OSOFISAN, Prof. Babafemi Adeyemi (a.k.a Okinba Launko)

NNOM, BA., Ph.D., playwright, university teacher, b: June 16, 1946; p: Erunwon Ijebu-Ode, Ogun; m: Oyinlola Adenike, 1975; nc: three s. one d; ed: Government College, Ibadan, 1959-65, University of Ibadan. 1966-69, 1970-74, University of Dakar, Senegal, 1967-68, University of Paris III, France, 1971-73. cr: asst. Lecturer/snr. Lecturer, Department of Modern Languages, University of Ibadan, 1973-80, Associate lecturer. Department of English and Theater Arts, Visiting/ Exchange Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature, Universite Nationale du Bench, Lome, Togo, Dept des Lettres, Modernes, 1981; Senior Lecturer, Department of Theater Arts University of Ibadan, 1981-83; Visiting f. Department of English, Summer Workshop in African Drama. (Ran a theatre workshop, and also directed his lay, Farewell to a Cannibal Rage), University of Pennslyvania, Philadelphia, United States of America, 1983; Professor and Head Department of Theatre Arts, University of Benin, Benin City, 1983-85; visiting Professor of Drama, Department of English, Ogun State University, 1984-85; visiting Professor of Drama, Department of Dramatic Arts, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, (now Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife), 1985-86; prof/Head Department of Theater Arts, University of Ibadan, 1985; founding mem/Literary E, Premier Editorial Board of The Guardian, Lagos, 1983-90; Columnist, Nigerian Sunday Times, Lagos, 1990-91; ee. Universities of Nigeria, Nsukka, Port Harcourt and Calabar. 1989-91; Founder/Artistic dir. Center-Stage-Africa, (the center for studies in Theater and Alternate Genres of Expressions in Africa, a non-government trusteeship organisation since 1991, Founder/Editor, Opon Ifa Review, a quarterly journal of the arts. Primarily for creative writing; Visiting Writer, British Council, London, England, 1991. Visiting prof. African American World Studies Programme.University of Iowa, Iowa City and Iowa African and African American Studies Department Luther College Decorah, USA,1991; Guest Dramatist, African Studies Associations. St. Louis, 1991; visiting prof. (Literatures) Department of English, King Alfreds College, Winchester, England, May, 1992; visiting writer, Inter Nations, The Republic of Germany 1992; Guest Dramatist, National Black Arts Festival and Emory University Atlanta, United States of America, 1992, visiting prof. Fall Semester: Emory University Atlanta, 1994; Workshop Theater, School of English, University of Leeds, 1996; Fulbright f. International Writers Project, University of Iowa, Iowa, USA.1987; Foundation Henri Clewes, La Napoule, France, 1990; Japan Foundation, Tokyo 1991: African Studies and Research Center, Cornell University Ithaca, USA, 1992: Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, University, Evanston, USA,1993; f. Institute of African Studies and Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, Scotland 1997, (As Resident Artist Scotland Africa 97); mm. Nigerian Association of African and Comparative Literature, Nigerian Association of Literary Critics, dir. National theater 2000-04; Nigerian Chapter, International Theater Institute, Nigerian Association of Translators and Interpreters, International Comparative Literature Association, Modern Languages Association of Nigeria, presd. Association of Nigerian Authors, v-presd. West Africa Region, Pan African Writers Association; Grand Patron, Ghana Association of Writers, 1991; Grand Patron of the Arts, Pan African Writers Association, 1992; Drama Prize Winner, Association of Nigerian Authors for Yungba-Yungba and the Dance Contest, 1993; presd. P.E.N International, (Nigerian Chapter); publ: A Restless Run of Locusts, Onibonoje Press, Ibadan, 1975; The Chattering and the Song, Ibadan University Press, Ibadan, 1976; Who's Afraid of Sotarin? Scholars' Press Calabar, 1978; Once Upon Four Robbers, Bio Educational Publishers, Ibadan, 1980; Morountoldun and other Plays Longman Publishers, Lagos, 1983; No More the Wasted Breed, Ibadan; Red is the Freedom Road, Ibadan, 1983; Farewell to a Cannibal Rage. Evans Publishers, Ibadan 1986; Midnight Hotel, Evans Publishers, Ibadan, 1986; The Oriki of A Grasshopper in Two Short Plays, New Horn Press, Ibadan, 1987; Altine's Wrath, Ibadan 1987; Another Raft, Malthouse Press Limited Lagos, 1990; The Inspector and the Hero, Ibadan, 1990; Fires Burn But They Die Hard, Ibadan, 1990; Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels, New Horn Press, Ibadan 1991; Aringindin and the Night Watchmen, Heinemann, Ibadan, 1992; Ytingba Yungba and the Dance Contest, Heinemann, Ibadan, 1993; Tlie Album of the Midnight Blackout, University Press Pic, Ibadan. 1994; Twingle- Twangle A-Twynning Tayle, Longman, Lagos 1995; Many colors make the Thunder-king, Guthrie theater Publications, Minneapolos USA, 1997, in addition to many publications in National and International journals as well as plays for Sate and Television, awards: Winner, Independence Anniversary Essay, First Western Nigerian Broadcasting Service, 1965; Recipient, First T.M. Aluko Price for Literature, Government College Ibadan, 1966, Recipient, City of Pennsylvania Bell Award for Artist Performance for role in a Flash in the Sun, 1982, First Prize Winner Association of Nigerian Authors' Prize for Literature for the book, Morountodun and other play, Longman, 1983; Prize Winner Association of Nigerian Authors Poetry Prize, 1988 for minted coins; Nigerian National Order of Merit, 2004; hob: writing, off: Department of Theater Arts, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State.