Curriculum Vitae

1.      

1. Name: OGUNLEYE, Foluke Matilda
2. Status: Professor
3. Present Position: Professor of Drama & Executive Director, Ife International Film Festival

4. Former Position: Head, Department of Dramatic Arts and Executive Director of the Awovarsity Theatre, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria (2006-2009).

5. Address: Department of Dramatic Arts, P.O. Box 1904, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
6. Website: http://folukeogunleye.yolasite.com/

7. E-mail: ogunleyefoluke@yahoo.com, ogunleye.foluke@gmail.com


EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
B.A. (Hons.) Dramatic Arts - University of Ife, (Now OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria (1982)
M.A. Theatre Arts - University of Ibadan, Nigeria (1985)
Ph.D. Theatre Arts - University of Ibadan, Nigeria (1997)

FELLOWSHIPS
- Fellow, African Humanities Institute, (African Cinema) University of Ghana, Legon, Feb-Apr, 1997
- Fellow, African Humanities Institute, Northwestern University, Illinois, Chicago, U.S.A., Apr-June 1997 – (Black American Cinema.)
- Fellow, CODESRIA/SEPHIS Visual Literacy Institute, Maputo, Mozambique, 2004.

WORK EXPERIENCE
1. Nigerian Television Authority, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria, Corporate Affairs Officer/ Producer July 1982 - Dec. 1983
2. The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Department of Mass Communication, Lecturer, October 1987 - Nov. 1989
3. Visiting Lecturer, University of Swaziland: 2003 – 2005
4. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Department of Dramatic Arts – 1989 - Till Date
5. Graduate Study Supervision: 4 Candidates
6. Current Undergraduate Supervision: 4 Candidates

D. PUBLICATIONS

1. Theses / Dissertations

(a) (1982) “A Critique of the Drama of Sean O’ Casey”, B.A. (Hons.) Dissertation, Department of Dramatic Arts, University of Ife.
(b) (1985) “Television Programming from Concept to Production: Olokun Asorodayo as a Case Study”, M. A. Thesis, Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan, 127 pp.
(c) (1997) “Christian Television Plays as Propaganda: A Critical Analysis of Text and Performance, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan, 511 pp.


2. Books/Monographs

a. Authored Books:

1. (2007) Theatre in Nigeria: Different Faces. Ibadan: Humanities Publishers.

b. Published Plays

2. (2002) The Broken Hedge. Ibadan: Humanities Publishers.
3. (2003) “The Innocent Victim” in Ogunleye Foluke, The Innocent Victim and Other Plays. Swaziland: TTI Publishing Ltd., pp. 1-33.
4. (2003) “A Little Attack of Pregnancy” in Ogunleye Foluke The Innocent Victim and Other Plays. Swaziland: TTI Publishing Ltd., pp.35-46.
5. (2003) "Mothers, Sisters and Daughters” in Ogunleye Foluke The Innocent Victim and Other Plays. Swaziland: TTI Publishing Ltd., pp. 47-62.
6. (2004) Nest in a Cage. Swaziland: TTI Publishing Ltd.
7. (2005) Jabulile. Manzini, Swaziland: Academic Publishers.


c. Edited Books:

8. (2002) Consolidation and Sustenance of Democracy: The United States of America and Nigeria. Lagos: American Studies Association Publication/PAS.
9. (2002) Religion in the United States of America. Lagos: American Studies Association Publication/PAS.
10. (2003) African Video Film Today. Manzini, Swaziland: Academic Publishers.
11. (2003) Ethnicity, Citizenship and Democracy in the United States of America. Lagos: American Studies Association Publication/PAS
12. (2005) Theatre in Swaziland: The Past, the Present and the Future. Kwaluseni, Swaziland: Department of African Languages and Literature, University of Swaziland.
13. (2005) The American Society Since the Four Freedoms. Lagos: American Studies Association Publication/PAS.
14. (2008), Africa through the Eye of the Video Camera. Manzini, Swaziland: Academic Publishers.
15. (forthcoming), Transformation and Advancement: The African Video Film. Dakar: CODESRIA.
16. (forthcoming), African Film: Looking Back and Looking Forward. Prince Claus.

c. Contribution to Books

17. (1992) “Film Content and Moral Rearmament in Nigeria” in Ekwuazi, H. and Nasidi, Y. (eds.), Operative Principles of the Film Industry: Towards a Film Policy for Nigeria. Jos: Nigerian Film Corporation, pp. 169-178.
18. (1993) “Creativity in Cinematography: Which way Nigeria?” in Campbell, B. et al. (eds), Diversity of Creativity in Nigeria, Ile-Ife: Department of Fine Arts, O.A.U., pp. 81-94.
19. (1993) “Theatre and Media in Nigerian Politics” in Malomo, J. and Gbilekaa, S. (eds.), Theatre and Politics in Nigeria. Ibadan: Caltop Publications (Nigeria) Ltd., pp. 116-122.
20. (1994) “Drama as Instrument of Propaganda in the Nigerian Church: Historical Overview”, in Father Kevin Carrol Seminar. Eds. R.I, Ibigbami, Bolaji Campbell. Ile-Ife: Dept. of Fine Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, pp. 417-436.
21. (1997) “Persuading the Masses: The Media and the Electoral Process”, in Ogunba, O. (ed.), Governance and the Electoral Process: Nigeria and the United States of America. Lagos: American Studies Association Publication/PAS, pp. 483-495.
22. (2000) “Fostering a Nigeria Dream on the American Model: Civil Education Through the Mass Media,” in Ogunba, O., (ed.), The Empowerment of the Civil Society in a Democracy: Nigeria and the United States of America, Lagos: American Studies Association Publication/PAS, pp. 215-226.
23. (2000) “Waging War Against Environmental Ignorance, Violence and Complacency Through Media Drama: A Rapprochement,” in Environmental Problems of the Niger-Delta. (ed.) Osuntokun Akinjide. Lagos. Friedrich Ebert Foundation, pp. 245-256.
24. (2001) “The Hidden Persuaders: Nigerian Television and Propaganda” in Ola Rotimi (ed.), Issues in African Theatre. Ile-Ife: Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, pp. 67- 82.
25. (2001) “Ife Convocation Plays as Politics” in Banham, M., Gibbs J. and Osofisan F., (eds.) African Theatre: Playwrights and Politics. Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, pp. 18- 26.
26. (2002) “American Donors and Nigerian NGOs: Partnering in the New Nigerian Democratic Dispensation” in Amali S.O. et.al., (eds.), Institutional Models for the Consolidation of Sustainable Democracy: Nigeria and the U.S. Lagos: American Studies Association Publication/PAS, pp. 185- 196.
27. (2002), “Re-imaging American Youth through Christian Film: An Analysis of Ken Anderson’s “Love Notes” in Amali, S.O. et.al., (eds.) Religion in the United States of America. Lagos: American Studies Association Publication/PAS, pp. 167-188.
28. (2003) “Video Film in Ghana: An Overview” in Foluke Ogunleye (ed.) African Video Film Today. Manzini, Swaziland: Academic Publishers, pp. 1-22.
29. (2003) “Christian Video Film in Nigeria: Dramatic Sermons on the Silver Screen” in Foluke Ogunleye (ed.) African Video Film Today. Manzini, Swaziland: Academic Publishers, pp. 105-128.
30. (2003) “Citizenship and Democracy as Themes in American and Nigerian Films” in Amali, S.O., Patton, et.al., (eds.) (2003) Ethnicity, Citizenship and Democracy in the United States of America. Lagos: American Studies Association Publication/PAS, pp. 131-140.
31. (2005) “Different Manifestations of Drama in Swaziland” in Ogunleye, Foluke (ed.), Theatre in Swaziland: The Past, the Present and the Future. Kwaluseni, Swaziland: Department of African Languages and Literature, University of Swaziland, pp. 1-15.
32. (2005) “Feminist Echoes in Swazi Drama: The case of Sijabulile Nsibandze”, in Ogunleye, Foluke (ed.), Theatre in Swaziland: The Past, the Present and the Future. Kwaluseni, Swaziland: Department of African Languages and Literature, University of Swaziland, pp.60-69.
33. (2007) “Interdisciplinarity and Nigerian Universities: Designing Drama Courses for Non-Humanities Majors” in Akinrinade, S., et. al., Rethinking the Humanities in Africa, Ile-Ife: Faculty of Arts, O, A. U., pp. 403-412.
34. (2008), “Drama for the Enrichment of Nigerian Education” in Capacity Building in the African Publishing Industry and Educational Development in Nigeria. Lagos: Nigerian Book Fair Trust, pp. 167-182.

3. (a) Published Articles in Journals

35. (1996) “Nigerian Christian Music and the Message of Change: The Music Theatre Approach” in Abraka Music Journal, Vol. 2, Number 1/2, Delta State University, Abraka, pp. 1-14.
36. (1999) “Towards the Dissolution of the Female Stereotype In and Through the Nigerian Video Film: A “Challenge for the New Millennium”, in Nigerian Theatre Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 9-17.
37. (2001) “Spreading the Word and the Culture: The Stage and the Screen as Rostra in Nigeria’s Democracy” in Humanities Review Journal, Vol. 1, No.1, June, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, pp. 20- 25.
38. (2002) “Preserving Culture through New Artistic Forms: The Case of Duro Ladipo’s Folkloric Plays on Nigerian Television” in The Research Review of the Institute of African Studies, Vol. 18.2, University of Ghana, Legon. New Series, pp. 63-71.
39. (2003) “The Dynamics of Finance in the Nigerian Traveling Theatre” in Nigerian Journal of Economic History, Numbers 5 & 6, University of Ibadan. pp. 29-41.
40. (2003) “That We May Serve Him Without Fear: Nigerian Christian Video Film and the Battle against Cultism” in International Journal of Humanistic Studies, Vol. 2, University of Swaziland, pp.16-27.
41. (2004) “A Report From the Front: The Nigerian Videofilm” in The Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Vol. 21, No. 2, University of Nebraska, Lincoln and Routledge, Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, USA, pp. 79-88.
42. (2004) “A Malecentric Modification of History: Efunsetan Aniwura Revisited” in History in Africa: A Journal of Method, Vol. 31, African Studies Association, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA, pp. 303-318.
43. (2004) “21st Century Image of Women: A Womanist Reading of Two Nigerian Plays” in South African Theatre Journal, Vol. 18, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, pp. 112-134.
44. (2004) “Zimbabwe’s Theatre for Young People: Personal Development and Social Responsibility” in International Journal of Cultural Policy, Vol. 10, No. 2, University of Warwick, Coventry, U. K., and Routledge, Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 373-386.
45. (2004) “The Dialectics of Theology and Film: Pilgrim’s Progress and Christiana”, in International Journal of Humanistic Studies, Vol. 3, University of Swaziland, pp. 13-26.
45. (2004) “Environmental Sustenability in Nigeria: The Awareness Imperative”, in African Issues, Vol. 31, Nos. 1/2, African Studies Association, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA, pp. 41-52.
47. (2005) “Nuptials of the gods: Zulu Sofola and Zodwa Motsa Compared” in LWATI: A Journal of Contemporary Research, Vol. 2, University of Swaziland, pp. 43-52.
48. (2005) “Gender Stereotypes and Reconstruction: A Feminist Appraisal of Nigerian Video Films” in Acta Academica, Vol. 37 (3), University of the Free State, South Africa, pp. 125-149.
49. (2005) “The Television Docu-Drama as Alternative Records of History” in History in Africa: A Journal of Method. Vol. 32, African Studies Association, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA, pp. 479-484.
50. (2005) “Christian Morality Plays in Nigeria: Evolutionary Trends” in Mzizi, J, B., Vilakati, J.N. & Zigira, C.A.B (eds.) BOLESWA Occasional Papers in Theology and Religion: Moral Crisis in Africa Vol.2, Number 2, pp.55-70.
51. (2006) “Environmental Disaster of the Niger Delta: Rapprochement through Drama and the Media” in Humanities Review Journal, Vol. 6, June, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, pp. 15-31.
52. (2006) “Breaking the Drug Scourge among Nigerian Youths: The Utility Value of the Mass Media” in International Journal of Humanistic Studies, Vol. 5, University of Swaziland, pp. 26-37.
53. (2007) “Transcending the Dust: African-American Filmmakers Preserving the “Glimpse of the Eternal” in College Literature, Vol. 34.1, West Chester University, USA, pp. 156-173.
54. (2009) “Money and Mercantilism in Nigerian Historical Plays: A Womanist Reading”, UK: British Museum Research Publication, No. 171, pp. 45-49.
55. (2008) “Ori Olokun Theatre and the Town and Gown Policy: Enthusiastic Amateurs, Farmers, Carpenters and School Teachers: Ori Olokun Theatre and the Town and Gown Policy” in Banham, M., Gibbs J. and Osofisan F., (eds.) African Theatre. Oxford, UK: James Currey.
56. (forthcoming) “The Good, the Bad and the Future: Democracy Themes in Nigeria’s Videos”, submitted to Journal of African Media Studies (JAMS), CAMRI, University of Westminster, U.K.

Films Produced/Directed
(i) (1993) Supermender
(ii) (1993) “The Returns”
(iii) (1993) “The Visit”
(iv) (1993) “Two in One”.
(v) (1997) “The Broken Hedge”.
(vi) (1999) “Abiye”.
(vii) (2000) “Born To Live”.
(viii) (2002) “Madarikan”.
(ix) (2007) “Heaven’s Gate”.

Radio Production
(x) (1995) “Supermender”. Radio Serial on Osun State Radio.

OTHER DISTINCTIONS (selected)
1. Editor, LWATI: A Journal of Contemporary Research, Univ. of Swaziland – 2004.
2. Editor, International Journal of Humanistic Studies, University of Swaziland – 2004.
3. Editor, American Studies Association of Nigeria (ASAN) – 2003.
4. Editor, Humanities Review Journal, Obafemi Awolowo University – 2001.
5. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of African Media Studies (JAMS), University of Westminster, London, U.K

FILM FESTIVALS ORGANIZED
2007: African Video Film Arts Festival
2009: 2nd Ife International Film Festival
2011 (Forthcoming): 3rd Ife International Film Festival

 

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