Oyelami Adéyẹmí Anthony is a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Ekiti. He started his academic journey through St. Gregory Catholic Primary school Ikare Akoko, Annunciation School Ikere Ekiti and eventually through the seminary of St. Peter and Paul an affiliate of the University of Ibadan and Pontifical Urbananian University Rome where he bagged Bachelor degree in both Philosophy and Theology.
He proceeded in 2016 to University of Ilorin where he bagged his Master degree in comparative Religious Studies and currently running his Ph.D program in the same University. After teaching for Eighteen years with the Ekiti State teaching service commission, he joined the University community in 2021.
He is currently with the department of Religious Studies in the Faculty of Arts, Federal University Oye-Ekiti.
Research Interests
African Traditional Religion
Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, University of Ibadan (1995)
Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Pontifical Urbaniana University (2000)
Master of Arts in Comparative Religious Studies, University of Ilorin (2017)
Awe Boluwatife Sylvia - The role of religious studies in promoting peaceful coexistence among citizens using Awo-Ekiti as a case study (2025)
Fatuase Bosede Victoria - A Comparative analysis of healing practices in African Traditional Religion and Christianity in Ekiti Centra local government area (2026)
Course Teaching
ATR102 - Survey of African Traditional Religion (2025/2026/Second)
RES201 - Traditional Religion in Africa (2025/2026/First)
RES301 - Philosophy of Religion (2025/2026/First)
RES404 - Continuity and Discontinuity in African Traditional Religion (2025/2026/Second)