Mr. Ebenezer Olukayode ELESEMOYO

Assistant Lecturer

Email: eoelesemoyo@oauife.edu.ng

Office Address: Room 407E Humanities Block II, Faculty of Arts

ORCID Number: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9809-7474

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Qualifications: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts (Religious Studies), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

Academic Rank: Assistant Lecturer

Short Bio/profile:

Ebenezer Olukayode Elesemoyo is an assistant lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Religious Studies from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He is a fellow of the Ife Institute of Advanced Studies and has won a number of conference and research grants. He specialises in comparative religion and African Indigenous Religions. His interests include ritual, religious conflict, and social transformation in Southwestern Nigeria, Religion and Digitalisation, and Artificial Intelligence. His current research explores the nexus between the Interaction of the Nigerian Populace and Devotees of Yoruba Indigenous Religious and its implications for SDG 10, with a focus on identity and the dynamics of inequality in Nigeria.

Area of Specialisation: Comparative Religion and African Indigenous Religion

Research Interest: Yoruba Religion, Ritual, religious conflict, social transformation, Religion and Digitalisation, and Artificial Intelligence

Fellowship: Fellow, Ife Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS)

Research and Conference Grant:

Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) Institution-Based Research Grant, 2024.
Graduate Student Conference Grant Award, Lagos-ACC, IADS, University of Lagos, 2021
Conference Grant Award, 6th Annual Conference of the African Consortium for Law and Religious Studies (ACLARS), Base University, Abuja, 2018.

M.A Thesis Title:

Elements, Forms and Structure of Ìjọ Àdìmúlà in Selected Yoruba Communities of Southwestern Nigeria

Selected Publication:

Abati, O. Omomayowa and Elesemoyo, Ebenezer O. “Freedom of, from or for religion: Perspectives from the proscription of religious activities in halls of residence at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.” M. Christian Green (ed). In Law, Religion and Human Flourishing in Africa. AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2019: 43-62.

Ongoing Research: Leave No One Behind (LNOB): Yoruba Indigenous Religion and Sustainable Development Goal 10 in Southwestern Nigeria