Name:                            Al-Amin Abu-Manga Mohamed.

Date and place of birth:  01.01.1951 - Maiurno (Sennar).

Nationality:                    Sudanese.

Marital status:                Married, and father of 4 children.

Present title:                   Professor (since January 1999).

Present position:             - Director, Institute of African and Asian Studies,

University of Khartoum (since 2002).

- Head, Dept. of Sudanese and African Languages,

Institute of African and Asian Studies, University  of Khartoum (since 1991).

- Chairman, Council for the Development and Promotion of the National Languages