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Curriculum Vitae (Oriola Akinola) 3
Curriculum Vitae (Oriola Akinola) 3
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
Academic Work
Experience 2007 - 2008 Research Fellow
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, New York,
United State of America.
Professional Work
Experience 2004 - To Date Consultant/Facilitator
(Advanced Customer Care Skills)
Oak Business School, Ogba-Ikeja.
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
Unpublished Articles: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.
A Collection of Poems.
Current Research: The Dramatisation of Cultural Identities in
African and African-American Drama.
Language
Competence: English Language, Greek and Latin
Conferences Attended:
2004 Eleventh Conference of the International Society
for the
Study of Harmful Algae (ISSHA), Cape Town,
South Africa.
Extracurricular
Activities: Reading, Swimming, Travelling, Making Friends.
Dr. E. A. Adedun
Department of English
Faculty of Arts
University of Lagos.