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Adélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́

Arts and Humanities · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1990

Publications

52

Citations

315

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

36

Publishing since 1990

Research summary
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Adélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́ studies African and Yorùbá literature, culture, and postcolonial thought, examining topics such as oral and written literary traditions, decolonization, critical theory, and literary institutions across Africa and its diaspora. His work often engages closely with the writings of prominent African literary critics and explores how literature, language, and cultural practice intersect with history and politics. Much of his recent output focuses on Yorùbá literary and cultural traditions, including proverbs, divination, and panegyric (praise poetry).

African and Yorùbá literature and culturePostcolonial literary theoryAfrican literary criticism and institutionsOral traditions and praise poetryDecolonization and language

Publications were steady to slightly increasing from 2017 through 2021, followed by a multi-year gap with no recorded output until a single publication in 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.2/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 4 publications4212223242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of the African Literature Association×7
  • The Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry×2
  • Indiana University Press eBooks×1
  • New Literary History×1
  • PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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