Akin Adesokan Akin Adesokan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4993060 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Akin Adesokan Akin Adesokan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Akin Adesokan Akin |
| FAMILY NAME | Adesokan |
| SIGNATURE | ADESOKAN A A A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Technicians of the Secular: Yoruba Poets and their Nigeria Publics
This essay focuses on the work of two Yoruba-language poet-performers, Lanrewaju Adepoju and Olatubosun Oladapo, as an example of artistic treatment of secularism. Both are accomplished poets with several poetry volumes, scores of audio LPs and cassettes, and studio broadcasts to their credit. They work in the genre of ewì , Yoruba poetry composed in print and recited over an orchestra of percussive music, with or without sung sequences. Though t…
Graduate Students Roundtable Introduction
Graduate Students Roundtable Introduction Akin Adesokan During the afternoon session of the symposium, five graduate students from various IU departments affiliated with the African Studies Program constituted a panel segment. The symposium’s concerns being prospective, it was felt that those in the process of becoming professional academics were well-placed to speak to this future. They had read all the speakers’ presentations and had prepared s…
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Graduate Students Roundtable Introduction
Graduate Students Roundtable Introduction Akin Adesokan During the afternoon session of the symposium, five graduate students from various IU departments affiliated with the African Studies Program constituted a panel segment. The symposium’s concerns being prospective, it was felt that those in the process of becoming professional academics were well-placed to speak to this future. They had read all the speakers’ presentations and had prepared s…
Technicians of the Secular: Yoruba Poets and their Nigeria Publics
This essay focuses on the work of two Yoruba-language poet-performers, Lanrewaju Adepoju and Olatubosun Oladapo, as an example of artistic treatment of secularism. Both are accomplished poets with several poetry volumes, scores of audio LPs and cassettes, and studio broadcasts to their credit. They work in the genre of ewì , Yoruba poetry composed in print and recited over an orchestra of percussive music, with or without sung sequences. Though t…
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