Adesoji Babalola
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Sociolinguistics, raciolinguistics, multimodal critical discourse analysis, global hip hop cultures, popular cultures, postcolonial literature, (transnational) Indigenous studies, cultural studies, Black Studies,
Education
Ph. D. Candidate in Cultural Studies, 黑料吃瓜资源 2020-2024 M. A. English Language, Obafemi Awolowo University 2015 B. A. (Ed) Education English, Obafemi Awolowo University 2008
黑料吃瓜资源
Adesoji Babalola is a PhD candidate in the Cultural Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Program at 黑料吃瓜资源. His ongoing doctoral research explores the linguistic and cultural strategies of resistance, resurgence and decolonial politics in Indigenous hip hop music in Nigeria and Canada, to better understand how youth cultures contribute to the global movement of decolonization and language revitalization, especially in both exploitative and settler (post)colonial sites. He has published widely in reputable journals. His new publication entitled 鈥淚ntimacies and Articulation in Nigerian Hip Hop Music鈥 is in the journal of Asian and African Studies, published by Sage, United Kingdom. His forthcoming article and book review are in MUSICultures (Canada) and Language in Society (United Kingdom) respectively.
Teaching
LLCU 295: The Language and Cultures of Global Hip Hop (Fall 2023) LLCU 111: Introduction to Cultures (Teaching Assistant: Fall & Winter 2021-22, Fall & Winter 2022-23).