UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN

CURRICULUM VITAE

I.  Personal Data

Name: PROFESSOR NELSON OLABANJI FASHINA

Date of Birth: June 20, 1960

Department: English

Faculty: Arts

E-mail Address: nelsonfashina@gmail.com or no.fashina@ui.edu.ng

Phone Numbers: 08139106497 / 08076144752

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(a) Present Academic Post (with date):

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, University of Ibadan, October 1, 2010 to date

(b) Field of Specialization:

African Literature & Oral Poetics, Semiotics, Structuralism, Literary Theory/Criticism & Text-Stylistics in English

(c) Previous Academic Appointments:

i)  Teaching Assistant, Use of English, University of Ibadan, 1987/88

ii)  Assistant Lecturer, English, Ekiti State University (EKSU), 1988/89

iii)  Senior Lecturer, 1995/96

iv)  Visiting Exchange Scholar and Project Advisor to African/Asian Literature, University College of Exeter, Plymouth, United Kingdom, 1992

v)  Visiting Senior Lecturer, University of Nsukka, 1996

vi)  Senior Lecturer, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 1 October, 1998

vii)  Fulbright Scholar, Institute of Contemporary American Studies, University of Louisville, KY, 2000

viii)  Adjunct Professor of English, Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo, 2014

ix)  Visiting/Adjunct Professor, Redeemer's University, 2014 to 2016

III.  Pre-University Education (with dates)

a)  St. James's Primary School, Owo, Ondo State            1966–1972

b)  Methodist High School, Owo 1975–1980

c)  Ondo State College of Arts & Science            1981/82

University Education (with dates):

(a)  Institute of Postmodern American Studies, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA        2000

(b)  University of Ibadan, Ibadan                                                                   1989–1994

(c)  University of Ibadan, Ibadan                                                                   1987–1988

(d)  Obafemi Awolowo University, Ado Ekiti (now EKSU) – First set        1982–1986

(e)  University of Lagos, Lagos                                                                      2019–2020

IV.  Academic Qualifications (with dates and granting bodies)

(a)  Fulbright Certificate in Postmodern Literary Theory, Louisville, USA, 2000

(b)  Ph.D (English) – African Literary Theory/Criticism & Textual Stylistics in English, Ibadan, 1994

(c)  M.A. English, Ibadan, 1988

(d)  BA (Hons.) English & Literary Studies, 1986

(e)  Advanced Diploma in Law Enforcement Administration

V.  Select/Recent Professional Security Training Qualifications in Community Policing

(a)  Galaxy Promotions Limited in Collaboration with Nigeria Police Force Zone XI Command Headquarters & Oyo State Command – Workshop tagged "State Security Summit", Thursday 28 September, 2017, Oyo State Police Command Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan

(b)  The Federal House of Reps House Committee on Police Affairs in Collaboration with Institute of Corporate Security and Intelligence Studies (ICSIS) – Workshop tagged "Vigilante Departmental Capacity Training for LG Commanders", State Headquarters, Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Ogun State Command, 23–26 March, 2018

(c)  The Federal House of Reps House Committee on Police Affairs in Collaboration with ICSIS – Workshop on "Security and Good Governance Summit 2018", Iseyin District Grammar School, Iseyin, Oyo State

(d)  Security Leadership Capacity Building Training, Police College, Iperu, Ogun State, 2019

(e)  Short Leadership and Administration Course in Security Intelligence Gathering, Analysis, Surveillance and Human Rights, Police Detective College, Enugu, August 2020

(f)  Short Course in Forensic Security, Police College of Information Technology, Abeokuta, October 2020

(g)  Advanced Diploma in Law Enforcement Administration, University of Lagos, 2021–2024

VI.  Scholarships, Fellowships and Prizes

(i)  Received Jide Fagboyegun Scholarship for University Education in Owo LG, 1983/1985

(ii)  Received University of Ado Ekiti (now EKSU) Scholarship Award for Postgraduate Studies in the University of Ibadan (1988/94)

(iii)  Received University of Ado Ekiti Alumni Association, Alumni Award of Academic Excellence, 1987

(iv)  Winner of First Prize, International University Students' Debate on the "Relevance of Aristotle Poetics to Modern Drama": Nigerian University Competition to mark The World Theater Day, March, 1988

(v)  Won RI Foundations (Evanston) Group Study Exchange Scholarship grants to Cornwall and Devon, South-West England, for Ph.D research at the University College of Exeter, Plymouth, 1992

(vi)  Received US Department of State Fulbright Award on Contemporary American Literature and Postmodern Theory, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY USA, 2000

(vii)  Received Kentucky State Governor's Award as "Colonel of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, given, sealed and signed" by Governor Paul E. Patton and Secretary of State John Y. Brown III, "with all rights, privileges and responsibilities thereto appertaining", August 2000 – in recognition of excellence at the Fulbright programme

(viii)  Received Mayor of Louisville Award as "Honorable Citizen of Louisville", given, sealed and signed by Mayor David Armstrong, "with all rights and privileges together with the responsibility of furthering to all good name and tradition of warm hospitality found in the City of Louisville and Commonwealth of Kentucky", June 24, 2000 – in recognition of performance at the Fulbright programme

(ix)  Nominated and served as distinguished Fulbright Valedictorian to deliver Valedictory Speech on behalf of the 18 Summer Institute Fulbright scholars from all six world continents at the Award Night, University of Louisville Alumni Center, August 5, 2000

(x)  Honoured as Fellow, Commonwealth Center for Humanities and Society, University of Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.

(xi)  Received Oracles Repertoire International Prize Award in respect of quality of drama-script and performance aesthetics of the epic cultural play, gods at the harvest, 2002

(xii)  Visiting Scholar, Research Fellow and Undergraduate Project Advisor to Year III Bachelor students proposing final year projects in African Literature, Department of English, University College of Exeter (Plymouth, Devon, England), 1992

(xiii)  Appointed as External Examiner to MA Degree Dissertation, Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, 2003, 2011, 2013

(xiv)  Appointed as External Examiner (Undergraduate), Department of English, Lagos State University, Ojo, 2010/2012

(xv)  Appointed as External Examiner to the Department of English & Literary Studies, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, 2015/2017

(xvi)  Appointed as External Examiner at the Interview Panel for the Appointment of two Professors of English, Department of English, University of Lagos, Akoka, April, 2017

(xvii)  Appointed as External Foreign Assessor for the Appointment of Senior Lecturer in English Language, University of Cape Coast, Ghana, March 2017

VII.  Honours and Distinctions in Research

(i)  Got honourable mention in the Vice Chancellor's convocation speech, 2000, on account of the Summer Institute Fulbright awards of excellence received in Louisville, KY, U.S.A.

(ii)  Scholarly research paper 19 (published in Journal of Pan African Studies, USA) listed 7th on the internationally assessed papers for "The Gold Standard in English Critical Discourse", USA and South Africa

(iii)  Scholarly research paper 15 (published in JENDA, USA) received peer review panel's honourable mention as grand unique contribution to knowledge in the field of literary theory – for excellence of language and entirely novel analysis of Achebe's theory of African literature and philosophy

(iv)  The JENDA Journal issue 11, 2007 (U.S.A.) in which the lead paper was published won an award as the "Best Scholarly Journal on the Web"

(v)  Co-editor, OBITUN Faculty Journal of Humanities, 1995–1999

(vi)  Co-editor, Journal of Education and Humanistic Studies (JEHUS), from 1997 to date

(vii)  English Editor, Nigerian Journal of Law, Banking and Finance, Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Nigeria

(viii)  As a scholar and Public Affairs Analyst, has been on National, State and Private Radio and TV Talk Show programmes for more than thirty years, to discuss and debate national issues

VIII.  Honours and Distinctions as a Public Intellectual

(a) Select Commissioned Papers/Public Lectures

(i)  "Towards a Linguistic & Literary Diatherapy in the Textual Hermeneutics of English Studies in Nigeria" – commissioned lead paper at the International Conference of the English Language Teachers' Association of Nigeria (ELTAN), University of Port Harcourt, Monday 2nd September – Friday 6th September, 2013

(ii)  "African Museums/Music, Literature and Memory for Culture Imagination and Social Transformation" – commissioned paper delivered at the International Council of Museum Day, National Museum, Owo, Ondo State, 11 May, 2013

(iii)  "Sahara Testaments: Historicity, Language and Meaning in a Migrant Poetic Imagination" – lead paper at the Colloquium on "Critical Voyages Around Tade Ipadeola Poetry", Draper's Hall, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, 13 August, 2014

(iv)  Delivered the Faculty Lecture 2010: "(Re)Locating Theory in African Studies: Ifa Literary Corpus, Universality and the Integration of Epistemology", 30 June, 2010

(v)  Delivered the Distinguished James Baldwin's First Memorial Lecture, organized by the Department of English, Ondo State University, Ado Ekiti, at the instance of Professor D.O. Olagoke (H.O.D) and Dr. L.O. Losambe, 28 November, 1988

(vi)  Delivered the Chinua Achebe 70th Birthday Anniversary Lecture organized by the Association of Nigeria Authors (ANA), University of Ibadan, 12 December, 2000. Title: "A Sociology of Achebe's Literary Works"

(vii)  Delivered the Annual Association of Nigeria Authors' (ANA) Distinguished Lecture, 2006: "African Writers' Pathogenesis and the Paradox of Political Imagination", 17–18 November, 2006

(viii)  Delivered an Annual Training Public Lecture to the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners of Nigeria (TAMPAN), Oyo State Chapter, 8 April, 2016. Title: "Yoruba Video Film: Problems and Prospects for Cultural Nationalism"

(ix)  Delivered the 2016 Graduation and Prize Giving Day Lecture at the Lagos Anglican Girls' Grammar School, Surulere, Lagos, 11 July, 2016. Title: "Coping with the Demands of Life After Secondary School"

(x)  Delivered the Owo Local Government Community Lecture: "The Role of Acceptable History in the Development of Owo and Ondo State", organized by the Owo Development Association (ODA), 2 November, 2016, Imade College Hall, Owo, Ondo State

(xi)  Delivered the University of Ibadan Arts Faculty Seminar: "The Automation of Language in Literary Analysis", 30 March, 2017

(xii)  Delivered the lecture "Aspects of Yoruba Knowledge Production, Youth Socialization and Challenges in Nigeria" (live and viewed on satellite from USA Universities) to Fulbright American Students under the UI/USA University of Texas Yoruba Language Flagship Program, 22 July, 2017

(xiii)  Eminent Lead Discussant at the Convocation Workshop, Institute of Corporate Security and Intelligence Studies (ICSIS), Kano: "Ethnic Militia, a Threat to National Security", 26–27 October, 2018

(xiv)  Member, Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL)

(xv)  Delivered the Millennium Celebration and Coronation of the Olowo of Owo Keynote Lecture: "Owo: History, Mythology and Culture: Pathways to Sustainable Development", Oke Mapo Hall, Owo City, 10 December, 2019

(b) Membership of Learned & Professional Bodies

(i)  Member, Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL)

(ii)  Member, Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria (YSAN)

(iii)  Member, African Literature Association (ALA)

(iv)  Member, American Studies Association of Nigeria (ASAN)

(v)  Member, Association of Nigeria Authors (ANA)

(vi)  Member, Modern Language Association of America (MLA)

(vii)  Member, Linguistics Association of Nigeria (LAN)

(viii)  English Language Teachers Association of Nigeria

(ix)  Member, Association of Nigeria Theatre Arts Practitioners (ANTP)

(x)  Member, Ibadan Cultural Studies Group, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

(xi)  Founder and Director, Oronshen Royal Theatre International

(xii)  Member, Yoruba-American Association of Michigan State, USA

(xiii)  Member, Nigerian Foundation, United States of America

(xiv)  Patron, World Master Edu-cultural Troupe, Ibadan

(xv)  Member, National Association of Nigerian Traditional Medicine Practitioners (NANTMP), Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja

(xvi)  Member, Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN)

IX.  University Administrative Responsibilities & Services (University of Ibadan)

(i)  Member, Departmental Postgraduate Committee, 1998 to date

(ii)  Supervisor, GES 101: Use of English (University of Ibadan General Studies Programme – GSP), 1999/2001

(iii)  Member, Board of Arts Studies, 2001–2003, 2010–2011

(iv)  Sub-Dean, Postgraduate, Faculty of Arts, August 2009 – September, 2011

(v)  Faculty Representative on Central Appointments & Promotions Board, 2013/2014

(vi)  Chairman, Faculty of Arts Sub-committee & Faculty Representative on University of Ibadan Special Committee for the Appointment of Emeritus Professors

(vii)  Acting Dean, Faculty of Arts, 2015

(viii)  Chairman/Convener, University of Ibadan Community Forum, 13 July, 2015 – for an Interactive Session with Aspirants to the position of Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan 2015–2016

(ix)  Head, Department of English, University of Ibadan, 2023–2025

Service as External Examiner to Other Universities

I have been external examiner to various higher institutions and universities in and outside Nigeria, including:

i)  The Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti (1996/98)

ii)  Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

iii)  Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, 2014/2016

iv)  University of Ado-Ekiti, 2017/2019

v)  University of Cape Coast, Ghana, 2024

vi)  Babcock University, Ilisan, Ogun State

vii)  Visiting Professor, Department of English, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, 2022/2023, 2024

viii)  Visiting External Assessor, Committee for Appointment of full Professors of English, University of Lagos, Akoka, 2018

X.  Details of Teaching Experience at University Level

i)  Teaching Assistant, Use of English, University of Ibadan: 1987–1988

ii)  Assistant Lecturer, University of Ado-Ekiti (now EKSU): 1988–1990

iii)  Lecturer Grade II: 1991–1993 (accelerated promotion)

iv)  Lecturer Grade I: 1993–1995

v)  Senior Lecturer: 1996–1998

vi)  Senior Lecturer in English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan: October, 1998

vii)  Professor of Comparative Literature, Literary Theory & Text-Stylistics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan: October 1, 2010 to date

Courses Taught: Undergraduate Level

a)  ENG 212: Forms of Literature II: Poetry

b)  ENG 213: Forms of Literature III: Drama

c)  ENG 216: Introduction to Creative Writing

d)  ENG 217: The English Essay

e)  ENG 304: Language and Style

f)  ENG 306: Language and Meaning

g)  ENG 315: English Poetry

h)  ENG 328: Modern African Poetry

i)  ENG 329: Modern African Drama

j)  ENG 337: Caribbean Literature in English

k)  ENG 350: Creative Writing

l)  ENG 366: Literature and Society

m)  ENG 367: The Bible as Literature

n)  ENG 368: Literary Analysis

o)  ENG 415: Longer English Poems

p)  ENG 434: Literary History and Theory

Courses Taught: Postgraduate Level

a)  ENG 722: Studies in Drama

b)  ENG 741: Literature and the Mind

c)  ENG 753: Literary History, Theory and Criticism

d)  ENG 765: Studies in African Fiction

e)  ENG 766: Studies in African Dramatic Literature

f)  ENG 775: Third World Literature

g)  ENG 746: Semiotics

h)  ENG 783: Discourse Analysis

i)  ENG 795: MA Dissertation

Research Supervision of BA Projects, MA Dissertations and Ph.D Theses

Undergraduate Level:

I have supervised approximately 200 undergraduate projects (BA Hons.) since the 1987/88 academic session.

Postgraduate (Masters) Dissertations:

I have supervised over 105 MA dissertations since the 1996/97 academic session.

Postgraduate: M.Phil and PhD:

Six (06) students are currently under supervision for the M.Phil and PhD programme; nine (09) candidates have successfully completed their PhD and graduated between 2001 and 2018, and additional candidates completed subsequently, as follows:

1.  E. Babatunde Omobowale, "Literature and Medicine: A Study of Selected Creative Works of Nigerian Physicians". Ph.D Thesis, Department of English, University of Ibadan, April 2001.

2.  Mark Osamagbe Ighile, "A Literary Analysis of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes". Ph.D Thesis, Department of English, University of Ibadan, 2011.

3.  Akinsola Oluseyi Olaniyi, "A Critique of the Postmodern Episteme in Selected Contemporary Nigerian Novels". Ph.D Thesis, Department of English, University of Ibadan, 2012.

4.  Paul Onomuakpokpo, "The Post-Colonial 'Self', Otherhood and Resistance Strategies in the African Novel". Ph.D Thesis, Department of English, University of Ibadan, 2013.

5.  Ayodeji Isaac Shittu, "Self and Culture in Nigerian Migrant and Travel Ethno-Autobiographical Poetry in English". Ph.D Thesis, Department of English, University of Ibadan, 2014.

6.  Felicia Titilayo, "Female Masculinity in Selected Shakespearean and Nigerian Plays". Ph.D Thesis, Department of English, University of Ibadan, July, 2014.

7.  Abidemi Olufemi Adebayo, "Social Consciousness, Metaphysical Contents and Aesthetics in Select Anglophone African Factions". Ph.D Thesis, Department of English, University of Ibadan, September 2014.

8.  Sesan Akinwumi Azeez, "Historiography and Cultural Meaning in Drama and Video Films of English and Yoruba Expression". Ph.D Thesis, Department of English, University of Ibadan, April 2017.

9.  Adeniyi Idowu Emmanuel, "Agencies of Retention and Transformation of Continental African Culture in Selected Atlantic Yoruba Writings of English Expression". Ph.D Thesis, Department of English, University of Ibadan, April 2018. *(This thesis received commendation from external and internal Examiners for excellent supervision and academic leadership and for the candidate's brilliance and depth of research. Recommended for award by the Postgraduate School, University of Ibadan).

10.  Oso Olusola Olasunkanmi, "Text and Performance Nexus in Selected Anglophone African Plays". Ph.D Thesis, Department of English, University of Ibadan, June 2018.

11.  Davies, Ufuoma, "Psychic Migrations and Metamorphosis of the Female Personae in Select Post-Independence Nigerian and English Victorian Novels". Ph.D Thesis, Department of English, University of Ibadan, September 2019.

12.  Aluko, Rachael, "Writing Self in Daniel Defoe's Novels". Ph.D Thesis, Department of English, University of Ibadan, September 2019.

13.  Owolabi, Adedapo Mathew, "Ideology and Aesthetics of Songs and Chants in Femi Osofisan's Drama". Ph.D Thesis, Department of English, University of Ibadan, August 2019.

14.  Pius-Fadipe Tolulope A., "The New Woman in the Fiction of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Sefi Atta".

15.  Fola H. Kazeem, "Literary Semiotics of the Spoken Word in Selected Yoruba Curative Incantations", 2024.

16.  Chikodi Adeola, "Style and Thematic Standpoints in ANA Award Winning Poetry", 2025.

17.  Augustine Andem, "Dynamics of Identity Crisis in Selected Third Generation Black British Migrant Novels", 2026.

XI.  National & Community Service Appointments

i)  Appointed as Special Assistant to the Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), under the Presidency, 2003. (Seconded as Friend of the President – FOP – at Defence House, Aso Rock Villa Annex, Maitama, Abuja)

ii)  Appointed and served as INEC Returning Officer (Adhoc Staff) for Oluyole Federal Constituency/Senatorial District for the Presidential, Gubernatorial and House of Reps 2015 General Elections in Oyo State. Received commendation from the State Coordinator

iii)  Appointed as Special Assistant to the Board Chairman, Continental Trust Bank, Plc. (2004/2005)

iv)  Appointed as (Technocrat) Deputy State Coordinator, Bureau for Better Business Ethics in Nigeria under the Presidency, 2011

v)  Appointed as National Judge for the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prose Prize 2014

vi)  Appointed as National Judge for the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Poetry Prize 2015

vii)  Appointed as Chairman, Panel of Judges of Entries for Association of Nigerian Authors' Literary Prizes 2016 at ANA 35th Annual Convention (27th–29th October, 2016), Women's International Conference Centre, Abuja

viii)  Appointed as National Judge for the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prose Prize 2017

ix)  Served the nation under the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) at Radio Nigeria, Ibadan, 1986/87 – received commendation for excellence

x)  Served as Secretary General, Students' Union (National Association of Nigerian Students – NANS) at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ado Ekiti (now EKSU), 1982/84, during the President Shehu Shagari-led First Republic

xi)  Provided Security Strategy & Training Services to many Communities, Landlords' Associations and Schools since 2014 under the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN)

xii)  Served as LG Commander, Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Ona Ara LG Divisional Command, Ibadan, Oyo State, 2015/2017

xiii)  Served as Coordinator for Ibadan VGN Adult Literacy Class for VGN Officers and men, and Advisor to VGN Oyo State Command on Logistics and Strategic issues involving operations, education, intelligence and leadership

xiv)  Served as Deputy State Commander (Administration), VGN Oyo State Command, 2017/2018

xv)  Promoted and decorated with the VGN rank of National Commander in charge of Planning, Research & Statistics (PRS) by the Commander General of VGN, 17 October, 2018, at the Fourth Quarter National Convention of the National Administrative Council

xvi)  Appointed as National Public Relations Officer (PRO), Vigilante Group of Nigeria, NHQ, Abuja, 14 February, 2019

xvii)  Coordinator, Oyo State Satellite Campus of the National Diploma Programme, Institute of Corporate Security & Intelligence Studies (ICSIS), Kano

xviii)  Education Training Advisor to Hunters Group of Nigeria (HGN), NHQ, Abuja

XII.  Research

(a) Research Completed

a.  "Text, Meaning and the Oral-Written Trans-modal Theory: A Postmodernist Praxis". OSUA Studies in Language and Literature (OSSIL), vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 25–35. [Nigeria]

b.  University of Ibadan Senate Research Grant (2001) on "Development of African Indigenous Theory of Literature" – Research completed and published in Journal of the Nigerian English Studies Association (JNESA), Vol. 11, No. 1, 2005, pp. 101–113 and Matatu (2009) as "Lit-Orature Development, World Peace and the Challenges of Literary Theory/Criticism"

c.  Commissioned Field Research Project on "Durbar History, Culture, Literature and Tradition among the Kaduna People of Kaduna State", Northern Nigeria – as Research Consultant to Nigerian National Council for Arts & Culture, FCT Abuja, Nigeria (2004)

d.  "Re(-)placing Theory in African Studies: Ifa Divination Corpus, Origins, Universality and the Integration of Epistemology" – Lead Panel Paper at AEGIS 3rd European Conference on African Studies, Leipzig, Germany, 4–7 June 2009. Revised and presented as the Faculty Lecture 2010, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, 30 June, 2010

e.  "Toward an African Rational Philosophy: Yoruba Numeral System, Root in Ifa Divination Corpus and the Challenges of Science/Technology" – Completed and published in Journal of Environment and Culture, Vol. 7 No. 1, 2010, as a lead paper

f.  "Meta-Phoric Conceits and the Ironies of African Epistemology in Etches on Fresh Waters". In Toyin Falola, The Man, The Mask, The Muse. Ed. Niyi Afolabi. North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, USA, pp. 781–821 (ISBN 978-1594-607547)

g.  "Proverbs, Proverbials and Meaning: Towards a New Taxonomy of Reading Patriarchy in Achebe's Things Fall Apart". JENDA: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies, Africa Resource Center, 2007

h.  "Toward an African Rational Philosophy: Yoruba Numeral System, Epistemic Root in Ifa Oracular/Literary Corpus and the Challenges of Science/Technology". Journal of Environment and Culture, vol. 7, no. 1

i.  "Postmodern Ruptures and the Deconstruction of Social-Linguistic Logic: A Study in 'Area Boys' Proverbs and Tropes in West Africa". IBADAN Journal of English Studies, vol. 5, pp. 25–36 [Nigeria]

j.  "A Literary and Philosophical Investigation of Ori as an Epistemology of African Yoruba Theory of Being". ORITA: Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies, vol. xxxix, pp. 1–16 [Nigeria]

k.  "Of Marginalities and Literary Impurities: RS-English and Challenges from (New) Post-colonial Englishes", 2011

l.  "African Museums and Music, Literature and Memory for Culture Imagination and Social Transformation", July 2012

m.  "Towards a Linguistic and Literary Dia-therapy in the Textual Hermeneutics of English Studies", September 2013

(b) Research in Progress

a.  "Creativity, Literary Theory and the Poetics of Radical Epistemology in African Literature" – ongoing groundwork research book for publication by the Carolina Academic Press, U.S.A. The work details the classical origin and practices of Western epistemology and initiates an African alternative reading theory, as a product of reciprocal experience of cultural and intellectual exchanges between Africa and the West

b.  African/Yoruba Ritual Traditions in North America: Historical Perspectives from Ifa Corpus

c.  T.S. Eliot and Moral Critical Theory in Relation to Yoruba Ifa Literary Philosophy

(c) MA Dissertation and Ph.D Thesis

(1)  Fashina, N. O. (1988) "Paradigms of Linguistic and Psychological Expatriation in Modern African Dramaturgy". MA (English Literature) Dissertation, Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 136 pp.

(2)  Fashina, N.O. (1994) "Textual, Linguistic and Mental Dissonance: An Alienation Theory of African Dramaturgy". Ph.D Thesis, Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 234 pp.

XIII.  Research Publications

(a) Books Already Published

1. Fashina, N. O. (1998) gods at the Harvest (an African epic cultural play). Atlantis Books: Ibadan Cultural Studies Group, 137pp. (ISBN 978-35454-6). With Dapo Adelugba as editorial adviser.

2. Fashina, N. O. (1999) A Foliage in the Woods (an African novel). Sam Bookman (Bookman Writers Series), Ibadan, 156pp. (ISBN 978-2165-89-1). With Femi Osofisan as series editor.

3. Fashina, N. O. (2003) A Season of Harvest (an African epic performative poetry). Ibadan Cultural Studies Group, 109pp. (ISBN 978-032-120-9). With P.A. Ogundeji and A.O. Dasylva as series editors.

4. Fashina, N.O. (2003) Lyrics of the River (a volume of performative poetry). Ibadan: Stirling-Horden Publishers, 56pp. (ISBN 978-032-132-2). [Nigeria]

(b) Chapters in Books Already Published

5. Fashina, N. O. (1996) "Techniques of Language and Style in Advertisement". In Osinsanwo et al. (Eds.), Effective English Usage for Tertiary Education. Lagos: Greenline Publishers, pp. 236–247. (ISBN 978-31762-3-4).

6. Fashina, N. O. (1997) "Polemics, Ideology and Society in Nigerian Poetry: Osundare, Ofeimum and Aig-Imoukhuede". In A. O. Dasylva and T. O. Jegede (Eds.), Poetry in English. Sam Bookman, Ibadan, pp. 122–136. (ISBN 978-032-552-2).

7. Fashina, N. O. (1999) "Transmigration of Oral Aesthetic Poetics in Wole Soyinka and Okot p'Bitek's Poetry: Comparative Paradigms". In Egbe Ifie (Ed.), Coping with Culture. Opoturu, Ibadan, pp. 203–213. (ISBN 978-34913-6-9).

8. Fashina, N. O. (2010) "African Writers' Pathogenesis and the Paradox of Imagination". In Language, Literature and Culture: Essays in Honour of Professor Aduke Adebayo. Ibadan: Zenith BookHouse, pp. 239–271.

9. Fashina, N.O. (2010) "Meta-Phoric Conceits and the Ironies of African Epistemology in Etches on Fresh Waters". In Niyi Afolabi (Ed.), Toyin Falola, The Man, The Mask, The Muse. North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, USA, pp. 781–821. (ISBN 978-1594-607547).

(c) Articles that have Appeared in Refereed Conference Proceedings

11. Fashina, N.O. (2009) "Re(-)placing Theory in African Studies: Ifa Literary Corpus, Origins, Universality and the Integration of Epistemology". Lead paper for Panel 38 at AEGIS 3rd European Conference on African Studies, Leipzig, Germany, 4–7 June 2009. (www.uni-leipzig.de/~ecas2009/index.php?option=com...)

(d) Patents

I patented a Yoruba/English folk-traditional performance (poetic dance-drama) of the 'Ijala Ode' Oral-literature genre waxed in professional Arts Studio and available with copyright of Lekeleke Productions, Oroshen Royal Theatre, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2001.

(e) Articles that have Appeared in Learned Journals

12. Fashina, Nelson (1992) "Paradigms of Linguistic Expatriation in Modern African Dramaturgy". Review of English and Literary Studies, Ibadan. vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 7–17. [Nigeria].

13. Fashina, N.O. (1995) "Text, Meaning and the Oral-Written Transmodal Theory: A Postmodernist Praxis". OSUA Studies in Language and Literature (OSSIL). vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 25–35. [Nigeria].

14. Fashina, N.O. (1995) "Obitun Blazes the Trail: Review of Articles in Obitun: Journal of Humanities". Obitun: Journal of Humanities, vol. 1, no. 1 (October, 1995), pp. vi–viii.

15. Fashina, N.O. (1997) "Contextual and Cultural Configurations in African Drama". Inquiry in African Languages and Literature. vol. 2, pp. 11–23. [Nigeria].

16. Fashina, N. O. (1998) "The Quest for an African Dramatic Theory: Retrospect Prospects". Journal of Education and Humanities Studies. vol. 3, no. 1 (April Issue), pp. 59–72. [Nigeria].

17. Fashina, N.O. (2000) "Feminist Theories and the Valorization of Female Energy: A Postmodernist Re-Reading of Gabriel Okara's The Voice". Castalia: Ibadan Multicultural/Multidisciplinary Studies, vol. 5, 2000, pp. 67–79.

18. Fashina, N.O. (2001) "Intercourse of Style and Message in Post-Independence Nigerian Poetic Discourse". Research in African Language and Literature (RALL), vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 15–28. [Nigeria].

19. Fashina, N.O. (2006) "Categories of Mental Dissonance in African Dramaturgical Text: A Psychoanalytical Criticism of Ama Ata Aidoo's The Dilemma of a Ghost". Journal of European Studies, University of Ibadan, vol. 6, 2006. [Nigeria].

20. Fashina, N.O. (2007) "Proverbs, Proverbials and Meaning: Towards a New Taxonomy of Reading Patriarchy in Achebe's Things Fall Apart". JENDA: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies, Africa Resource Center, pp. 1–23. (www.africaknowledgeproject.org/index.php/jend/article/.../384) [USA].

21. Fashina, Nelson (2007) "The Inscription of Virtual Satire in Select Drama Texts from Anglophone West Africa". African Journal of Educational Research, University of Ibadan, vol. 11, pp. 132–148. [Nigeria].

22. Fashina, N.O. (2008) "Deification or Assassination of Language: The Linguistic Alienation in Wole Soyinka's The Road". California Linguistic Notes, California State University, vol. xxxiii, Spring 2008. 20pp. [USA].

23. Fashina, N.O. (2008) "Falolaism: Re(-)Phasing African Literary History and the Ruptures of Theory". Journal of the Department of Classics, vol. 24, University of Ibadan. [Nigeria].

24. Fashina, N.O. (2008) "Post-Colonial Reading Strategies and the Problem of Cultural Meaning in African/Black Literary Discourse". The Journal of Pan African Studies, no. 5, pp. 60–77. USA. (www.jpanafrican.com/archive.../currentissuevol.2,no.5.htm). [Listed 7th on internationally rated papers for the "Gold Standard in English Critical Discourse", USA and South Africa].

25. Fashina, N.O. (2010) "From Early to Latter Works: Towards a Poetics of Style and Contents in Ngugi's Writing". Nigerian Journal of the Humanities (Faculty of Arts Journal, University of Benin), no. 16, 2010, pp. 43–60.

26. Fashina, N.O. (2008) "Postmodern Ruptures and the Deconstruction of Social-Linguistic Logic: A Study in 'Area Boys' Proverbs and Tropes in West Africa". IBADAN Journal of English Studies, vol. 5, pp. 91–108. [Nigeria].

27. Fashina, N. (2008) "Evolution of Theory and the Problems of Contextual and Cultural Configurations in African Dramatic Literature". NAWA: Journal of Language & Communication, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 1–14 [now in volume 4, June 2010]. [Namibia].

28. Fashina, N.O. (2008) "Of What Sex is the Text? A New Reading of Gender Characterization as a Trope of Harmony, Co-operative Principle and Joint Heroism in Gabriel Okara's The Voice". Journal of African Study Monograph (ASM), vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 71–87. [Japan].

29. Fashina, N.O. (2009) "A Literary and Philosophical Investigation of Ori as an Epistemology of African Yoruba Theory of Being". ORITA: Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies, vol. xxxix, pp. 1–16. [Nigeria].

30. Fashina, N.O. (2009) "Alienation and Revolutionary Vision in East African Postcolonial Dramatic Literature". Ufahamu: Journal of the African Activist Association, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 1–30. Los Angeles. (escholarship.org/uc/item/63k8d46k) [USA].

31. Fashina, N.O. (2009) "Proverbs and Linguistic Meta-Criticism: Towards a Re-reading of Proverbs as Narrative Sublimation in Achebe's Things Fall Apart". Papers in English Language, Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. vol. 9, 2009, pp. 260–276. [Nigeria].

32. Fashina, N.O. (2010) "A Grammar of African Philosophy: Being and Transcendence in Falola's Poetry". California Linguistic Notes, California State University, vol. xxxv, Spring, pp. 1–29. [USA].

33. Fashina, N.O. (2010) "Olodumare/Nyame: Concept of God in African Thought System". In Abiola Irele and Biodun Jeyifo (Eds.), Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought. Oxford University Press, pp. 409–412. [UK, USA].

34. Fashina, N. O. (2010) "Toward an African Rational Philosophy: Yoruba Numeral System, Epistemic Root in Ifa Oracular/Literary Corpus and the Challenges of Science/Technology". Journal of Environment and Culture, vol. 7, no. 1, April 2010, pp. 1–21. [Nigeria].

35. Fashina, N.O. (2009) "African Dramatic Space as Synchronic Communication: A Structural Semiotic Interpretation of Ngugi's The Black Hermit as Play-text". African Journal of Educational Research, Faculty of Education Journal, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, vol. 13, nos. 2 & 2, pp. 134–143. [Nigeria].

36. Fashina, N.O. (2005) "Lit-Orature, Development, World Peace and the Challenges of Literary Theory/Criticism". Matatu: Journal of African Culture and Society, vol. 39, January 2011. [Germany & Netherlands].

(f) Chapters in Books and Articles Already Accepted for Publication

37. Fashina, N.O. (2013) "Towards a Linguistic & Literary Diatherapy in the Textual Hermeneutics of English". An ELTAN Conference Lead paper accepted for publication in Journal of the English Language Teachers' Association of Nigeria, 46 pages.

(g) Technical Reports and Monographs

38. Fashina, N.O. (1993) "From Alienation and Expatriation to Repatriation: Categories and Principles in Modern African Drama". Research in English and Literary Studies (RELS MONOGRAPH SERIES, 18). Ed. Samuel Omo Asein, 45pp. [Nigeria].

39. Fashina, N.O. (2000) "Human Relations and Public Interaction in Democratic Setting". In Conflict Management Techniques and Alternative Strategies to Conflict Resolution: Focus on Local Government Administration. Ed. J.A. Yakubu. Ibadan: DEL Publishers, pp. 21–32.

40. Fashina, N.O. (2014) "AYO BANJO: The Delegate of the Golden Past in English Department". In Ayo Banjo: Tributes and Thoughts at 80. Ibadan: Patrick Edebor & Associates, 2014, pp. 99–10.

Fashina, N.O. Role of the Vigilante in National Security

Review Articles

41. Fashina, Nelson (2006) A Review of Footprints of a Pelican: Biography of Sunday Mbang, Prelate Methodist Church Nigeria. 15pp.

42. Fashina, N.O. (2011) "Toyin Abiodun's The Trials of Afonja: A Dramatic Trial of History". A Critical Introduction to The Trials of Afonja – a Play by Toyin Abiodun. Lagos: Blackhouse World Publishers, 2011.

43. Fashina, Nelson (2013) A Review of The Travails and Triumphs of His Royal Highness Oba David Victor Folagbade Olateru-Olagbegi III, The Olowo of Owo Kingdom – An Autobiography. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 2013. (15pp), 119pp.

44. Fashina, Nelson (2014) A Review of The Living Legend: Sir (Dr) Chief Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion – A Biography. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 2014. (12pp), 486pp.

45. Fashina, N.O. (2017) "Indubuisi Martin's Collection of Poems, One Call, Many Answers: A Virtuosity of Loric Language and Ideology". A Critical Introduction. In One Call, Many Answers. Ibadan: Communications League, 2017.

46. Fashina, N.O. (2018) "African Museums/Music, Literature and Memory for Culture Imagination and Social Transformation". In The Crossroads: African Literature and the Emerging Global Culture. Germany: Galda Verlag Press, pp. 243–63.

Forthcoming/In Press

47. Fashina, N.O., T.K. Hamzat, A. Adenike et al. (2015) Digest of Senate Decisions, University of Ibadan 2010–2014. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press.

48. Fashina, N.O., T.K. Hamzat, A. Adenike et al. (nd) Digest of Governing Council Decisions, University of Ibadan 2010–2014. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press.

Inaugural Lecture

[1] Fashina, Nelson (2023). Text, Grammatology and the Automation of Theories in (African) Literary Discourse. An Inaugural Lecture. Ibadan University Press, 146pp.

XIV.  Select Conferences Attended with Papers Read

(1.)  International Conference on Proverbs, Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, June 2006.

Paper presented: "Proverbs and Linguistic Meta-Criticism: Towards a Re-reading of Proverbs as Narrative Sublimation in Achebe's Things Fall Apart"

(2.)  Panel Chair on "The Linguistic and Cultural Relations of Literature", International Conference on African Literature (IICAL), Conference Center, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 3–6 July, 2008.

Paper presented: "African Writers' Pathogenesis and the Paradox of Imagination"

(3.)  International Conference on "Things Fall Apart at 50", organized jointly by the Institute for English Studies, the Centre for African Studies, and the University of Kent, London, UK, 10–11 October, 2008.

Paper presented: "Characterization, Meaning and New Masculine Paradigms: Re-imaging Unoka as a 'Woman' in Things Fall Apart"

(4.)  International Colloquium organized by Heinemann Nigeria plc (now HEBN) in conjunction with the National Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) to mark the 50th Anniversary of Achebe's Things Fall Apart, Lady Bank Anthony Hall, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2008.

Paper presented: "Culture and New Masculine Paradigms in Things Fall Apart: Re-Imaging Unoka as a Woman"

(5.)  Annual National Conference of Yoruba Literature Association of Nigeria, Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 7–10 November, 2006.

Paper presented: "Syncretism and Ritual Transgression of Religious Borders: An Ontogenesis of Yoruba Arts, Culture and Metaphysics"

(6.)  Annual Conference of the African Literature Association (ALA), University of Vermont, Burlington, April 2009.

Paper presented: "African Writers' Pathogenesis and the Paradox of 'Political' Imagination"

(7.)  Annual Conference on African History, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, U.S.A., April 2009.

Paper presented: "Yoruba Numeral System, Epistemic Root in Ifa Oracular/Literary Corpus and the Challenges of Science/Technology"

(8.)  3rd Osigwe Anyiam National Workshop on Development Philosophy, organized by the Department of Philosophy, University of Ibadan in conjunction with Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation, Lagos, and the Africa Institute for Leadership Research and Development, South Africa, 27–28 April, 2010. Panel Chair and Plenary Discussant.

(9.)  International Conference on Nigeria at 50: Politics, Society and Development, Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, 2010

(10.)  International Conference of the English Language Association, University of Port Harcourt, 2–4 September, 2013.

Commissioned Lead Paper presented: "Towards a Linguistic & Literary Diatherapy in the Textual Hermeneutics of English"

(11.)  First Playwrights' Confab, hosted by the Institute of Cultural Studies & The Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria, 8–10 March 2013

(12.)  Third Biennial International Conference of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan: "Policy Debacle and the Burden of Being in Africa", 18–21 March, 2017

(13.)  Ife and Harvard University International Summer Institute Workshop on "Creating African Epistemologies".

Paper presented: "Creating African Epistemologies: Aspects of Yoruba Knowledge Production, Youth Socialization and Challenges to Systematic Thought", July 2018

(14.)  A One-Day Conference on "In Praise of Greatness: African Poetics of Adulation" – Book by Toyin Falola, Leed City University, Ibadan, Nigeria, 9 January, 2019.

Paper presented: "Falolaism and the Becoming of African Theory..."

(15.)  Nigeria Police Force and the Institute for Corporate Security and Intelligence Studies Leadership Training Workshop for Officers in Community Policing for Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) Senior Officers, 17–23 February, 2020.

Paper presented: "Leadership, Public Relations and Communication Skills"

XV.  Intellectual Engagements: Public Lectures

1.  Invited Commissioned Lecture at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Abuja. Title: "The Role of Vigilante in National Security" Date: 25 May, 2021

2.  Prof. Nelson Fashina's Inaugural Lecture at the University of Ibadan. Title: "Text, Grammatology and the Automation of Theories in (African) Literary Discourse" Date: 11 May, 2023

NELSON O. FASHINA

Professor of Comparative Literature, Theory & Text-Stylistics in English

University of Ibadan, Ibadan

E-mail Address: nelsonfashina@gmail.com / no.fashina@ui.edu.ng

Phone Numbers: 08139106497 / 08076144752

Referees:

1. Emeritus Professor Ayo Banjo (former Vice-Chancellor, U.I)

Department of English

University of Ibadan, Ibadan

Tel: 08033400062

2. Emeritus Professor Dan Izevbaye (former Provost, College of Arts & Humanities, U.I and former HOD, English)

Department of English

University of Ibadan, Ibadan

Tel: 08032197188

3. Prof. Josiah O. Ajiboye

Registrar/Chief Executive

Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria

Tel: 07018757601

Email: josiah.ajiboye@gmail.com