AG. HOD / LECTURER

Specializations:

• ESL

• Communication Studies

• African Studies

• Documentation of under-described languages and cultures

• NLP

• Policy/Program Design

BOSCO OKOLO-OBI

•  Ph.D. Linguistics and Communications - University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. 2015 – 2021

• Master of Arts, Linguistics - University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria. 2012 - 2014

• Bachelor of Arts, Languages and Linguistics - Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State. 2005-2009

Email:  bokolobi@aust.edu.ng     

Courses (Being taught at AUST):

•  Communication in English

• Nigerian People and Culture

• Use of Library and ICT

• Business Communication 

BOSCO OKOLO-OBI: Publications

• Obikudo, Ebitare F. and Bosco C. Okolo-Obi. 2022. The vowel system of Àlégē. Arusha Working Papers in African Linguistics, 4(1): 3-20

• Kierien Ekpang & Bosco, C. Okolo-obi (2021). The numeral system of Bokyi language. A Festschrift in honour of Professor Olufunmilayo Ogunkeye. Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Jos, Nigeria.

• Okolo-obi Bosco, Alerechi R.I.C & Obikudo E.F. (2019). The consonant system of Alege. Journal of Linguistic Association of Nigeria. 22 (2), 129-142.

• Okolo-obi Bosco, Obikudo E.F & Alerechi R.I.C. (2019). The sociolinguistic setting of Alege. Journal of Linguistic, Language and Culture. 6 (2), 152-173.

• Obadan, Maria I.  & Bosco, C. Okolo-obi (2017). Aspect of Igbo dialectology: exploring the sound change between Nri and Ogwashi dialects of Igbo. In, J.A.I Bewaji, K.W, Harrow. E.E, Omonzejie & C.E,Ukhun (Eds). The humanities and the dynamics of African culture in the 21st century. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Pp 342-355. 

• Okolo-obi, Bosco C. (2016). English loanwords in Urhobo: An adaptation of stress to tone. Journal of Linguistic Association of Nigeria. Supplement 2, 139-148.

• Obadan, Maria I.& Bosco, C. Okolo-obi (2016). Olukumi endangerment: Issues and ways of safeguarding the language. Journal of Linguistic Association of Nigeria. Supplement 2, 249-262.

• Obadan, Maria I., Kierien Ekpang & Bosco, C. Okolo-obi (2016). The structure of questions in Bokyi language. Journal of Linguistic Association of Nigeria. Supplement 1, 134-141.

• Agbedo, C.U., Maria, I. Obadan & Bosco, C. Okolo-obi (2014). A pragmatic exploration of Orji Uzor Kalu’s apology to Abians. Journal of Linguistics, Language and Culture. 1 (2);1-17.

BOSCO OKOLO-OBI: Notable Achievement

1. Program Lead for the Design of the National Framework for the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area [ Consultancy for the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.

2. Program Design Consultant for Project Ekwueme [for Abia State Government]