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Akin Adeṣọkan

Social Sciences · Indiana University

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African history and culture studiesPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesCinema and Media StudiesAfrican studies and sociopolitical issuesAfrican cultural and philosophical studies

Publications

40

Citations

117

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

23

Publishing since 2004

Research summary
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Akin Adeṣọkan studies African literature, film, and culture, with particular attention to Nigerian cinema (including Nollywood), Yoruba writers, and how African arts are shaped by new digital and print media. His work often blends literary analysis, media studies, and postcolonial theory, examining figures, texts, and cultural practices across the African continent.

African literature and postcolonial studiesAfrican cinema and NollywoodNew media and digital cultural practicesYoruba poetry and cultural figuresAfrican intellectual and political thought

Publication activity was steady in the late 2010s, dipped to zero in 2022-2023, then rose again in 2024-2026, averaging about one to two outputs per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.2/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 4 publications4182019: 4 publications4192020: 2 publications202021: 1 publication2122232024: 1 publication242025: 4 publications4252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of the African Literature Association×4
  • Research in African Literatures×3
  • Politique africaine×2
  • Africa Today×2
  • PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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