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Kolawole Olaiya
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor of English
kolaiya@andersonuniversity.edu
(864) 231-2156
- kolaiya@andersonuniversity.edu
- (864) 231-2156
Academic Background
Doctor of Philosophy in Drama, University of Toronto
M.A in English, University of Maiduguri (Nigeria)
B.A in Dramatic Arts (Hons), Obafemi Awolowo University
Teaching at AU
What year did you start teacing at AU?
2015
How would you describe your classes to someone who has never attended one?
A space for great conversation and the exchange of ideas among a community of learners.
Contact
kolaiya@andersonuniversity.edu
Phone
(864) 231-2156
Fast Facts
A space for great conversation and the exchange of ideas among a community of learners.
English Composition and Communication I and II, Global Literature I and II, Writing for Film and Television
I wanted to teach in an institution where I am free to do my job diligently and profess my faith without fear.
Olaiya, Kolawole. 2014. “… in the Name of the Son: the Son as Scapegoat in African Literature.” In Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies in West and Central Africa: Beyond Right and Wrong, edited by Akanmu Adebayo, Brandon Lundy, Jesse Benjamin, and Joseph Kingsley Adjei. Lanhan: Lexington Books.
Olaiya, Kolawole. 2014. “Commodifying the ‘Sacred,’ Beatifying the ‘Abnormal’: Nollywood and the Representations of Disability.” The Global South (Spring) 7:1 137-156.
Olaiya, Kolawole. 2014. “Drama as Wayfarer: Performing Africa in Canada.” At the Crossroads: Readings of the Postcolonial and Transnational in African Literature & Visual Art, edited by Ghirmai Negash, Andrea Frohne, and Samuel Zadi. 257-272. Trenton: African World Press.
Olaiya, Kolawole. 2008. “Deconstructing Apartheid’s Global Gaze: Death and Resistance in Fugard et al.’s Sizwe Bansi is Dead.” The Global South (Fall) 2:2 75-91.
Olaiya, Kolawole. 2002. “The Shifting Structures of Power in The Beatification of Area Boy.” Modern Drama (Fall) 45:3 395-408.