, understand, and interpret language, culture, and society. My research draws from the epistemologies of the Global South, African epistemologies, and decolonial theories. 
My current research encompasses two broad strands of sociolinguistics:
The first strand focuses on language planning and language policy issues in postcolonial Africa, with an emphasis on the geopolitics of former colonial languages (especially French) and the role of African languages in education.
The second research strand explores language policy and planning, Islamic literacies in West Africa, and critical intercultural pedagogies.
Both research strands are informed by intersectionality, critical race theory, and decolonial/post-colonial studies.

  • French Studies
  • Francophone Studies
  • Francophone Subsaharan  Africa
  • Qur'anic Literacy
  • Islamic Education
  • Western and Islamic Pedagogies
  • Postcolonia Studies
  • CRT

Year Citation
2017 Diallo, I. (2017). Attitudes of Australian Muslims and Australian wider community towards Muslim institutions. Journal of education in Muslim society, 4(1), 1-12.
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2016 Diallo, I., & Maizonniaux, C. (2016). Policies and pedagogies for students of diverse backgrounds. International journal of pedagogies and learning, 11(3), 201-210.
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2016 Diallo, I., Abdallah, K. B., & Embarki, M. (2016). Education provisions in support of allophone students in France: policies, achievements and challenges. International journal of pedagogies and learning, 11(3), 248-258.
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2016 Diallo, I. (2016). Literacy and education in West Africa: from Ajami to Francophonie. Africa Review (Abingdon), 8(1), 60-70.
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2015 Diallo, I. (2015). Lexical borrowing from Arabic to Pular: context and features. Australasian Review of African Studies, 36(2), 93-109.
2014 Diallo, I., & Liddicoat, A. J. (2014). Planning language teaching: an argument for the place of pedagogy in language policy and planning. International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 9(2), 110-117.
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2014 Diallo, I. (2014). English in education policy shift in Senegal: From traditional pedagogies to communicative language teaching. Journal of Education for Teaching: international research and pedagogy, 9(2), 142-151.
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2014 Diallo, I. (2014). Emirati students encounter Western teachers: tensions and identity resistance. Learning and teaching in higher education: Gulf perspectives, 11(2), 1-14.
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2012 Diallo, I. (2012). The interface between Islamic and western pedagogies and epistemologies: Features and Divergences.. International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 7(3), 175-179.
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2012 Diallo, I. (2012). Intercultural teaching in the Arab Gulf region: making a case for paedagogy that takes into account the epistemic context and the scholastic traditions of Muslim students. International journal of pedagogies and learning, 7(3), 211-217.
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2012 Diallo, I. (2012). 'Every little tree has its own bit of shade': Qur'an-based literacy of the Peul Fuuta community. International journal of pedagogies and learning, 7(3), 227-238.
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2012 Diallo, I. (2012). Qur'anic and Ajami literacies in pre-colonial West Africa. Current issues in language planning, 13(2), 91-104.
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2011 Khan, S. I., & Diallo, I. (2011). Le réveil du dragon: la conceptualisation des implications stratégiques et linguistic-culturelles de l'ascension de la Chine. Monde chinois, 25(1), 95-103.
2011 Diallo, I. (2011). Les defis linguistiques et geopolitiques du francais en Afrique au sud du Sahara. Australian journal of French studies, 48(1), 34-46.
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2011 Diallo, I. (2011). 'Oh, Lord, give [me] knowledge that is meaningful!': overview of knowledge and education in the Peul Fuuta community through Qur'anic education. International journal of pedagogies and learning, 6(2), 140-151.
2011 Diallo, I. (2011). Les vicissitudes du français en Afrique au sud du Sahara. Canadian journal of African studies, 45(2), 209-239.
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2011 Diallo, I. (2011). 'To understand lessons, think through your own languages.' An analysis of narratives in support of the introduction of indigenous languages in the education system in Senegal. Language matters, 42(2), 207-230.
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2009 Diallo, I. (2009). La didactique des langues etrangeres dans le Golfe: pourquoi les idees ne circulent-elles pas?. Le Francais dans le monde : Recherches et applications, 126-134.
2009 Diallo, I. (2009). Attitudes toward speech communities in Senegal: A cross sectional study. Nordic Journal of African Studies, 18(3), 196-214.

Year Citation
2025 Diallo, I., & Dia, A. A. (2025). Senegal, English in. In Source details - Title: Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of World Englishes (pp. 1-12). US: John Wiley & Sons.
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2022 Shafat, A., & Diallo, I. (2022). Somali language and culture in the transmission of Quranic literacy in Somalia. In R. A. Hamid, M. T. Oladejo, & S. B. Suraju (Eds.), Source details - Title: Muslims and Societies in Africa (pp. 58-83). Nigeria: Reamsworth Publishing.
2020 Diallo, I., & Ndiaye, M. (2020). Affinities between West Africa and India: evidence from cultural and linguistic similarities. In I. Deallo (Ed.), Source details - Title: Prejudice, Discrimination and Racism against Africans and Siddhis in India. UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2020 Diallo, I. (2020). Caste system and the racialization of blackness: an introduction. In I. Diallo (Ed.), Source details - Title: Prejudice, Discrimination and Racism against Africans and Siddhis in India (pp. 1-14). UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishings.
2020 Diallo, I. (2020). Motivations to learn English and their effectiveness in the professional context in Senegal. In G. Austin, & S. O'Neill (Eds.), Source details - Title: Stimulating Languages and Learning Global Perspectives and Community Engagement. USA: Deep Education Press.
2019 Diallo, I. (2019). Islamic education and Islamic affinities in precolonial West Africa. In M. Huda (Ed.), Source details - Title: Global perspectives on teaching and learning paths in Islamic education (pp. 164-177). US: IGI Global.
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2018 Diallo, I. (2018). The importance of Islamic Studies from an Islamic Worldview in Australia. In Source details - Title: Islamic schooling in the west: Pathways to renewal (pp. 239-256). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
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2016 Diallo, I. (2016). China's expansion in Africa and its implications for African language education policy. In I. Liyanage, & B. Nima (Eds.), Source details - Title: Multidisciplinary Research Perspectives in Education (pp. 195-201). Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
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2016 Diallo, I., Embarki, M., & Abdallah, K. B. (2016). Education for citizenship at school in France: trajectory, tensions and contradictions. In A. Peterson (Ed.), Source details - Title: The Palgrave International Handbook of Education for Citizenship and Social Justice (pp. 391-409). UK: Springer.
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2011 Hourani, R. B., Diallo, I., & Said, A. (2011). Teaching in the Arabian Gulf: arguments for the deconstruction of the current educational model. In C. Gitsaki (Ed.), Source details - Title: Teaching and learning in the Arab world (1 ed., pp. 335-355). Bern: Peter Lang.

Courses I teach

  • EDUC 3055 Inclusive Education (2025)
  • LANG 1024 French 2A (2025)
  • LANG 1025 French 2B (2025)
  • LANG 3036 European Languages In-Country (2025)
  • LANG 1022 French 1A (2024)
  • LANG 1023 French 1B (2024)

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