Prof. S. Olorunyomi

Prof Sola Olorunyomi assumed office on August 1,202 as the director of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan. Prof Olorunyomi is a Research Professor in the Cultural and Media Studies programme at the Institute of African Studies and obtained his PnD in African Literature from the University of Ibadan. His specialisation and research interests includes textual and narrative structures of literary and performance cultures, covering oral and manuscript, print and electronic, film and new media in Africa and the Black Diaspora. He has served as the Quondam Director of the University Media Centre, as well as the former Postgraduate Sub-dean, IAS-UI. He is well-published in local and international outlets. He has participated, over the past decades, in conferences and seminars across Africa and the Black Diaspora.