Motilola O. Akinfemisoye-Adejare
Dr. Motilola Akinfemisoye-Adejare teaches courses on African Studies as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology. Before joining the University of Calgary in July 2022, she taught both theoretical and practical broadcast courses in the Media Studies Department at the University of Botswana for five years. She supervised many dissertations as well as radio documentaries and radio drama projects and was instrumental in the development of the department’s radio station. She is an Africanist scholar focused on the intersection of popular media, politics, journalism, and technology in Africa, and has published in these areas. Dr. Akinfemisoye-Adejare is also particularly interested in the representation of women politicians in Africa and what this might mean for their inclusion (or not) in governance. She worked as a journalist for the Nigerian Tribune in 2006 and as an on-air anchor and newsreader at the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Enugu, Coal City FM. She has also served on the advisory board of the Journal of African Media Studies and is a regular peer reviewer of submissions to journals including African Journalism Studies, Journal of African Media Studies, and others.
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– ‘Bushirified’: New Media As ‘Alternative’ Spaces for Performing Religious Identities Online
– Negotiating Convergence: “Alternative” Journalism and Institutional Practices of Nigerian Journalists
– Challenging Hegemonic Media Practices: Of ‘Alternative’ Media and Nigeria’s Democracy
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