Dr. LAWAL
Personal Statement
Popular Culture, Digital Humanities and Post-colonial studies.
“Popular culture and Cultural Rejuvenation Among Yoruba Performers “. Toyin Falola and Dipo Olubomehin (eds) Yoruba Nation and Politics since the Nineteenth century: Essays in honour of Professor J. A. Atanda. Texas, USA: Pan-African University Press. 2020.123-134.
(i)”Orality as a Means of Projecting Authorial Vision in Osita Ezenwanebe’s Wihered Thrust and Shadows on Arrival”. Bosede Funke Afolayan (ed) Nigerian Female Dramatists: Expression, Resistance, Agency. New York: Routledge Press. 2021
“What’s in a Name? Onomastics and Characterology in Olu Obafemi’s Naira has no Gender”. Duro Oni and Sunday Enessi Ododo (eds) Larger than his Frame II: Further Critical Studies and Reflections on Olu Obafemi. UK: Alpha Crownes Publishing Limited. 2021, 158-173.
“The Socio-cultural Functionality of Yoruba Court Poetry.” UNIUYO Journal of Humanities. Vol 27, no 2, October 2023, pp. 67-78.
“From Cradle to Grave: Yoruba Court Poetry as a Quintessential Source of Lifelong Learning.” Journal of Issues in Language and Literary Studies. Vol 12, Issue 1, 2025, pp. 225-243.
Qualifications
B.A., M.A., PhD
Specialization
African Oral Literature
Selected Publications and Contributions to Knowledge
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