Kwara State University
Hakeem OLAWALE
Designation: Lecturer I
Department: Linguistics African and European Languages
Phone: 08036793168
Email: hakeem.olawale@kwasu.edu.ng
Google Scholar Account: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4dxjZksAAAAJ&hl=en
Linkedin Account:
Bio: Dr. Hakeem Ọláwálé is a Lecturer in the Department of English and Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, Management and Social Sciences, Kwara State University, Màlété, Nigeria, where he teaches Yorùbá Language and Literature. He was formerly the Coordinator, Centre for Oral Traditions in Africa (COTA), Kwasu as well as the Deputy Director Research Centre for Nigerian Languages (RCNL) , Kwasu. Presently, he is the Deputy Director, Centre for Archives and Documentations, Kwasu, Malete.
Academic Awards/Research Grants: (i). Tetfund Institutional Based Research Grant Award through KWASU Centre for Sponsored Project 2017 (ii). Tertiary Education Trust Fund (Tetfund) Grant for Local Ph.D . 2014 (iii). Scholarship Award for Outstanding Performance as a Young Yorùbá Poet in Secondary School, (Ẹ̀rìn Community Grammar School, Ẹ̀rìn-Ọ̀ṣun, Ọṣun State) 1986
My Resume: here
Course Syllabus : here
Updated on: 2022-07-31
Yorùbá language, traditional culture, written literature, poetry and oral traditions.