Professor Akin Odebunmi is a Full Professor of English and Pragmatics at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, one of Africa's foremost research universities. His scholarship spans pragmatics, discourse analysis, medical communication, and the sociology of English — with a particular focus on how language functions in healthcare, political, and literary contexts across Nigeria and Africa.
His work on doctor–patient interactions in Nigerian hospitals has established him as a leading international authority in African clinical discourse, earning recognition and multiple research fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. He has held visiting professorships at the University of Freiburg (Germany), the University of Jyvaskyla (Finland), and the University of Ghana.
Professor Odebunmi leads PragmaticPoint (pragmaticpoint.org), a study group devoted to advancing the scholarship of pragmatics, and serves as President of the African Pragmatics Association. At present, he is a Consultation Board Member of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA). He was the founding President of the Pragmatics Association of Nigeria (PrAN).
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Full Professor of English / Pragmatics · University of Ibadan, Nigeria
107 publications · 28 PhD graduates · Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow (4×)
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Department of English
Faculty of Arts
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Yoruba (Native)
English (Proficient)
German (Rudimentary)
Nigerian Pidgin (Average)
Professor Odebunmi leads PragmaticPoint, a study group with a focus on advancing the scholarship of pragmatics, open to researchers and students at all levels.
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