Olayinka Oyeleye holds a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Her research profiles articulate an interdisciplinary platform that straddles African feminist philosophy, philosophy of language, and African gender and ethical discourses.

An African Feminist Philosophy of Language (2025) calls for the institution of an African feminist philosophy of language, challenging existing debates and encouraging a move away from the Western gaze.The book begins with an analysis of the philosophical context of African feminism, and a call for the decolonization of epistemological discourse. Oyeleye then goes on to consider how indigenous patriarchies play out in the cultural reality of the Yorùbá in particular, ontologically unpacking the nature of woman as expressed in language, especially in myths and proverbs. Challenging the derogatory language found in proverbs which entrench patriarchal oppression, the author advocates for feminist postproverbials: new proverbs which draw on old traditions but reconstruct the space of woman in a new, egalitarian rhetorical tradition.