Mrs. Christiana Taiwo Babatunde

Mrs. Christiana Taiwo Babatunde

Lecturer I
Linguistics & Nigerian languages
University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

Christiana Taiwo Babatunde is a Lecturer 1 in the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages at the University of Ilorin Nigeria. She received her M.A. in Yorùbá literature from the University of Ilorin in 2009. Christiana Babatunde’s research focuses on Yorùbá literature both written and oral. She has worked on topics involving Yorùbá oral performance, Character Moulding in the Traditional Yorùbá society, Yorùbá culture of morality, and Philosophical thoughts in Yorùbá Written Poetry. The main research project on her Ph.D at the moment focuses on the hermeneutics study of the philosophical thoughts in the selected Yorùbá written poetry. She is a member of the Yorùbá Studies Association of Nigeria (YSAN) and the Association of Teachers of the Yorùbá Language.

Qualifications

  • M.A. Yoruba Literature, University of Iilorin, 2009
  • B.A.Yoruba, University of Iilorin, 1992
  • NCE, Kwara State College of Education, 1989

Professional Affiliations

  • Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria
  • Yoruba Teachers Association of Nigeria

Teaching & Research Areas

Yoruba Literature

Undergraduate Teaching

  • LIY 103- Advanced Comprehension and Composition
  • YOU 104- Orthogrsphy of Yorùbá Language
  • LIY 301- Phonolgy of YORUBA II
  • LIY 205- Yoruba Morphology
  • LIY 207- Yoruba Syntax I
  • LIY 310- Yoruba Thought and Belief

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Office Address
Room 2-17, New Faculty of Arts Building, University of Ilorin