DR. L. OLUSOLA OGUNTOLA

TITLE : DR.

NAME: L. OLUSOLA OGUNTOLA

POSITION: SENIOR LECTURER                            

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EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with Bachelor’s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)

Personal Statement

I am passionate about Francophone African and Caribbean Literatures. I strive to bring out the subsisting African cultural heritage in the Caribbean world. I also delight pleasure in teaching French Language, Grammar and Didactics to non-Francophone and Francophone speakers.

Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• Editorial Member, Agora, Journal of the Department of Foreign Language Studies, University of Uyo – since 202
• Postgraduate Coordinator – Department of European Languages and Integration Studies 2024 – present
• University French Teachers’ Association of Nigeria – Treasurer since 2023 – present
• University French Teachers’ Association of Nigeria – Financial Secretary 2022 – 2023
• Editorial Secretary, Eureka, Departmental Journal – 2021 till present

Selected Most Recent Publications /Contributions to Knowledge

2. Olusola Oguntola, Mujibat Omotokese (2024). « L’alternance codique dans Verre casse d’Alain Mabanckou » in Agora, No. 9-10, pp.80-95. A publication of the Department of Foreign Language Studies, University of Uyo.

2. Faloju, J., Ebelechukwu, E., Oguntola, O. and Ademuyiwa, A. (2023). “Language and Cultural Immersion Programmes in Russian and French Languages in Nigeria 2012 -2022: Problems and Prospects” in ASEAN Journal of Research . 1, 2 (Jul. 2023).

2. Olusola Oguntola (2023). “Applying the Mythocriticism Theory in Revisiting African Patrimony in the Works of Roumain and Césaire” in Mufutau, Tijani (Ed.). A Handbook on Research and Academic Writing in the Humanities. 2023, pp. 123 – 138. Abuja: University of Abuja. 

5. O. Oguntola, Onyebuchi J. Ugwu, Gloria N. Shuaibu (2022). «La place des œuvres littéraires nigérianes d’expression française dans l’apprentissage et l’enseignement du français dans les universités nigérianes et le NFLV » in Les Collections FLE/FLA, Vol. 3, No. 6, pp.84-102. A Publication of Department of Literature, Linguistics and foreign Languages, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya,

5. O. Oguntola (2020). « La promotion de la paix et le développement de l’Afrique : cas d’Allah n’est pas obligé d’Ahmadou Kourouma » in Le Littéraire (Revue Internationale de Recherche), Vol. 1, No. 3, pp.56-73. A publication of the Nigerian French Language Village, Badagry

Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive)

1. Amoa Urbain, Université Charles-Louis de Montesquieu, Cocody, Côte d’Ivoire
2. D. S. Y. Amuzu, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana
3. Terry Osawaru