Program of Events

DAY 1: Thursday August 8, 2013

Opening Ceremonies
Chair: His Highness, Ọba Adédòkun Abọ́lárìn, Aróyinkẹ́yẹ I, the Ọ̀ràngún of Òkè-Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún

9:00-9:30 a.m.: Arrival & Seating of Guests
9:30-9:45 a.m.: Welcome Statement by Fagunwa Study Group
9:45-9:55 a.m.: Statement by Governor Olusegun Mimiko
9:55-10:05 a.m.: Statement by Governor Kayode Fayemi
10:05-10:15 a.m.: Statement by the Minister of Culture & Tourism, Mr. Edem Duke
10:15- 11:30 a.m.: Keynote Address by Professor Wole Soyinka

Keynote title: FAGUNWA’s FOREST TAPESTRY: Heroes and Heroics, Morals and Moralists

—12:00 noon-1:30 p.m.: Lunch

—1:30-2:30 p.m.: Fagunwa Foundation panel

—2:35-3:35 p.m.: Readings & Performances

Panel 1: The Genius of Fagunwa (3:40-5:40 p.m.)
Chair: Dele Layiwola, University of Ibadan

  • “Experiments with addressivity in the formation of a new genre: Fágúnwà and his precursors E.A. Akintan and I.B. Thomas”

    • Karin Barber, University of Birmingham

  • “Fagunwa’s Audience Consciousness”

    • Dan Izevbaye, Bowen University, Iwo

  • “Fagunwa: The Debt We Owe His Genius”

    • Niyi Osundare, University of New Orleans

    Dinner
    Host: H.E. Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, Governor of Ondo State
    Venue: Government House, Alagbaka, Akure
    Time: 8.00pm

    DAY 2: Friday August 9, 2013

    —7:40-8:00 a.m. Breakfast

    Panel 2: Engaging Modernity (8:00-10:00 a.m.)
    Chair, Olabiyi Yai, UNESCO

  • “Empires and Utopias: Fágúnwà, Civilization and the Nation State”

    • Saheed Yinka Adejumobi, Seattle University

  • “The Colonizing Mentality of Some of the Persons in Fágúnwà’s Novels”

    • Kole Omotoso, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • “From D. O. Fágúnwà to Akinsola Akiwowo: Doing Philosophy in a Yoruba Key”

    • Olufemi Taiwo, Cornell University

    —10:00-10:10 a.m.: Break

    Panel 3: Engenderings: Imaginative Quests and Social Relations (10:10 a.m.-12:10 p.m.)
    Chair: Odia Ofeimun, Hornbill House

  • “Akọ̀wé Àwọn Akọ̀wé: The Life, Times and Writings of D. O. Fágúnwà and the Gendered Experience of Literacy in Yoruba Society”

    • Oyeronke Oyewumi, Stony Brook University

  • “Quest and the Fágúnwà Mythic Imagination”

    • Sola Olorunyomi, University of Ibadan

  • “Sex and Plot(ting) in Fágúnwà”

    • Adélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́, Ohio State University

    —12:10-1:30 p.m.: Lunch

    Panel 4: Transformations I: Translations, Adaptations, Re-Performances (1:30-4:00 p.m.)
    Chair: Tunde Babawale, CBAAC, Lagos

  • “What is the Meaning of Idioms and Strange Tongues?”

    • Dapo Adeniyi, Position Magazine, Lagos

  • “Translating Fágúnwà’s Igbó Olódùmarè: Challenges and Rewards – A Reprise”

    • Pamela J. Olubunmi Smith, University of Nebraska at Omaha

  • “Translation as Meta-Creation”

    • Olu Obafemi, NIPSS, Kuru

    —3:30-3:40 p.m. Break

    Panel 5: Transformations II: Translations, Adaptations, Re-Performances (3:40-5:40 p.m.)
    Chair: Pamela J. Olubunmi Smith, University of Nebraska at Omaha

  • “Challenges of Translating Fágúnwà’s Novels: Personal Experience”

    • Olaoye Abioye, Lagos

  • “The Forest of a Thousand and One Hurdles – Adapting Fágúnwà for the English Theatre Stage”

    • Femi Osofisan, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

  • “Memorandum of (mis)Understanding: Thoughts on Fágúnwà and His Translators”

    • Gbemisola Adeoti, Obafemi Awolowo University

    8:00-10:00 p.m.: Special event featuring Tunde Kelani. Screening of film,
    Maami, & discussions

    DAY 3: Saturday August 10, 2013

    —7:40-8:00 a.m.: Breakfast

    Panel 6: On Women in Fágúnwà (8:00-9:30 a.m.)
    Chair, Sola Olorunyomi, University of Ibadan

  • “Viewing Women through the Lens of Fágúnwà”

    • Foluke Ogunleye, Obafemi Awolowo University, & Babafemi Babatope, Lagos State University

  • “Ipò Wo Lobìnrin Kó Nínú Ìtàn Àròsọ Fágúnwà?”

    • Arinpe Adejumo, University of Ibadan

    —9:30-9:40 a.m.: Break

    Panel 7: Religion, Literacy, and Language (9:40 a.m.-11:40 a.m.)
    Chair: Gloria Chuma Ibe, CBAAC, Lagos

  • “Ìtánforítì Meets Akọ̀wédìran: Fágúnwà, Author”

    • Akin Adesokan, Indiana University, Bloomington

  • “Mediating Religion: Daniel Fágúnwà, Mike Bamiloye, and J. K. Rowlings”

    • Moradewun Adejunmobi, University of California, Davis

  • “Religion as Narrative: Interpreting D. O. Fágúnwà as an Historian of Religion”

    • Jacob K. Olupona, Harvard University

    —11:40 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: Lunch

    Panel 8: The Multi-Dimensions of Fágúnwà: Literature, Zoology, and Art (1:30-3:30 p.m.)
    Chair: Moradewun Adejunmobi, University of California, Davis

  • “Languages, Texts and Traditions: D.O. Fágúnwà and the Question of Continuity in African Literature”

    • Harry Garuba, University of Cape Town, South Africa

  • “The Zoologist in Fágúnwà”

    • Tola Badejo, WUST, Ondo

  • “Illustrating Fágúnwà”

    • Tejumola Olaniyan, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    —3:30-3:40 p.m. – Break

    Panel 9: Roundtable – Ipa Asesile ati Abowaba Ise Fágúnwà Ninu Akitiyan Litireso Yoruba (3:40-5:40 p.m.)
    Chair: Feyikemi Olayinka, Lagos TV

    Speakers:
    Adebayo Faleti
    Oladejo Okediji
    Akinwumi Isola
    Kole Omotoso
    Femi Osofisan
    Arinpe Adejumo
    Niyi Osundare
    Odia Ofeimun

    Closing Remarks