ORIOLA, AKINOLA

Personal Data:
Date of Birth: 10 December 1962
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Nigerian
State of Origin: Lagos State
Postal Address: P. O. Box 2977, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria
Home Address: 157, Ago Palace Way, Okota, Lagos
Phone: 07055851265
E-mail: oriakins@yahoo.com

Institutions
Attended & 2002 - 2008 University of Ibadan. Ph.D
Qualifications Literary Theory, African &
African-American Drama

1992 - 1994 University of Ibadan M. A. (English & Literary

Studies)
1987 - 1991 University of Ibadan B. A. (Classics/English)21
1976 - 1982 Nigerian Model High School W.A.E.C (O’Level)

Academic Work
Experience 2007 - 2008 Research Fellow
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, New York,
United State of America.

2006 - 2007 Head of Department,

Department of General Studies,
School of Management & Business Studies,
Lagos State Polytechnic.

2008/2009 Associate Lecturer

Department of English
University of Ibadan

1998 - To date Senior Lecturer,

Department of General Studies,
School of Management & Business Studies,
Lagos State Polytechnic.

2002 - 2003 Coordinator,

General Studies Department,
School of Part-Time Studies,
Lagos State Polytechnic.

1998 - 1999 Associate Lecturer

Kwara State Polytechnic (Lagos Centre)

1998 - 1999 Associate Lecturer

 University of Calabar (Lagos Centre)
1992 - 1994 Tutorial Assistant
University of Ibadan

Professional Work
Experience 2004 - To Date Consultant/Facilitator
(Advanced Customer Care Skills)
Oak Business School, Ogba-Ikeja.

1997 - To Date Examiner (Communication Skills)

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.

1997 - 2000 Consultant/Facilitator (Business Communication)

Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria.

1997 - 1999 Consultant (Business Communication)

Lagos State Public Service Staff Development Centre,
Lagos, Nigeria.

Secretary, Press Council, Balewa Postgraduate Hall,

University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Editorial Board Member Management Trend

Editorial Board Member, A Compendium On

Polytechnic Education in Nigeria.

Editorial Board Member, The Phronseterion.

Secretary, Editorial Board, Journal of Technology

Member, Audit Committee (SPTS)

Student Librarian, English/Classics Departmental Library.

Chairman, Constitutional Drafting Committee

Nnamdi Azikwe Hall, University of Ibadan.

Published Books:
2002 Practical Business Communication
Over 100,000 copies sold
2000 Use of English (A Practical Approach)
Over 200,000 copies sold

Published Articles:
2005 Socio-Political Image in Osofisan’s
The Chattering And The Song & Rotimi’s Hope Of
Living Dead. Journal of Cultural Studies, Vol.2: xx-
xx

2005 Globalization: The Concept of Cultural Bio-

diversity and
Hybridity. (In press-Concentric Journal of Literary
&
Cultural Studies)
 2004 Literary Culture and National Development: The
Nigerian Experience. Laspotech Journal of
Technology (Vol.1 No. 2) 137 - 145

2001 Socio-Mythical Context in Soyinka’s The Strong

Breed And Osofisan’s No More Wasted Breed.
Castalia Ibadan Journal (Vol.8/No.1). 1-9.

2001 Computer and Language Teaching in Polytechnic

Education. In: Adeseye I (Ed.) Polytechnic
Education in Nigeria, Problems and Prospects.
226 – 233.

2000 The Correlativity of Texts and Contexts in Creative

Writings. Castalia, Ibadan Journal (Vol.4/No. 2)
101 – 109.

Unpublished Articles:
Pan-Africanismand Post-Colonialism: A Dialectical
Survey.
The Romantic Poets and the Tradition of Symbolic
Odes:
A Study of Coleridge, Wordsworth and Keats.
Romanticism, Symbolism, Premise, Contexts and
Implications.

Unity of Text as a Concept of Identifying other

Traditions of Critism.

Post-Colonial Theory and its Critics: A Study of

“Wide Sargasso Sea”.

Novel of Heroic Narratives: A Study of “Arrow of

God
and Chaka”.

Culture and Resistance: A Critical Appraisal of

Ngugi & Mugo’s “Trial of Dedan Kimathi”.

Examination of the relationship between

Language
Structure and Social Structure in Nigeria.

Manuscripts: Classicism in the works of T.S Elliot: A

Special Reference
To “The Family Reunion”’ “The Confidential Clerk”
and
“The Cocktail Party” B. A. Thesis.

Texts and Contexts in Contemporary Nigeria

Drama - M. A. Dissertation

A Collection of Poems.
 Current Research: The Dramatisation of Cultural Identities in
African and African-American Drama.
Language
Competence: English Language, Greek and Latin

Computer Skills: Competent in the Use of Ms Office

Applications
(Ms Word, Excel, Power Point) and Internet
Software.

Conferences Attended:
2004 Eleventh Conference of the International Society
for the
Study of Harmful Algae (ISSHA), Cape Town,
South Africa.

2003 African Cultural Studies Conference on

Images of Africa in Africa,
African Cultural Institute, Lagos.

2001 Conferences on National Development and

Polytechnic Education,
The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Nigeria.

2001 National Conferences on Development of

Polytechnic Education,
Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Nigeria.

1990 International Conference on African and Black

Literature Held at the University of Ibadan,
Nigeria.

1989 International Conference on African and Black

Diaspora Literature, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
.
Award Received: Travel Award to the ISSHA Conference by
the
Swedish International Development Agency
(SIDA).

Professional African Literature Association (ALA)

Membership: International Society for the Study of Harmful
Algae (ISSHA).

Extracurricular
Activities: Reading, Swimming, Travelling, Making Friends.

Referees: Professor S. D. Izevbaye

Department of English
Faculty of Arts
University of Ibadan.

Dr. ‘Niyi Okunoye

Department of English
Faculty of Arts
Obafemi Awolowo University.

Dr. E. A. Adedun
Department of English
Faculty of Arts
University of Lagos.