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Adesoji Babalola

Teaching Fellow

LLCU

Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Arts and Science

adesoji.babalola@queensu.ca

Kingston Hall 418

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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, Queen鈥檚 University 2020-2024 M. A. English Language, Obafemi Awolowo University 2015 B. A. (Ed) Education English, Obafemi Awolowo University 2008

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Adesoji Babalola is a PhD candidate in the Cultural Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Program at Queen鈥檚 University. 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).