ALABI Oluwafemi Sunday

Email address(es): femialabi@oauife.edu.ng; oluwafeminitemi@gmail.com

Office Address: Room 405, Dramatic Arts Department, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4090-3688

Academic Qualifications: M. A.

Areas of Specialization:  Dramatic Literature, Theory and Criticism

Title of M.A. Thesis: A Study of the Art of Abuse in the Drama of Ola Rotimi

Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Aesthetics of Supernaturalism in Selected Plays of Ahmed Yerima

Ongoing Current Research: PhD

Publications:

Alabi, O. S. (2022). “Rape as a Metaphor for Socio-Political Violence in Soji Cole’s Embers.” African Study Monographs 42: 1-19 [Japan].

Alabi, O. S. (2022). “Of Crusade against Corruption in Nigeria: A Metaphorical Exploration of Ziky Kofoworola’s Dance of the Mosquitoes.” Dutsin-ma Journal of English and Literature (DUJEL) 5(1): 261-285 [Nigeria].

Alabi, O. S. (2022). “The Role of Coronavirus Cartoons/Comics in Crisis Communication and Coping Strategy during the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic.” Ilorin Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Culture 12: 30-48 [Nigeria].

Alabi, O. S. (2021). “Neo-alienation Aesthetics in the Drama of Ziky Kofoworola: An Example of Dance of the Mosquitoes.” SARARI: Bayero Journal of Theatre and Performing Arts 2: 1-18 [Nigeria].

Alabi, O. S. (2021). “An Exploration into the Satiric Significance of Abuse in Selected Nigerian Drama.” Alicante Journal of English Studies 35: 143-162 [Spain].

Alabi, O. S. (2021). “Between the Praise and Defense of Nature: An Eco-Critical Discourse of Niyi Osundare and Tanure Ojaide’s Eco-Poetry.” International Journal of Languages and Culture 1(2): 1-7 [South Africa].

Alabi, O. S. (2020). “The Poetics of Abuse in Wole Soyinka’s The Trial of Brother Jero.” Journal of Language, Theatre and Literary Studies 1 (1): 1-12 [Nigeria].

Staff Profile:

Oluwafemi Sunday Alabi lectures in the Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, with special research interest in African Drama and Theatre, Theory and Criticism. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Performing Arts from University of Ilorin, Nigeria and a Master of Arts Degree in Literature in English from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; he is currently pursuing his PhD. A trained journalist and mass media scholar, Alabi holds Diploma Certificates in Mass Communication from the Federal Polytechnics, Offa, Nigeria. He was once a News Writer/Reporter, Duty Continuity Announcer, and Programme Presenter at Okin 105.7 FM Offa, Kwara State. He has attended a number of academic conferences where his research papers were presented.