OPADOTUN Yetunde Aduke

Full name (Surname first): OPADOTUN Yetunde Aduke

Department: Linguistics and African Languages

Rank: Assistant Lecturer

Phone number:  09037515675

Email address (es): yaopadotun@oauife.edu.ng and hadukhe@gmail.com

Office Address: Room 209, African Studies Building

Academic Qualifications: BA, MA, PhD (in view)

Areas of Specialization: Yoruba Literature, Literary Criticism and Gender Studies

Title of M.A. Thesis:

A Critical Analysis of Masculinity in Ifá Poetry

Title of Ph.D. Thesis:

An Examination of Gender Issues in Selected Yoruba Films

Ongoing Current Research:

Opadotun, Y. A. “An Examination of Gender Issues in Selected Yoruba Films”

Opadotun, Y. A. “A Binary Appraisal of Domestic Violence in Selected Yoruba Films”

Publications:

Thesis/Dissertation:

“Ìtúpalẹ̀ Oríkì Èṣù Unpublished B.A. Dissertation, O.A.U. Ife, 2016 (Unpublished).

“Ìtúpalẹ̀ Kókó-Ọ̣̀rọ̀ Ajẹmákọ Nínú Ewì Ifá (A Critical Analysis of Masculinity in Ifa Poetry) Unpublished M.A. Thesis, O.A.U. Ife, (Unpublished).

Published Refereed Journal Articles:

Opadotun,Y.A. 2024. “The Representation of Masculinity in Selected Ifá Verbal Art” in Ojo I.F. Hakeem Olawale, Olawale Taofiq Sa’adu, and Adewale, L. Ademuyiwa (Eds.), The Voice of the Folklorist: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor George Olusola Ajibade. Ibadan: Bookminds, pages 339-351.

Staff Profile:

Ms. Yetunde Aduke Opadotun has carried out a rigorous study on the representation of masculinity in gender studies using Ifá Verbal Art as a paradigm. This resulted in her master’s thesis titled “Ìtúpalẹ̀ Kókó-Ọ̣̀rọ̀ Ajẹmákọ Nínú Ewì Ifá (A Critical Analysis of Masculinity in Ifa Poetry)”. She was given an Award of Academic Excellence upon completion of her M.A. degree programme, Jimoh Ibrahim Postgraduate Award of Academic Excellence, (Board of Postgraduate College, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria) in 2021. She is currently at the final stage of her PhD program. The title of her thesis is “An Examination of Gender Issues in Selected Yoruba Films”. The study concludes that Yorùbá films are important cultural tools for rethinking gender relations in modern Nigeria. They expose harmful practices, challenge silence around trauma, support justice for victims, and promote wealthier forms of masculinity and femininity rooted in cooperation rather than domination. Ultimately, the films encourage society to embrace healing, acceptance, mutual respect, and shared responsibility – values necessary for stronger families and more balanced gender relations. This is her permanent contribution to knowledge in gender studies and contemporary issues in the society.