Gbenga Emmanuel Adeboye is a distinguished international scholar born in February 1998. He is renowned for his groundbreaking research in drama, theatre, and performing arts. With a profound passion for enlightenment and practical discovery, he is consistent in making significant contributions to knowledge in his fields/disciplines, earning global recognition for his outstanding works. His impactful research has inspired peers and left a lasting impression on the disciplines he fervently explores.
He is a professional director, theatre and stage manager, writer, actor, poet, and academy juggernaut with years of practical experience.
EDUCATION
B.A. Dramatic Arts at Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
M.A. Theatre Arts (Design Technology for Theatre and Film) at Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Arts and Humanities, Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Education, Literature and Literary Theory
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Scholar Citations
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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Performing Remains at Awovarsity Theatre GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 6555103 , 2026 2026
Staging Dissent and State Power: Theatre, Political Control, and Cultural Resistance in Early Postcolonial Nigeria GE Adeboye Political Control, and Cultural Resistance in Early Postcolonial Nigeria … , 2026 2026
Advanced Research Techniques in Arts GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 6546758 , 2026 2026
Revisiting Classical and Neoclassical Dramatic Theory: Regulation of Form in Canonical Theatre Practice GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 6539321 , 2026 2026
Aristotelian Poetics and Tragic Knowledge in Oedipus Rex GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 6539318 , 2026 2026
Rethinking Stage Management as a Cybernetic Coordination System: Information Flow, Control, and Sustainable Theatre Production in Contemporary Nigeria GE Adeboye Control, and Sustainable Theatre Production in Contemporary Nigeria (March … , 2026 2026
Rite of Passage in a Rural Community in Adamawa State, Nigeria GE Adeboye Nigeria (March 14, 2026) , 2026 2026
Ethnic Diversity and Cultural Pluralism in Nigeria: A Comprehensive Compilation of 384 Ethnic Groups and Their Geographical Distribution GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 6395778 , 2026 2026
Structuralism in Arts Theory and Media Criticism: A Study of King of Boys (2018), Òlòtūré (2019), Citation (2020), Ayinla (2021), and To Kill a Monkey (2025) GE Adeboye 2026
Ubuntu and euthanasia: African moral perspectives in Ibsen’s Ghosts GE ADEBOYE African Identities, 1-13 , 2026 2026
Osofisan and Nigerian Culture of Corruption: A Review of Femi Osofisan's Yungba Yungba and the Dance Contest GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 6493758 , 2026 2026
POLICY GAPS AND PRACTICE REALITIES OF STAGE MANAGEMENT TRAINING IN NIGERIAN THEATRE ARTS’CURRICULA GE ADEBOYE 2025
Adoption and Learning of Vectorworks and CAD Tools for Theatre Design in Nigeria: A Case Study of Joshua Peters GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 5576892 , 2025 2025
Film as Research and Durable Medium: Biopic and Documentary Retellings of Declining Nigerian Musical Genres in Àyìnlá (2021) and Mr Fuji: Barry Wonder (2024) HO Lawal, GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 5568939 , 2025 2025
Beyond Painted Backdrops and Wooden Flats: Reimagining Nigerian Educational Theatre through Digital Scenography and Indigenous Aesthetics GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 5565358 , 2025 2025
Indigenising Musical Theatre: Exploring Traditional Nigerian Music as a Vehicle for Sociocultural Expression in Contemporary Theatre Performance GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 5565318 , 2025 2025
Unmasking the Unconscious: A Psychoanalytic Study of Misogyny, Trauma, and Repression in'Bayo Afolabi's The Misogynist GE Adeboye Trauma, and Repression in'Bayo Afolabi's The Misogynist (September 27, 2025) , 2025 2025
Ethics and Copyright in the Usage and Staging of Plays in Nigerian Varsity Theatre GE Adeboye 2025
Interrogating Gender, Culture, and Identity: A Feminist Theory Analysis of Ama Ata Aidoo's The Dilemma of a Ghost GE Adeboye Culture, and Identity: A Feminist Theory Analysis of Ama Ata Aidoo's The … , 2025 2025
Postmodernist Explorations of National Drift and Disillusionment in JP Clark's The Raft GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 5395711 , 2025 2025
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
STAGE MANAGEMENT STYLES AND PRACTICES IN NIGERIA AND ABROAD. CASE STUDY OF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, NIGERIA AND VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY, US GE ADEBOYE DEPARTMENT OF DRAMATIC ARTS, FACULTY OF ARTS, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY … , 2023 2023 Citations: 2
Exploring Plato's Theory of Forms through Dramatic Perspectives in The Republic GE Adeboye Researchgate.net, 11 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
Performing Remains at Awovarsity Theatre GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 6555103 , 2026 2026
Staging Dissent and State Power: Theatre, Political Control, and Cultural Resistance in Early Postcolonial Nigeria GE Adeboye Political Control, and Cultural Resistance in Early Postcolonial Nigeria … , 2026 2026
Advanced Research Techniques in Arts GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 6546758 , 2026 2026
Revisiting Classical and Neoclassical Dramatic Theory: Regulation of Form in Canonical Theatre Practice GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 6539321 , 2026 2026
Aristotelian Poetics and Tragic Knowledge in Oedipus Rex GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 6539318 , 2026 2026
Rethinking Stage Management as a Cybernetic Coordination System: Information Flow, Control, and Sustainable Theatre Production in Contemporary Nigeria GE Adeboye Control, and Sustainable Theatre Production in Contemporary Nigeria (March … , 2026 2026
Rite of Passage in a Rural Community in Adamawa State, Nigeria GE Adeboye Nigeria (March 14, 2026) , 2026 2026
Ethnic Diversity and Cultural Pluralism in Nigeria: A Comprehensive Compilation of 384 Ethnic Groups and Their Geographical Distribution GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 6395778 , 2026 2026
Structuralism in Arts Theory and Media Criticism: A Study of King of Boys (2018), Òlòtūré (2019), Citation (2020), Ayinla (2021), and To Kill a Monkey (2025) GE Adeboye 2026
Ubuntu and euthanasia: African moral perspectives in Ibsen’s Ghosts GE ADEBOYE African Identities, 1-13 , 2026 2026
Osofisan and Nigerian Culture of Corruption: A Review of Femi Osofisan's Yungba Yungba and the Dance Contest GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 6493758 , 2026 2026
POLICY GAPS AND PRACTICE REALITIES OF STAGE MANAGEMENT TRAINING IN NIGERIAN THEATRE ARTS’CURRICULA GE ADEBOYE 2025
Adoption and Learning of Vectorworks and CAD Tools for Theatre Design in Nigeria: A Case Study of Joshua Peters GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 5576892 , 2025 2025
Film as Research and Durable Medium: Biopic and Documentary Retellings of Declining Nigerian Musical Genres in Àyìnlá (2021) and Mr Fuji: Barry Wonder (2024) HO Lawal, GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 5568939 , 2025 2025
Beyond Painted Backdrops and Wooden Flats: Reimagining Nigerian Educational Theatre through Digital Scenography and Indigenous Aesthetics GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 5565358 , 2025 2025
Indigenising Musical Theatre: Exploring Traditional Nigerian Music as a Vehicle for Sociocultural Expression in Contemporary Theatre Performance GE Adeboye Available at SSRN 5565318 , 2025 2025
Unmasking the Unconscious: A Psychoanalytic Study of Misogyny, Trauma, and Repression in'Bayo Afolabi's The Misogynist GE Adeboye Trauma, and Repression in'Bayo Afolabi's The Misogynist (September 27, 2025) , 2025 2025
Ethics and Copyright in the Usage and Staging of Plays in Nigerian Varsity Theatre GE Adeboye 2025
