OLADEJI, Dr. Niyi

BA, MA, Ph.D, educationist, born March 4, 1943, Oyo, Oyo State; married Caroline Yetunde Balogun-Adepetu 1971, two sons, four daughters; Education: St Andrew's College Demonstration School, 1949-55, Anglican Methodist Secondary Modern School, Oyo, 1956-58, St Andrew's College, Oyo, 1960-62, University of Ibadan, 1965-68, University of Ife, 1974-77, University of Exeter, England, 1977-80; CAREER: Appointed Education Officer, Western Nigeria, 1968-74; Lecturer, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 1974-86, Senior Lecturer, 1986; acting Head, Department of English Language, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 1981-85; member, Board of Governors, Oyo State Broadcasting Corporation 1984-86; member, Concord Award for Academic Publishing, since 1984; Visiting Senior Lecturer, Department of English Language, Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye, 1987; member, Board of Governors, Oke Olola Grammar School, Oyo; member, British Association for Applied Linguistics; member, International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language; member, Canadian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies; Hobbies: photography, freelance writing; Official Address: Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; Telephone: (036) 230290, extension…