Duro Oni | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 15, 1952 Minna |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Known for | President of the Nigerian Academy of Letters |
| Title | Professor of Theatre Arts |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Ibadan, California Institute of the Arts |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Theatre Arts |
| Institutions | University of Lagos |
| Main interests | Theatre design and aesthetics, stage lighting, cultural studies, Nollywood |
Duro Oni (Yorùbá: Dúró Òní; born on December 15, 1952, in Minna) is a Nigerian professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Lagos.[1] He is the president of the Nigerian Academy of Letters.[2][3] His research interests are in the areas of theatre arts design and aesthetics, stage lighting, dramatic literature and criticism, cultural studies and the Nigerian film industry/Nollywood.[1][4]