Dr. Esther Titilayo Ojo

Selected Recent Publications / Contributions to Knowledge

1. Òjó, E. T. & Oyagbenjo, A. (2025) ‘Politics of Words, Words of Politics: Analysis of Rhetorical Dexterity in Selected Yorùbá Films’ In 3rd LASUCAS International Conference. A Publication of Lagos State University Centre for Afro-Brazillian Studies (LASUCAS) No.3, April, 2025 Edition. (Contributes to the study of stylistics and pragmatics by positing that the effective and foregrounded tools for rhetoric is contact where the phatic function takes dominance.)
2. Òjó E. T. (2023). Gospel Àpàlà Music in African Christian worship: Thematic and Stylistic analysis. Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde, 60(3), 106–122. https://doi.org/10.17159/tl.v60i3.14469
3. (It narrates the history and globalisation of Àpàlà music and describes its transformation in the changing atmospheres. Contributes to the erstwhile stance that Yorùbá oral genres are not redundant, stagnant or docile. They change with time and milieu, and thereby impact the use of language and thematic preoccupations in them. The study substantiates that Yorùbá oratures might be ‘new wines in old wineskin’ which are capable of expressing wide range of issues: religious, social or philosophical.)
4. Òjó, E.T. 2024 ‘Representation of Women in African Proverbs: The Yorùbá Example’. Bolarinwa, A., Akinseli, M. and Oyebamiji, A (eds.) New Trends in Yoruba Studies: Essays in Honour of Arinpe Adejumo. Ibadan Matrix Publication. pp. 230-250. (juxtaposes the positive and negative portrayal of women in Yoruba society through proverbs. It posits that the subjugation of womenfolk is deeply rooted in virtually every segment of the society, education, religion, politics, leadership, marriage among others.)
5. Òjó, E. T. & Ntekim-Rex, Y. (2024) ‘A Socio-Stylistic Analysis of Language Use among Dáńfó Bus Conductors and Commuters in Lagos Metropolis. Inquiry in African Languages and Literatures (INQALL). Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko. No. 17, May 46-59.
6. (contributes to socio-linguistics and stylistics using bus conductors’ language utilisation of anthro-stylistic devices ranging from anthropomorphism, personification, apostrophe, metonym to synecdoche in which human attributes are juxtaposedly contrasted with the inanimate.) This shows their level of creative ingenuity in spite of the rough, aggressive and naughty attitudes.
7. Òjó, E. T. & Ọyágbénjó, A. (2024) ‘Proverbs and their Symbolic Representations: An Exploration of Yorùbá Proverbs In Akungba Journal of Linguistics and Literatures AKJOLL). Adékúnlé Ajásin University, Àkùngbá-Àkókó. Vol. 15 April (11– 22). (Contributes to knowledge by formulating an easy model of teaching proverbs to the beginners and second language learners whose proverbs meaning remain herculean tasks.)

Collaborations / Networks

• Dr. Omolola, U.S.A.
• Dr. A.O. Bolarinwa, UI, Ibadan
• Dr. O. Olaiya, Ekiti State University