I Currently sit as the Head of the Department of Music, Mountain Top University. With over 30 years in Music academy and Scholarship. I have displayed tremendous skills and commitment to the advancement of Music scholarship in the country. I studied music at the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife, where I stressed Piano Performance. I also posses Post graduate Diploma in Management Studies from the same University before proceeding to the University of Lagos for my master in Music and Doctor of Philosophy where I specialized in Ethnomusicology. ‘Bayo Ogunyemi’s research interest is in African musicology, Music business and Music theory. I have been published both home and abroad. I have also attended seminars and symposia both home and abroad where I focused his presentation on the Music of the Yoruba people in the new age. My ongoing research is on the forgotten music of the Yoruba people of the South west, Nigeria.

Ph.D. Music (2020), M.A Music ( 2014). Pg. D Management Studies (1994), B.A Music (1990)

Association on Nigerian Musicologists, ANIM

1	Ogunyemi 'Bayo (2022) Typologies And Connotations of Rituals in Yoruba traditional Music, Akete: Journal of Performing Arts and Music, Department of Theater Arts and Music, Lagos State University, Lagos Nigeria. Vol 4 .pp 62-78-Updated on: 08Jun23
2	Ogunyemi A (2022), Leisure and Entertainment, Handbook on the Yoruba, Toyin Falola Network Pan African University press, Lagos-Updated on: 27May22
3	Ogunyemi A. (2022), The African Musician as a Social Reformer: A Periscopic Assessment of Òrìsà-Oko festival Music of Ókémẹ̀sí-Èkìtì. South West, Nigeria, Àkéte Journal, a Journal of the Department of Theater Art & Music, Lagos State University, Ọ̀jọ́ọ̀, Lagos.-Updated on: 27May22
4	Olutade J, Ogunyemi A (2022), Harnessing Music Entrepreneurship as an Interdisciplinary Tool for Sustainable Development in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria: An Appraisal of ESM in Mountain Top University, Mountain Top University Journal of Entrepreneur, Magboro Ogun State.-Updated on: 27May22
5	Ogunyemi A. (2022), Genetics of change in Yoruba Drumming Tradition, IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, India (IOSR-SHSS) Vol.27,Issue 2, Series 3-Updated on: 27May22	See DOI
6	Ogunyemi A. (2022), The African Musician as a Social Reformer: A Periscopic Assessment of Òrìsà Oko festival Music of Ókémẹ̀sí-Èkìtì. South West Nigeria, An African Journal of Arts and Humanities and Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy, Tansian University, Umunya, Makurdi Benue Nigeria(IAAJAH), Vol 8 no1. D ISSN: 2488- 9210 (Print) 2504-9038 (Online)-Updated on: 27May22
7	Ogunyemi A. (2021), Women, Music Ensemble & the Social Organization of the Yoruba Traditional Society, Women Play/Sing the Earth: Music and Women, Association of Musicologists, Turkey-Updated on: 27May22
8	Oikelome A, & Ogunyemi A, (2020), Sound, Structural patterns and Iconography in the Traditional Music of Yoruba People: A study of Gbedu Olu of Epe, Lagos State Igwebuike, An African Journal of Arts and Humanities and Religious Studies, Department of Philosophy, Tansian University, Umunya, Makurdi Benue Nigeria (IAAJAH), Vol 6 no 2.-Updated on: 27May22	See DOI
9	Ogunyemi A. (2018), Analysis of Musical Form in Yoruba Court: A Study of Iga Idununganran, A journal of African Studies, Department of Linguistics, African & Asian Studies, University of Lagos 9: 1, 160-181. University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria-Updated on: 27May22
10	Ogunyemi A. (2018), Extra Musical Functions of Drums in Yoruba land: A Study of Gbèdu Oba Olótò of Òtò Àwórì, Department of Linguistics & Languages, Adekunle Ajasin, University. Akungba, Akoko, Ondo State Nigeria, Akungba, Akoko, Ondo State Nigeria.-Updated on: 27May22
11	Ogunyemi A. (2018) Urbanization of Dùndún Drumming: A study of Aso Sèkèrè in Iga Ìdúnùngánrán, Department of Creative Arts University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria-Updated on: 27May22