Olusegun Adesina Adekoya
EMAIL: oadekoya2@yahoo.com
PHONE: 08037298264
ADDRESS: Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: Creative writing and nature gazing
POST HELD: NIL MEMBERSHIP STATUS: Member
YEAR OF INDUCTION/ADMISSION: 2017
MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEE: NIL
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION: Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
SPECIALTIES: African Literature, Oral Literature, Wole Soyinka’s Poetry APPOINTMENTS: Graduate Assistant, Obafemi Awolowo University, 1982; Professor of Literature, Obafemi Awolowo University, 2003
PARTICIPATION IN GRANTS AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS/PROJECTS: African American Heritage Month, New York Public Library, Bronx and Harlem Branches, February 19-20, 1992 COMMUNITY SERVICE: President, Modakeke High School Old Students Association, 1972-1976 Sets, 2006-2014.
Biography
Born on 26 June, 1953, I had my primary education at St. John’s Anglican Primary School, Odosimadegun in Ijebu East Local Government Area, Ogun State, and my secondary education at Modakeke High School, Modakeke, Ile-Ife, Osun State. My tertiary level education was at University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), where I studied Literature in English. Appointed as a Graduate Assistant at the university in 1982, I rose through the ranks and was promoted to the position of Professor of Literature in 2003. I have published several journal articles on the writing of Wole Soyinka and a book on his poetry. My thesis is that Wole Soyinka’s exploration of Yoruba mythology, especially the Ogun myth of creation, informs his paradoxical vision of art, culture and the cosmos. I practise creative writing and have published four volumes of poetry. I am married and have two sons.
