Adesoji Babalola
Teaching Fellow
LLCU
Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Arts and Science
Kingston Hall 418
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’s University 2020-2024 M. A. English Language, Obafemi Awolowo University 2015 B. A. (Ed) Education English, Obafemi Awolowo University 2008
About
Adesoji Babalola is a PhD candidate in the Cultural Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Program at Queen’s 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 “Intimacies and Articulation in Nigerian Hip Hop Music” 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).