Hezekiah Olufemi Adeosun

Adeosun Hezekiah Olufemi is an indigene of Ogun State, Nigeria. He joined the service of the University of Ilorin in 2001 as a Graduate Assistant. He rose through the ranks to become Professor of Yoruba Studies & Socio-semiotics in 2019. He was the Ag. HOD in the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ilorin between 2017 and 2019. He is currently Director, Institute of Translation Arts, University of Ilorin.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Yoruba (2013), University of Ilorin. M. A. Yoruba (2015), University of Ilorin. M. A. Communication and Language Arts (2002), University of Ibadan. B. A. Yoruba (1995), Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University)

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory, Literature and Literary Theory

Publications

Portrayal of the Yoruba socio-cultural heritage in the practice of kegite movement in Nigerian tertiary institutions