Curriculum & Service
Public Service & Work Experience
Six decades of academic appointments, government roles, traditional consecrations, and editorial leadership.
i.
University Administration
- 2006–present President, Ifá Heritage Institute, Ọ̀yọ́, Nigeria
- 1982–1990 Vice-Chancellor, University of Ile-Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University)
- 1977–1979 Dean, Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
- 1975–1982 Founding Head, Department of African Languages and Literatures, Obafemi Awolowo University
ii.
Academic Experience
- 2004–2005Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Department of Liberal Studies, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
- 1999Professor of Humanities, Department of English, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
- 1998–2003Professor, Department of Religion, Boston University, Boston, MA
- 1997Professor of the Humanities, Africana and Latin American Studies, Colgate University
- 1996–1997Fellow, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute & Department of African American Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge
- 1990–1991Scholar-in-Residence and Visiting Professor of Black Studies, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
- 1980–1981Visiting Henry R. Luce Professor of Comparative Religious Ethics, Amherst College
- 1976–1990Professor of African Languages and Literatures, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
- 1973Associate Professor of Folklore, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
- 1971Visiting Assistant Professor of Folklore, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
- 1966–1972Lecturer, School of African and Asian Studies, University of Lagos
- 1963–1965Junior Research Fellow, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan
iii.
Political, Cultural & Public Service Appointments
- 2005–presentDirector, UNESCO Proclamation of Intangible Cultural Heritage Award to Nigeria — Subject: Ifá
- 2003–2005Adviser to the Nigerian President on Traditional Matters and Cultural Affairs, Office of the Presidency, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Abuja
- 1995–1998Member, Council for the World's Religions
- 1992–1993Senate Majority Leader, Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Abuja
- 1992Special Adviser to the Governor of Ọ̀yọ́ State, Nigeria
- 1990–presentInstalled as Asiwaju Awo of Remo, Nigeria
- 1988–1989Member, Executive Committee, Association of Commonwealth Universities
- 1986–presentInstalled as Elemoso of Ketu, Benin Republic
- 1981–presentInstalled as Awise Awo ni Agbaye — World Spokesperson for Ifá and Yorùbá Religion
- 1981–1989Chairman, Governing Board, Ọ̀yọ́ State College of Arts and Science, Ile-Ife
- 1979–1982Chairman, Ọ̀yọ́ State Tourist Committee
- 1978–1984Chairman, Board of Directors, University of Ife Guest Houses Ltd.
- 1976–1978Chairman, Ọ̀yọ́ State Broadcasting Corporation
- 1974–1984Chairman, Board of Governors, Oliver Baptist High School, Ọ̀yọ́
- 1974–1976Chairman, Ọ̀yọ́ Zonal Health Board, & Member of the State Health Council
- 1971–presentConsecrated as Babaláwo (Ifá Priest)
iv.
Editorial & Other Professional Work
- 1972–1979Editor, Yorùbá, Journal of the Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria
- 1970–1972Editor, Lagos Notes and Records, Bulletin of the Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Lagos
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