Àrìnpé Gbẹ́kẹ̀lólú Adéjùmọ̀ is professor of Yoruba Language and Literature at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and an author and playwright. She is known for her scholarship on Yoruba drama, satire, and gender studies.
Career.
Adejumo received her PhD from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in 1995. Subsequently, she joined the Ekiti State University as an assistant lecturer. In 2007 she moved to the department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Ibadan as a senior lecturer. In 2010 she was promoted to the rank of professor, and from 2011 until 2017 she was head of the department of Linguistics and African Languages. Adejumo is currently the Deputy Provost (Academic) of the Postgraduate College of the University of Ibadan.