Alfred Fatuase

I am a versatile educator with a strong foundation in English and Yoruba languages with demonstrable leadership in academia through teaching, textbook authorship, journal publications and administration. I have extensive experience in curriculum design and public speaking, enhancing cross-cultural communication and academic excellence.

• Chairman, Anti-Corruption Unit, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, Nigeria, 01/17 - 06/22
• Dean & Board Chairman, School of Liberal Studies, Yaba College of Technology, 01/15 - 06/19
• Member, Academic Board, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, Nigeria, 01/11 - 06/22
• Head, Department of Languages, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, Nigeria, 02/11 - 12/14
• College Orator, Rapporteur and Speech Writer, 01/11 - 06/23
• Behavioral and Career Counsellor, 01/00 - 06/23

Academic & Research Writing

Biography Writing

Academic and Professional Editing 

Translating and Interpreting in English and Yoruba Language Pair

Textbooks:

1. The New Standard English Course: An undergraduate English usage text, 978 37310 0 9, 

2. The Business Manager’s Portfolio: An undergraduate Communication text, 978 37310 3 3, 

Academic Papers:

1. Fatuase, A.A. (2004). “Text and Context in Discourse’’, Yaba Journal of Mgt Studies, 4, 1.

2. Fatuase, A.A. (2009). “The Nigerian English Variety: Emergence and Relevance”, Pankshin Journal of Language Education., vol. 1 nos.2.

3. Fatuase, A.A. (2009). “Language Spread and Inter-Communication in Linguistics”, International  Journal of Language and Literary Studies vol. 1 nos. 2.

4. Fatuase, A.A. (2010). “Transliteration as Strategy in Interventory Linguistics”, Tai Solarin University of Education Journal of Nigeria English Studies Association, (NESA).

5. Fatuase, A.A. (2012). “Pragmatic Restoration in Literary Translation: An Analysis of Yoruba Idioms”, Pankshin Journal of Language Education, vol. 2.

6. Fatuase, A.A. (2012). “Metaphor as Tool for Social Redemption: A Study of Moral Proverbs in Yoruba and Igbo”, Yabatech Journal of Language for Cultural & Technological Development, (JOLCATED) vol. 2, nos. 1.

7. Fatuase, A.A. & Fanimokun T. (2012). “Globalizing Folklore as a Strategy for Social Reconstruction and National Development” Yabatech International Journal of Liberal Studies and Technology.

8. Onyemelukwe, H. N. & Fatuase, A. A. (2012). “Linguistic Rhetorical Devices in ‘No Longer at Ease’”, University of Lagos Golden Jubilee Conference Book of Proceedings vol. 1.

9. Fatuase, A.A. (2012). “Power Relation in Domestic Affairs: A Discourse of Yoruba Proverbs”, Ede General Studies Journal, vol.1, nos. 1.

10. Fatuase, A.A. (2012). “Students’ Project Report Writing’’ Yabatech Journal of Language for Cultural & Technological Development, (JOLCATED) vol. 2, No 2.

11. Fatuase, A.A. (2013). “Alleviating Poverty Using the ‘FAHQT’ Model in Soyinka and Adeniyi’s Translations”, Lagos State Polytechnic Journal of the School of Management and Business Studies.

12. Fatuase, A. A. (2015). “Language as Energizer: A Phonostylistic Study of Bridal Chants among the Oyo Yoruba of Nigeria”, WEI Conference, Harvard University, Boston, USA. (Online).

13. Adekoya, A. O., Adedeji, W. O. & Fatuase, A. A. (2015). “Engineers in Society”, Yabatech International Journal of Liberal Studies and Technology, vol.3 nos. 2.

14. Fatuase, A. A. (2017). “A Discourse Analysis of Translated Proverbs from D.O. Fagunwa’s Yoruba Novel Ogboju Ode ninu Igbo Irunmale”, University of Lagos Current Studies in Yoruba Culture, Language and Literature, A Festschrift for Olugboyega Alaba, eds. Deji Medubi et al.

15. Fatuase, A. A. & Nnorom, P. N. (2017). “The Pragmatics of Congratulatory Messages in Nigerian Newspapers”, Yabatech Anniversary Journal, A Founders’ Day Commemorative Festschrift, vol. 1.

16. Fatuase, A. A. (2018). “Style and Form in Selected Translated Yoruba Proverbs and Idioms”, Mountain Top University Journal of Humanities, Management and Social Sciences, JHUMASS, vol.1,1.

17. Fatuase, A. A. & Nnorom, P. N. (2020). “Lost but Found in Translation: Meaning Elasticities in Yoruba and Igbo Idioms”, Functional Approaches to Language and Literary Studies: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor V.O. Awonusi, Dept of English, University of Lagos.

18. Nnorom, P. N. & Fatuase, A. A. (2020). “No Holds Barred: Language and Cultural Resonances of Adopted Nigerian Expressions in the New Oxford English Dictionary Corpus”, Functional Approaches to Language and Literary Studies: A Festschrift in honour of Professor V. O. Awonusi, Dept of English, University of Lagos.

19. Oloko, M. J. & Fatuase, A.A. (2020) “Textuality as Interpretative Paradigm in Niyi Osundare’s ‘The Politician’s Two Mouths’”in International Journal of Humanitatis Theoreticus, vol.4,1.

20. Fatuase, A.A. & Oloko, M. J. (2021). “A Critical Discourse Analysis of Language and Power in President Buhari’s #EndSARS Speech”, Journal of Arts and Humanitities, (JAH), Faculty of Arts, University of Bameda, Cameroon, vol. 4, nos. 1.

21. Fatuase, A.A. & Oloko, M. J. (2020). “Language Use and Thematic Trends in Selected Lyrics of Legendary and Modern Nigerian Artistes: A Sociolinguistic Study”, Interfacing Language, Literature and Society: A Festschrift in honour of Professor Eno Grace Nta, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.

22. Oloko, M. J. & Fatuase, A. A. (2020). “Teaching Old and Emergent Poetry in Nigerian ESL Classroom: A Survey of Selected Themes”, Journal of International Association of Language Educators, (JIALE), vol.1. nos. 1.

23. Dalamu, T. O., & Fatuase, A.A. (2020). “Ideological Reality in Advertising: A Functional Approach to Nigerian Breweries’ Product Advertisements.” Anchor University Lagos JHSMS, 1, xx-xxx.

24. Dalamu, T. O., & Fatuase, A. A. (2020). “Describing Nigerian English along the Vector of English Thematic System.” Mountain Top University, JHUMASS xx(x).

25. Onyemelukwe, H.N. & Fatuase, A. A. (2020). “African Proverbs as Conveyors of African Philosophy”, Lagos Review of English Studies, (LARES), vol.19, nos. 2.

26. Dalamu, T. O., & Fatuase, A. A. (2020). “Deploying Systemic Functional Theory’s Dicotyledonous Facilities as Tools for Interpreting Osundare’s ‘First Rain’.” Ibadan Journal of English.

27. Oladejo, T.O. & Fatuase, A.A. (2022). “A Critical Discourse Analysis of Wole Soyinka’s ‘Telephone Conversation’. Humanus Discourse, Redeemer’s University, Ede, Nigeria.

28. Fatuase, A.A. (2021). “Beggary Art: A Stylo-Semantic Study of Twins’ Songs Among the Yoruba of Nigeria”, ScienceGlobe International Conference, Canada, 2021, pp. 61-67, World Research Library.

29. Fatuase, A.A. & Ebim, M.A. (2022). ‘A Sociolinguistic Study of Proverbs among the Yoruba in South-Western Nigeria and Mbube People in South-South Nigeria’, AGHATHOS, vol. 13, Issue 2 (25).   www.agathos-international-review.com

30. Ebim, M.A., Fatuase, A.A., Okune S.T. & Otora A. (2022). “Discourses of Power, Dominance, and Resistance in Internet Reactions to Twitter Ban in Nigeria.” Global Journal of Arts Humanity & Social Sciences ISSN: 2583-2034. vol. 2 Iss-8, 561-573.

31. Dalamu, T.O. & Fatuase, A.A. (2023). ‘‘Socio-cultural implications of Osundare’s ‘What the earth said’: An experiential meta-functional discourse’’. ALORE: Ilorin Journal of the Humanities, Vol.32, 2023.

32. Taofeek O. Dalamu, Alfred A. Fatuase & Bonke O. Dalamu (2025). ‘‘Twe Twe and Egwu  Musicals : A Comparative Analysis of  2024 Two Revolutionary Multilingual Lyrical Terms in Nigeria’s Entertainment Space’’. Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Conference,  Towson University, April 3, 2025.

33. Taofeek O. Dalamu, Alfred A. Fatuase & Bonke O. Dalamu (2025). ‘‘Multimodal Interactions: A Multilingual Metrical Analysis of Humor in Alomo Bitters Video Advertising’’. Southeast Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL Program), Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus. April 10-11, 2025.

34. Taofeek O. Dalamu, Alfred A. Fatuase & Bonke O. Dalamu (2025). ‘‘ Interpreting Encoded Yoruba Nomenclature: A Perspective from Linguistic Competence and Performance’’. 25th Biennial Meeting, Dictuonary Society of North America, Buffalo State University, State University of New York. May 29-31, 2025.

35. Taofeek O. Dalamu, Alfred A. Fatuase & Bonke O. Dalamu (2025). ‘‘ Black: A Metaphorical Representation in Guinness Stout Advertisement in Nigeria’’. Researching and Applying Metaphor Annual Conference. College of Arts & Sciences, Lawrence Technological University, City of Southfield, (Detroit Motor City), Michigan.

36. Oloko M. Jamiu, Yusuff A. Aderemi & Fatuase A. Alfred (2025). ‘‘Yoruba Praise Poetry: A Linguistic Socio-Cultural Exploration of Oriki Yeye Osun’’. Eurasian Journal of English Language and Literature, December 17, 2025, pp 56-77, e-ISSN: 2717-9435. Periodical Publication (June- December).

Commissioned Biographies:

1. Snippets of a Sea Lord (A Biography of Retired Admiral Jubrila Ayinla) 2018.

2. ASENUGA: A Man Worthy of Emulation (A Biography of Retired Col. Otunba Tomi Asenuga) 2020.

• Lecturer (Discourse Analysis; Stylistics), Mountain Top University, Ibafo, Nigeria, 09/20 - 06/22
• Lecturer (Lexicology; Syntax; Morphology), University of Lagos, Nigeria, 09/20 - 06/22
• Lecturer (Syntax; Phonology; Multilingualism), Lagos State University, Lagos, 09/06 - 06/09
• Lecturer (English for Academic Purposes; ESOL), University of Lagos, Nigeria, 09/04 - 06/07

• English Linguistics
• Discourse Analysis
• Translation Theories
• Stylistics
• Multilingualism
• African Studies
• Teaching Methods
• Yoruba Linguistics