OLATUNJI Abdbasit Abiodun

olatunji.abdbasit@fuo.edu.ng

08065047923

Lecturer

Biography

Basit Olatunji is a lecturer in the Department of Languages and Linguistics, Fountain University, Osogbo, Nigeria. He is a poet and essayist. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in English from Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo and a master’s degree in English Literature from University of Ibadan. He is currently pursuing his PhD in African Literature from University of Ibadan. He has been on the editorial board of Ijagun Poetry Journal since inception. His poems and articles have been published in international journals such as Literary Yard, The New Asian Writing, Ijagun Poetry Journal, Micropoetry, Ake Review and Academia Letters. He is the author of Rainbow in my Heart (Poems) and Going Back in Time (Short Stories).

Academic Qualification

M.A in English Literature, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
B.A (ED) in English Language, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria

Area of Specialization

Poetry, Prose Literature, Creative Writing, Stylistics, African Literature, Ecocriticism, Postcolonial Studies and Environmental Literature.

Research Interest

Literary Criticism
Essay Writing
Creative Writing
Cultural Studies
Fiction
Postcolonial Studies
Gender Studies

Selected Publications:

Olatunji, B. (2018). Political Ecology in Niger Delta Literature. Lambert Academic Publishing, Mauritius
Olatunji, B. (2021). On the Fatality of Silence. Academia Letters, Article 2665. https://doi.org/10.20935/AL2665
Olatunji, B. (2023). Beyond the borders of esotericism: A Sociostylistic Analysis of Gabriel Bamgbose’s Something Happened After the Rain. Journal of Applied Language and Culture Studies, 6(2), 101-119 https://revues.imist.ma/index.php?journal=JALCS

Creative Works

Olatunji, B. (2015). Rainbow in my Heart (Poems), Partridge Africa. South Africa
Olatunji, B. (2024). Going Back in Time (Short Stories), Moontelloni Media and Publishing, Ibadan

OLATUNJI Abdbasit Abiodun