OTUN Babatunde Alex

Assistant Lecturer

Full Name: OTUN Babatunde Alex

Department: Linguistics and African Languages

Rank: Assistant Lecturer

Phone number: +234706482366

Email address(es): baotun@oauife.edu.ng and babatundeotun@gmail.com

Office Address: Room 202, African Studies Building

Academic Qualifications: Diploma, B.A., M.A(Ife)

Areas of Specialization: : Yorùbá Oral Literature and Performance

Title of M.A Thesis:

Àgbéyẹ̀wò Aláwòmọ́-Lítíréṣọ̀ àwọn Ètùtù àti Àmì Ọdún Ọbamerì ní Ilé-Ifẹ̀.

Title of PhD Thesis:

Àgbéyẹ̀wò Ìlò-Èdè-Aláwòmọ́-Lítíréṣọ̀ Oríkì Ìran Elú ní Ilẹ̀ Yorùbá.

Ongoing Current Research:

Ø Fire: A Tool of Sanctification in Yorùbá Rituals

Ø Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ́-mọ-dọ̀: Lullaby for Prince and Princess in Ifẹ̀ Land.

Ø Invocation of Pre-modial Òrìṣà: Ẹwọ́ Songs as an Instrument.

Publications:

Otun, B. A. (2025). Ìso Rírọ̀: Ìlànà Ìsìnkú Ẹni tí ó Pokùnso ní Ilé-Ifẹ̀.

Otun, B. A. (2025). Ìtúpalẹ̀ Àwọn Ìpohùn inú Etùtù Obamerì.

Staff Profile:

OTUN Babatunde is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and African Languages. He is also the current Librarian of the Department of Linguistics and African Languages