Janet Olaide Sheba
EMAIL: laidesheba@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE: +2348037198819
ADDRESS: Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: Social Works
MEMBERSHIP STATUS: Member
YEAR OF INDUCTION/ADMISSION: 2018
POST HELD: Nil
MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEE: Member, LOC, Biennal Conference at O.A.U. Ife, June 2019
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION: Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
SPECIALTIES: N/A
APPOINTMENTS: Head of Department; Hall Fellow; Vice-Dean; Hall Mistress
PARTICIPATION IN GRANTS AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS/PROJECTS: Collaborated with colleagues in the U.S.A – Prof Olanike Ola-Orie and Dr. Akintunde Oyetade in the U.K. to edit a book titled “AFRICAN AND ITS DIASPORA LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND CULTURE”
COMMUNITY SERVICE: Member, Ife Development Board
Biography
Laide Sheba is a professor in the Department of Linguistics and African Languages at Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria where she has been teaching and researching since 1985. She has held various positions such as the head of department, vice-dean, hall fellow, hall mistress among others. She has published extensively in various reputable academic journals. Two of her published books are “ISETOFABO NINU ISE AWON ONKOWEKUNRIN YORUBA [Womanism in the works of Yoruba male writers] (2000) and a collection of poems titled “SI OLUFE ATI OKAN-O-JOKAN ASAYAN EWI” [To a darling and various poems] (2016).
