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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
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

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.

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

Email

kolaiya@andersonuniversity.edu

Phone

(864) 231-2156