Professor. Literary scholar. Editor for hire.
I am a Professor of English at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with over two decades of scholarship at the intersection of African literature, life writing, feminist theory, and media studies. My work asks difficult questions about how African women tell their own stories — and whether the frameworks used to read those stories are adequate to the lives they contain.
My research has taken me from the autobiographies of Nigerian political wives to the literary activism of Ugandan women writers, from oral traditions in Badagry to postcolonial feminist theory. I have held fellowships at the University of Birmingham, the American Council of Learned Societies, the British Academy, and the Fulbright Program — institutions that have sharpened my thinking and expanded my scholarly reach across three continents.
Beyond the academy, I bring that same precision and depth to editorial and consultancy work. Whether editing a manuscript for international publication, shaping a memoir into a book, or advising writers navigating African literary and cultural terrain, I work with the care of someone who understands that words — and the frameworks we use to read them — matter enormously.
Work Terms
20 hours a week, $90/hr