# Adeolu Ademoyo

**Source**: https://africana.cornell.edu/adeolu-ademoyo
**Parent**: https://africana.cornell.edu/faculty

## Senior Lecturer

### Overview

Adeolu Ademoyo is a senior lecturer in Yoruba language and culture.His research interests include: African Philosophy: Ethics, Epistemologyand Aesthetics, the locus of African Languages in delineatingmet-ethical concepts in African moral discourse, gender issues, and family and social structures.

**Languages Spoken**\
English, Yoruba, Edo, German

### Research Focus

- Language and Ontology in Yoruba Thought
- Yoruba Language Pedagogy
- Open Access Online Yoruba
- Yoruba Online Dictionary
- Yoruba Language for Medical Purposes

### Publications

“The Ontological Imperative For The New African Diaspora” in Isidore Okpewho and Nkiru Nzegwu (eds) *New* *African Diaspora* Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 2009

## In the news

- [Languages, dance, dessert celebrate National Poetry Month](/news/languages-dance-dessert-celebrate-national-poetry-month)

## Courses - Fall 2025

- [ASRC 4902 : Independent Study](https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/FA25/class/ASRC/4902)
- [ASRC 6900 : Independent Study](https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/FA25/class/ASRC/6900)
- [YORUB 1108 : Introduction to Yoruba I](https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/FA25/class/YORUB/1108)
- [YORUB 2110 : Intermediate Yoruba I](https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/FA25/class/YORUB/2110)

## Courses - Spring 2026

- [ASRC 4903 : Independent Study](https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/SP26/class/ASRC/4903)
- [ASRC 6901 : Independent Study](https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/SP26/class/ASRC/6901)
- [YORUB 1109 : Introduction to Yoruba II](https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/SP26/class/YORUB/1109)
- [YORUB 2111 : Intermediate Yoruba II](https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/SP26/class/YORUB/2111)