Olufemi Obafemi

Olu Obafemi
frameless|upright=1 Prof. Obafemi (middle) receiving a National Award in 2018 from President Muhammadu Buhari (right) with his wife behind him.
Born	(1950-04-04) 4 April 1950
Nationality	Nigerian
Education	Ahmadu Bello University University of Sheffield University of Leeds
Occupation	Poet, playwright, author
Notable work	Nights of a Mystical Beasts The New Dawn Suicide Syndrome Naira Has No Gender The Love Twirls of Adiitu-Olodumare Iyunade
Honours	Nigerian National Order of Merit (2018)

Olufemi Obafemi (má bì efu ẹ̀kẹ̀lẹ nólu mẹlẹ̀ efú ọdọ 1950)ì ché‘na Naijẹria poet, playwright, author kpaì Professor yé òyìnbó kpaì Dramatic Literature ùgbo ì University of Ilorin kwì ẹ̀gbà óchu ẹ̀kẹ̀gwe ọdọ 1990. Óń chèna ẹ̀ kì 76th kì gbì yé ì Naijẹria National Order of Merit (NMOM) award (2018). òń chì ágbòjì yé ì Nigerian Academy of Letters ágbádẹ efu ọdọ 2016 kpaì efu ọdọ 2018, tá kì Ese-ede Francis Egbokhare.

Abàkwéné -ùn kpaì ùkocha ísakulu kì chá.

Olu Obafemi (chì òdú ẹjuma kù má dóó ) má bì efú ẹwo Akutupa-Kiri, Kabba/Bunu kì chì lòcál gomenti árìal yá Kogi State, Naijẹria . Ì chá nì ọtakìda ẹdọ mẹfa ùn kwì Kabba takì ìlóò tì ísakulu yé gomenti ẹdọ megwẹ́gí kì dì, Dekina kpaì ùbìla Titcombe College, Egbe kì nyà chì ìsakulu ẹdọ megwẹ́gí ùn .

Efu ọdọ 1975,ì nì Bácẹló yá Arts dìgìrì efu English kwì Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria kpaì anìbù ì lẹ tì lẹ and later proceeded to England,ùgbo kìa nì MA efu English (1975) úgbo yé University of Sheffield, kpaì á PhD (1981) manyú gẹ English úgbo yá ì University of Leeds.

Works

His first play Pestle on the Mortar, which was written while he was still an undergraduate, was produced in 1974 and broadcast by the Kaduna Broadcasting Corporation. He has published a number of other plays like Nights of a Mystical Beast (1986), The New Dawn (1986), Suicide Syndrome (1993), Naira Has No Gender (1993),The Love Twirls of Adiitu-Olodumare (2016), and Iyunade (2016).

Research contributions

Obafemi is believed to have pioneered an experimental tool for revolutionary aesthetics in Africa, typifying the plays of second generation Nigerian and African dramatist. His work has also influenced the interpretation of radical drama among theatre scholars in West Africa in the 1980s and 90s. He has also contributed to advancing the discourse on post-feminist aesthetics in Nigeria drama to the engagement in material perception of society.

Positions held

Olufemi Obafemi chì cháìmanì yà ámì ùjo meetìnì ámì áutor náijẹrìa (ANA), yà kì dì Ilorin , Kwara State, efu ọdọ in 1998 and he served as the National President of the Association from 2001 to 2005. He was also a Director of Research at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), a former President of the Association of Nigerian Authors and chairman of the board of directors of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments. He is currently the National Chairman of the Nigerian Reproduction Rights Society of Nigeria (REPRONIG)[June 2019]. He is an editorial consultant and columnist in several of Nigeria's national newspaper.

Awards

1. Nigerian National Order Merit (NNOM), 2018