Dr. Iyabode Akande
- Name : Akande Iyabode Deborah
- Present Status: Lecturer I
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- Name : Obadiora, Adebayo Joseph
- Present Status: Reader
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Dr. Iyabode Deborah Akande is a lecturer in the Department of Arts and Social Science Education in Faculty of Education at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). She got her Ph.D. in Linguistics and African Languages with a bias in Yoruba Literature from Obafemi Awolowo University in 2018. She taught for two decades in secondary schools before she was employed by the Council of OAU in January, 2019. She is a fellow of Ife Institute of Advanced Studies from 2021 till date. Dr. Akande belongs to several professional bodies such as Yoruba Studies’ Association of Nigeria from 2004 till date, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria from 2007 till date and International Association of Language Educators from 2019 till date. She served as a Yoruba resource person to Northern Education Initiative Plus Project organised by USAID between 2020 and 2021. Dr. Akande has made presentations at some professional conferences. She has published some papers in refereed national and international journals. Her latest work titled “Yoruba proverbs as a tool for the teaching of good character to children and youth in Southwestern Nigeria” appeared in the 2022 volume 11 of the prestigious Journal of Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria. Her papers have focused on Yoruba orature, Yoruba festivals and proverbs.
⦁ Member, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria 2007 – Date
⦁ Member, Yoruba Studies’ Association of Nigeria 2004 – Date
⦁ Member: International Association of Language Educators 2019 – Date
⦁ Fellow, Ife Institute of Advance Studies (FIIAS) 2021 – Date
Theses/Dissertations:
⦁ Ige, I. D. (1995). Àgbéyẹ̀wò Èdè Epo Fífọ̀ ní Ìlú Òkè-Igbó. B.A Long Essay. University of Lagos, Akoka.
⦁ Àkàndé, I. D. (2005). An Analysis of Students’ Needs in Yoruba and Teachers’ Responses to those Needs in Selected JSS Pupils in Ondo State. Unpublished M.Ed. Long Essay, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
⦁ Àkàndé, I. D. (2013). Àgbéyẹ̀wò Lítírésọ̀ Alohùn Àwọn Òrìṣà Ajẹmọ́-ogun ní Àwọn Ìlú Ajórúkọ-mọ́-Ọ̀bà ní Ilẹ̀ Yorùbá. (A Literary Analysis of Orature of War-related Deities in Oba-named Related Towns in Yoruba land). Unpublished M.A. Thesis, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
⦁ Àkàndé, I. D. (2018). Ìtúpalẹ̀ Lítírésọ̀ Alohùn Yorùbá Inú Ètò Orí Rédíò Ní Àṣàyàn Ilè-Iṣẹ́ Rédíò Ilẹ̀ Yorùbá (Analysis of Yoruba Orature on Radio Programmes in Selected Radio Stations in Yoruba land). Unpublished Ph.D Thesis, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
⦁ Contribution to Books:
⦁ Akande, A. T. and Akande I. D. (2013). Language, localization and the (re)construction of identities in Nigerian hip-hop lyrics. In Adegbite, W., Ogunsiji, A. and Taiwo, O. (eds.), Linguistics and the Glocalization of African Languages for Sustainable Development: A Festschrift in Honour of Prof. Kola Owolabi. Ibadan: Universal Akada Books Nigeria Limited, 258-271.
⦁ Akande I. D. (2018) Globalizing Yòrùbá Taboos and their Socio-cultural Values through the Internet.” In Rosowsky, A. (ed.), Faith and Language Practices in Digital Spaces. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 91-112, https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783099283-009 United Kingdom
⦁ Published Journal Articles
(i) Akande I. D. (2017). In honour of a War Deity: Ọbẹ̀dú festival in Ọ̀bà-Ilé in Oṣun State, Nigeria. Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies, 10, (2), 49-63. United State of America. https://www.academia.edu/es/67790363
(ii) Akande I. D. (2017). On the content and form of Ìwúde Songs in Òkè-Igbó. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science. 7, (1), 192-199. United States of America. http://www.ijhssnet.com/
(iii) Akande, I. D. (2017). Àwọn Òrìṣà Ajẹ́mọ́-ogun ní Àwọn Àṣàyàn Ìlú Ajórúkọmọ́-Ọ̀bà ní Ilẹ̀ Yorùbá. Ife Journal of the Institute of Cultural Studies, 12, 60-78, Nigeria
(iv) Oyedeji, A. V. and Akande, I. D. (2017). Ọ̀rọ̀ Burúkú níí yọ Ọfà nínú Apó: Gbólóhùn Ìkórira ní Ààrin Àwọn Ọmọ Orílẹ́-èdè Nàìjíríà. Ife Journal of Languages and Literatures, 3, (1), 180-189. Nigeria
(v) Akande, I. D. (2019). Threat of Insecurity in University campus in Nigeria: Obafemi Awolowo University as a Case Study. Ife Journal of Education Studies, 17, (2), 107-118. Nigeria. ISBN 978 31985 80
(vi) Akande, I. D. (2020). Parents’ Attitudes towards the Use of Yoruba as a Medium of Instruction in Selected Private Primary Schools in Osun State. Journal of International Association of Language Educators, Special Edition, 142-156, Nigeria
(vii) Akande, I. D. (2020). On the pragmatic implications of Oyo-related proverbs in Southwestern Nigeria. Proverbium 37, 1-16, United State of America. https://naklada. ffos.hr)/casopisi/proverbium/article/view/4
(viii) Akande, O., Akande, T., Akande I. D., and Faleye, A. (2021). An Analysis of Syntactic Variation in Nigerian English among Secondary and University Students in Southwestern Nigeria. Association of Educational Researchers and Evaluators of Nigeria (ASSEREN) Journal of Education, 6. (1): 1-20, Nigeria ISSN:2504 – 9968.
(ix) Akande, I. D. (2022). Yoruba proverbs as a tool for the teaching of good character to children and youth in Southwestern Nigeria. Journal of Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria, 11 (2), 159-172, Nigeria