My public humanities work brings academic conversations on African literature, media, popular culture, and language to wider audiences. Through essays, criticism, reviews, and cultural commentary published in newspapers and digital magazines, I seek to foster informed public engagement with African cultural production and contemporary debates in the humanities.
African Literature
- Afropolitanism and Nigerian Literature: Beyond the Sceptical Shrugs
- Young Writers Expand Frontiers of Nigerian Literature on Social Media
- Literary Prizes and Their Overweening Impact on Nigerian Writers
- Meeting Abdulrazak Gurnah the First Time
Popular Music and Media
- On Fela, Wizkid, and the Politics of Afrobeat
- Yinka Ayefele and My Father: Learning to Love a Favorite Musician
Tobi Idowu 