Former research fellow, Harvard University, former Director, Institute of Creative Writing, Author of Yoruba Idealism, Beloved, Be Great Again, Myths and Weave, The Birth of a Child in a Fishing Boat, Lagos, a City of Sisterly and Brotherly Love, Lyric Boston, a City of Sisterly Love, and a good few, recipient of a Golden Poetry Trophy, 1990, recipient of the 2021 Nonfiction Fellowship Award from the Writers' Room of Boston, recipient of the 2023 Humanities Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Yemi D. Ogunyemi is a luminous literary philosopher whose work reflects the savvies and radiance of his spirit, and often fascinated by letters, books and the power of words.

He holds to the belief that art, the marvel of ingenuity, the symbol of reality, is an expression of happiness, and an application of human creative skill.

To date, Yemi has authored over seventy titles of literary works--fiction, nonfiction, plays, poetry and children's literature.

Currently, he is working on the Study of Yoruba Classic Fairy-tales/Folklore and Literary Criticism.