OGUNDEJI Oluwatoyin Toluwase

Lecturer I

Email address(es): toluye2000@gmail.com, olujuwa@oauife.edu.ng

Office Address: Departmnet of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun-State, Nigeria.

ORCID iD: 0009-0009-3234-8996

Academic Qualifications: B.A. (Hons.) Dramatic Arts, M.A. Theatre Arts, Ph.D. Theatre Arts

Areas of Specialization: Technical Theatre, Costume, Make-up, Acting, Directing, Performance Studies, Arts Administration and Management.

Title of M.A. Thesis: Management of the National Theatre and National Troupe of Nigeria (2000)

Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Women in Yoruba Travelling Theatre, 1960-1985 (2022)

Fellowships (If any): African Humanities Dissertation Fellowship of African Humanities Program (AHP) of the Learned Societies (ACLS).

Research Grants (If any): Nil.

Ongoing Current Research: Ife Theatre Legacy from Ori Olokun Tradition

List of Publications:

OGUNDEJI, O.T. (ed.) (2014). Dimensions of a New Nigerian Theatre: Critical Essays in Honour of Kola Oyewo. United Kingdom: Alpha Crownes London.

Contributions to Books:

OGUNDEJI, Toyin. (2014), “Fashion and Films: The Nigerian Example”. In Ogunleye, Foluke (ed.) African Film: Looking Back and Looking Forward. London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

OGUNDEJI, Toyin (2015) “The Art of Costume in Stage Adaptations of Fagunwa’s Novels: The Examples of Ogboju Ode Ninu Igbo Irumole and Ireke Onibudo. In Gbemisola Adeoti (ed.) Inside African Forests: New Perspectives on D.O. Fagunwa’s Novels. Leeds: Universal Books UK.

OGUNDEJI, Toyin and ALAO, Akinkunmi (2014) “Women Empowerment in the Film Industry”. In Ogundeji Toyin (ed.) Dimensions of the New Nigerian Theatre: Critical Essays in Honour of Kola Oyewo. United Kingdom: Alpha Crownes Publishers.

OGUNDEJI, Toyin (2014) “Awovarsity Theatre: Dramatising Leadership and Political Accountability” in Ogundeji Toyin (ed.) Dimensions of the New Nigerian Theatre: Critical Essays in Honour of Kola Oyewo. United Kingdom: Alpha Crownes Publishers.

OGUNLEYE, Foluke and OGUNDEJI, Toyin (2016) “The Ife Film School: Ripples from Obafemi Awolowo University” in Onookome Okome and Marcel Okhakhu (eds.) Media Studies in Nigeria: Genesis and Detours. Ibadan: Sterling-Holden Ltd.

Published Articles in Journals

OGUNDEJI, Toyin (2008) “The Art of Costuming and Nigerian Home Video Films” in Humanities Review Journal, Vol. 8, June, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, pp. 27-37.

OGUNDEJI, Toyin. (2013) ‘‘Steve Biko through the Eyes of a Yoruba Playwright’’, in Humanities Review Journal, Vol. 9, June, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, pp. 92-99.

OGUNDEJI, Toyin (2016) “Security and the Dearth of Live Theatre in Nigeria” in Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7 No 2, S 1, March, Mediterranean Centre of Social and Educational Research (MCSER), Rome, pp. 238-243.

OGUNDEJI, Toyin (2019) “Accomodationist Response: A Critique of Footwear in Costuming Recent Nigerian Dances” in Ife Journal of the Humanities and Social Studies, Vol. 4 No 1, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, pp. 85-99.

AWUAWUER, Tijime and OGUNDEJI, Oluwatoyin (2024) “Addressing Youth Delinquencies through Theatre; A Critical Study of Tor Iorapuu’s Had I Known” in Journal of Global Research in Education and Social Science (JOGRESS), Vol. 18 Issue 4, pp.159-169.

Staff Profile

Toyin Ogundeji is an actor, director, costume designer, theatre technician, and arts and theatre admninistrator. She directed the adaptations of Eddie Murphy’s Coming to America, Don Hahn’s The Lion King and Robert Wise’s Sound of Music among others. She designed costumes for annual convocation plays at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and also for some classical Nigerian films such as Adebayo Faleti’s Bashorun Gaa, Wole Soyinka’s The Man Died, Femi Odugbemi’s Abobaku and Kunle Afolayan’s Anikulapo.