he O.A.U. Bookshop commenced trading in 1964, two years after the founding of the University. In 1971 it was established as an independent limited liability company governed by a Board of Directors nominated by the University Council. The Bookshop maintains branches at Ondo, Uyo, and at the main campus of Ile-Ife where in addition to the main shop, a kiosk is maintained at the Staff Club. The administrative headquarters moved from Ibadan to Ife in February 1974 to its permanent home in University Hall where it occupies two floors – or an area of some 92 square metres, with extra space for exhibition facilities.
All the bookshop’s branches carry extensive stocks of academic and textbooks, as well as general books including various books on Art and Crafts, Cookery and Home Economics, Children’s books and a wide variety of paperbooks. It maintains particularly comprehensive stocks in the areas of Africana, Nigerian, and African creative writing in English and French as one of its areas of specialization. It carries the largest stock of children’s books in the country. It also has the largest collection of books on Art. It maintains an impressive stock of books on management studies.
Obafemi Awolowo University bookshop, you get your book and stationery of choice, books for children in creche, kindergarten, nursery schools, primary schools, junior secondary school, senior secondary school, post secondary school and university categories with adults all available at cheaper rate. The books cut across all field in life