ORIPELOYE Henri Ajayi

Email address(es): horipeloye@oauife.edu.ng, oripeloyehenri@gmail.comail.com

Office Address:  Room 213, Humanities Block 1

ORCID iD: 0000-002-6030

Academic Qualifications: B.A., (English), M.A. (Literature-in-English), Ph.D. (Literature-in-English)

Areas of Specialization:  Modern African Poetry, African Oral Literature, Life Writing and Creative Writing

Title of M.A. Thesis:  Oral Discourse in the Poetry of Niyi Osundare

Title of Ph.D. Thesis:  Representations of Exile in Anglophone West African Poetry

Fellowships: African Humanities Programme Fellowship (2013)

Ongoing Current Research: Yoruba Sexualities – a book project

Publications:

Oripeloye, H.A. (2017). Reading Literature: An Introduction. Ibadan: Kraft Books. (Nigeria).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2020). Poetics of Exile: A Reading of Five Anglophone West African Poets. Ibadan: Kraft Books.

Oripeloye, H.A. (2008). “Socio-Political Temper in Tayo Olafioye’s Carnival of Looters and Parliament of Idiots”. In: B. Vitarnem and S. Owonibi (Eds.) The Mines of His Mind: Critical Reflections on the Works of Tayo Olafioye. Trenton NJ: Africa World Press.12-23. (USA).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2009a). “Re-ordering Humanity: Femi Osofisan’s Backward Glance in One Legend, Many Seasons”. In: T. Akinyemi and T. Falola (Eds.) Emerging Perspectives on Femi Osofisan.Trenton NJ: Africa World Press. 107-112. (USA).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2010). “Globalisation and Cultural Identity Discourse in the Exilic Poetry of Tanure Ojaide and Odia Ofeimun”. In: T. Tsaaior (Ed.) Politics of the Postcolonial Text: Africa and its Diasporas”. Muenchen: Lincom Europa. 66-76. (Germany).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2012a). “Response to Literature: An Overview”. In: W. Adegbite, O. Adekoya and A. Adegoju (Eds.) Use of English: A Manual on Communicative Skills for Tertiary Institutions. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. 405-412. (Nigeria).

Oripeloye, H.A. and Omigbule, M.B. (2019). “The Yoruba of Nigeria and the Ontology of Death and Burial”. In Selin H. and Rakoff R. (Eds.). Death Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Switzerland: Springer. 193-205. (Switzerland).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2006a). “Aspects of Cultural Narrative Forms in the Poetry of Niyi Osundare”. University of Ado Ekiti Studies in Language and Literature. Vol. 2.1 (January): 132-142. (Nigeria).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2006b). “Yoruba Popular Poetic Expression in the Poetry of Niyi Osundare”. Iroro: A Journal of Arts Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma. Vol.11.1&2 (June): 152-158. (Nigeria).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2009b). “Oral and Written Literatures: A Comparative and Contrastive Analysis”. Akungba Journal of English Studies and Communication. Vol. 1.1 (August):121-131. (Nigeria).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2012b). “Exile and Narration of self/communal in Syl Cheney- Coker’s Concerto for an Exile”. Neohelicon. Vol. 39.2 (December): 423-438. (Hungary).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2013). “Postcolonial Exilic Narration in Femi Ojo-Ade’s Exile at Home”. Marang: Journal of Language and Literature. Vol. 23:129-142. (Botswana).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2014a). “Globalization and Cultural Marginalization: The Nigerian Experience”. Ife Studies in African Literature and the Arts. Vol. 9: 92-104. (Nigeria).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2014b). “Memory and the Paradox of Be(Ing) in Abena Busia’s Testimonies of Exile”. Papers in English and Linguistics. Vol.15: 285-298. (Nigeria).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2014c). “Telling the Nation: A Postmodernist Reading of Tanure Ojaide’s God’s Medicine-Men and other Stories”. Advances in Literary Study. Vol. 2: 95-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/als.2014.24016. (USA).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2015). “The Development of Exilic Poetry in Anglophone West Africa”. Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde. Vol. 52.1: 155 – 167. (South Africa).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2016a). “Aesthetics of Funeral Performance in Oka Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria”. Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa. Vol. 13: 17-30. (South Africa).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2016b). “Coded Signification in Oka Akoko Ede Masquerade Chants”. African Notes. Vol. 40. 1&2: 95 – 104. (Nigeria).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2016c). “Diasporic Musing and Existential Dislocation in Femi Ojo-Ade’s Dreamers”. Ife Journal of Languages and Literatures. Vol. 2.1: 20 – 29. (Nigeria).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2016d). “Postmodernist Mythic Sexual Narratives in Zakes Mda’s The Whale Caller”. Matatu. Vol. 48: 49-60. (Germany).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2017a). “Factional Realities in Remi Raji’s Gather My Blood Rivers of Song”. Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde. Vol. 54.1: 170 -180. (South Africa).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2017b). “Postmodernist Exilic Imagination in Tanure Ojaide’s When it no Longer Matters Where You Live”. Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora. Vol. 43.1: 130-147. (USA).

Oripeloye, H.A. and Araroba, Taiwo. (2018). “Yoruba Proverbs and Corruption: a Curious Convergence”. Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies. Vol.28. 109-122. (Nigeria).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2018). “Trauma and Nostalgic Textures in Tanure Ojaide’s The Tale of the Harmattan”. Ibadan: Journal of English Studies. Vol. 14. 179-196.

Oripeloye, H.A. (2020). “My Life is a Song”: A Conversation with Susan Kiguli. Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies. Vol. 6.3: 203-210. (South Africa).

Oripeloye, H.A. and Hunsu, F.O. (2021). “Personal Citation, Rhetorical Practice and the Reinvention of Yoruba Oriki Tradition” . https://doi.org/10.4236/als.2021.94018 Review Essays:

Oripeloye, H.A. (2014). “Locating the Traumatic Sensibilities in African Literature: A Response to Literature, Trauma and the African Moral Imagination”. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. Vol. 32.4: 436-437. (A Review). (South Africa)

Oripeloye, H.A. (2017c). “Sanya Osha’s A Troubadour’s Thread”. Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies. Vol. 27. 159-161. (A Review). (Nigeria).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2019). “Nathan R. Carpenter and Benjamin N. Lawrance’s Africans in Exile: Mobility, Law and Identity”. African Studies Quarterly. Vol. 18.4: 69-70. (A Review). (USA).

Oripeloye, H.A. (2022). “Mapping the Polymorphous Nigerian Poetic Voices in English”