Faculty Member

Mahbuba Sarker Shama

Sr. Lecturer,

Sr. Lecturer, Department of English

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3954-2101

Phone

09643204060

Email

Avenue 6 Road & Lake Drive Road, Sector # 17/H,Uttara, Dhaka-1230
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Personal profile

Biography

This is Mahbuba Sarker Shama, Senior Lecturer of the Department of English at the World University of Bangladesh. I work as a reviewer in many prestigious UK and Indian journals. I have written book titled Deconstructing Colonialism: African Identity in Achebe’s Trilogy in 2025. Also, my poetry book DISEASED LOVE and short story book  Women's Nest got published.  I have 9 years of teaching experience at the tertiary level as an expert on English Literature, specially on Postcolonialism, Marxism, Cultural Studies, Film Criticism, Gender Studies, Dalit Literature, African Liiterature, African-American Studies as well as Feminist approaches towards Literary texts. I have obtained magna cum laude award in both my grad and postgrad. My  22 research journal articles (17 single author research journal articles and 5 collaborative academic articles) have got published in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, USA, Nepal, Bulgaria, Romania, UK and Turkey. In addition, I have presented papers at many national conferences in which I have won award as the best Presenter in Nazrul Conference. Furthermore, I have published many Poems, Newspaper editorials, Short Stories and Book Reviews at both national and international platforms. 

My recent Scopus Publications are

Scopus Q1 Single author- African Americans in Beloved and The Bluest Eye: a Marxist analysis. IKENGA International Journal of Institute of African Studies 27(1):31-53. DOI:10.53836/ijia/2026/27/1/002   

Scopus Q2- Manna Dey, Mahfuza Rahat Oishy, Imrose Afrine, Mahbuba Sarker Shama and Puja Roy. Teacher challenges and parental roles in early childhood EFL instruction: A synthesis review of nursery education in Bangladesh. AGATHOS, Volume 17, Issue 1 (32): 655-669, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19967934



Education/Academic Qualification

MA in English Literature, North South University
BA in English Linguistics & Literature, North South University

External positions

Reviewer , Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences
2026

Reviewer, ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts (India)
2026

Reviewer , Asian Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Studies
2025

Reviewer , International Journal of Literature and Arts
2025

Reviewer , Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies
2025

Research expertise keywords

Achebean Literature Thiong'oan Studies Cultural Analysis African American Studies Postcolonial Literature African Literature African Studies Marxism Feminism Gender Studies Dalit Literature Indigenous Literature Kenyan Literature Nigerian Literature Film Criticism
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Research output

23
Article
2
Conference paper
6
Books
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Books Chapter

2026

Scopus Q1- African Americans in Beloved and The Bluest Eye: a Marxist analysis. IKENGA International Journal of Institute of African Studies 27(1):31-53. DOI:10.53836/ijia/2026/27/1/002
Shama, Mahbuba Sarker. IKENGA International Journal of Institute of African Studies 27(1):31-53. DOI:10.53836/ijia/2026/27/1/002
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Scopus Q2- Teacher challenges and parental roles in early childhood EFL instruction: A synthesis review of nursery education in Bangladesh.AGATHOS, Volume 17, Issue 1 (32): 655-669, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19967934
Manna Dey, Mahfuza Rahat Oishy, Imrose Afrine, Mahbuba Sarker Shama and Puja Roy. AGATHOS, Volume 17, Issue 1 (32): 655-669, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19967934
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Diseased Love
Issche Swaapna prokashoni
Research output : Contribution to book › Paper › peer-review

2025

Deconstructing Colonialism: African Identity in Achebe’s Trilogy
Lap Lambert, UK
Research output : Contribution to book › Editorial › peer-review
The Present Situation of the Manipuri Meitei Language : A Study of the Socio-Cultural Aspects of Bangladesh
International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation (Puja Roy, Imrose Afrine, and Tanzina Moushumi Choudhury
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
WOMEN AS SECOND SEX: INTERPRETING TASLIMA NASRIN’S POETRIES FROM FEMINISM AND POSTCOLONIAL PERSPECTIVES
Linguarum Universe, vol. 2, no. 2, 2025, pp. 235-243.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bangladeshi Transgenders As Other: A Postcolonial Critique of the Film Common Gender."
SCHOLARS: Journal of Arts & Humanities
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2024

Vrindavan of Love and Other Poems
South Asia Journal, 2024.
Research output : Contribution to book › Review › peer-review
Critiquing Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye from the Perspective of Dear Ijeawele or Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions.’’
Prime University Journal, vol. 16, no. 2, 2024, pp. 17-24.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
"Thingification of African Slaves: An Aimé Césairean Analysis of Beloved."
Baust Journal, vol. 4, no. 2, 2024, pp. 195-198.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
"Kalyani Thakur Charal's The Recusant, They Who Have No King, and I Am Leaving Behind These Marshlands: A Postcolonial Marxist Analysis."
MZU Journal of Literature and Cultural Studies, vol. 11, 2024, pp. 108-124.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
"Dear Ijewele: A Marxist Analysis."
Erothanatos, vol. 8, no. 1, 2024, pp. 1-8. E-ISSN 2457-0265.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
"Kevin Jared Hosein's Trinidadian Creole and Its Location."
Sosyal Bilimler Akademik Geli?im Dergisi (SOBAG), vol. 2, no. 2, 2024, pp. 40-48. (Abdus Salam, Mahfuza Rahat Oishy)
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
"Things Fall Apart: Tracing the Tools and Means of Constructing Colonial Historiography."
International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation, vol. 7, no. 7, 2024, pp. 42–46. (First author- Mahfuza Rahat Oishy)
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
"Transforming Challenges into Solutions: Improving the Online Learning Experience for Working Adult Students."
International Journal of Advanced Research in Education and Society, vol. 6, no. 4, 2024, pp. 379-389. Co-authors- Dr. Md. Mohidul Islam (First author) , Mohammed Abdul Jalil, Tarif Mia (Country- Malaysia)
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
"A Critical Examination of Bangladeshi’s Educational Institutions to Evaluate the Interaction of Moral Values between Servant Leadership and Power Distance."
Asian Journal of Research in Education and Social Sciences 6.3 (2024): 328-342. ISSN NO: 2682-8502. Co-authors- Dr. Md. Mohidul Islam, Mohammed Abdul Jalil (Country- Malaysia)
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

"Taslima Nasrin's Poems: A Marxist Analysis."
Baust Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, 2023, pp. 49-51. ISSN 2708-9835.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

“Inverse Subaltern in Rakkhushi: A Feminist Analysis of Bindi and Kunti.”
Bangladesh Cinema and Television Institute Journal, vol. 1, no. 10, 2021, pp. 137-145. ISSN 2415-6639.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

"Matigari: A Revolution of the Masses."
Erothanatos, vol. 4, no. 1, 2020, pp. 60-64. ISSN 2071-1107.
Research output : Contribution to book › Review › peer-review

2019

White Skin of Wretched Africans: A Fanonian Analysis of Devil on the Cross."
Prime University Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, 2019, pp. 123-134. ISSN 1995-5332.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

The Colonized Fall Apart: A Postcolonial Analysis of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart in the Light of Frantz Fanon."
Green University Review of Social Sciences, vol. 4, no. 1, 2018, pp. 73-82. ISSN 2409-7403.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
"Black Skin, White Masks: A Fanonian Analysis of The Bluest Eye."
Green University Review of Social Sciences, vol. 4, no. 2, 2018, pp. 124-132. ISSN 2409-7403.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
"An Analysis of Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease in the Light of Aimé Césaire’s Discourse on Colonialism."
UITS Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 6, no. 1, 2018, pp. 55-64. ISSN 2663-1105.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

The Impact of Educational Institutions on Teaching of English to Bangladeshi Students
Daffodil University Symposium
Research output : Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
“Inverse Subaltern in Rakkhushi: A Feminist Analysis of Bindi and Kunti.”
International conference on Nazrul in Twenty First Century of 21-22 November 2017.
Research output : Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Women’s Nest A Fire Subsided Within
Shahitodesh, 2017. ISBN NO: 978-984-93208-5-2
Research output : Contribution to book › Chapter › peer-review
Ngugi and Achebe’s Debate over Language of African Literature: An Analysis of Chinua Achebe’s Linguistic Achievements in Things Fall Apart."
BUP Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, 2017, pp. 70-76. ISSN 2219-4851.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
"Jason and Medea’s Relationship in Medea: A Postcolonial Analysis."
ULAB Journal of English Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, 2017, pp. 173-178. E-ISSN 2457-0265.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

Discourse on Colonialism.
Ashvamegh Indian Journal of English Literature, 2016. ISSN 2454-4574
Research output : Contribution to book › Review › peer-review
"The Creation of Women: A Feminist Reading of D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers."
International Journal of Advanced Research, vol. 4, no. 9, 2016, pp. 1117-1119. ISSN 2320-5407.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
"A Frantz Fanonian Reading of Chinua Achebe’s Arrow of God."
International Journal of English Language, Literature and Humanities, vol. 4, no. 8, 2016, pp. 136-147. ISSN 2320-5407.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Supervised Work

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Participations

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Project

2025

Begum Rokeya Shakhawat Hossain’s ‘‘Sultana’s Dream’’: An Interdisciplinary Analysis
Initiator(s): Mahbuba Sarker Shama
Champion(s): Mahbuba Sarker Shama
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Awards

2025

Reviewer (Asian Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social sciences)
Mahbuba Sarker Shama (Recipient), 2025
Review articles , UK
Reviewer (Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies)
Mahbuba Sarker Shama (Recipient), 2025
Review articles , UK
Reviewer (International Journal of Literature and Arts)
Mahbuba Sarker Shama (Recipient), 2025
Review articles , India

2017

Best paper presenter at Ekush Shatake Nazrul Conference
Mahbuba Sarker Shama (Recipient), 2017
Educational , Bangladesh

2014

magna cum laude
Mahbuba Sarker Shama (Recipient), 2014
Educational - magna cum laude (M.A English ) , North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2011

magna cum laude
Mahbuba Sarker Shama (Recipient), 2011
Educational - magna cum laude (B.A English ) , North South University, Bangladesh
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Membership

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Certifications

2014

MA English Literature Active
North South University , Issued: 2014
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Research Poster