Olubukola A Gbadegesin
Biographic Data
| ID | 679092 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olubukola A Gbadegesin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olubukola A |
| FAMILY NAME | Gbadegesin |
| SIGNATURE | GBADEGESIN O A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Saint Louis University |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-5173-2215 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Is This Picture Not a Proof
African newspapers have been the subject of scrutiny from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. However, comparably little attention has been paid to the early visual archives produced by these presses. This essay mines the pages of West African Pilot and other newspapers to explore the genesis of the practice and profession of press photography in Lagos, Nigeria. Over the course of three defining historical moments, press photographs became a …
Animating Genre in the Yorùbá Photoplay Series
In a continent remarkable for its receptivity to “creative potentiality,” a glimpse at its thriving universe of popular arts quickly reveals the limits of dogmatic, discipline-centered devotion to “genre” (Barber, 2000). And while the “open and incorporative” nature of West African popular production is certainly animated by the basic elements of genre, framing the concept as a finite product of ordered literary laws seems incongruous with practi…
Photographer Unknown’
Of the myriad analytical approaches to photography and its practices in colonial Africa, the perspective most often muted is that of black African photographers who were among the most numerous and prolific producers of these early image-objects. The lack of attention to their activities represents a glaring omission in photographic histories of the continent and further evidence of the legacies of silence perpetuated by the colonial project. As …
More on Place, Practice, and Nationalist Gestures
Photographer Unknown’
Of the myriad analytical approaches to photography and its practices in colonial Africa, the perspective most often muted is that of black African photographers who were among the most numerous and prolific producers of these early image-objects. The lack of attention to their activities represents a glaring omission in photographic histories of the continent and further evidence of the legacies of silence perpetuated by the colonial project. As …
More on Place, Practice, and Nationalist Gestures
More on Place, Practice, and Nationalist Gestures
Photographer Unknown’
Of the myriad analytical approaches to photography and its practices in colonial Africa, the perspective most often muted is that of black African photographers who were among the most numerous and prolific producers of these early image-objects. The lack of attention to their activities represents a glaring omission in photographic histories of the continent and further evidence of the legacies of silence perpetuated by the colonial project. As …
Animating Genre in the Yorùbá Photoplay Series
In a continent remarkable for its receptivity to “creative potentiality,” a glimpse at its thriving universe of popular arts quickly reveals the limits of dogmatic, discipline-centered devotion to “genre” (Barber, 2000). And while the “open and incorporative” nature of West African popular production is certainly animated by the basic elements of genre, framing the concept as a finite product of ordered literary laws seems incongruous with practi…
Is This Picture Not a Proof
African newspapers have been the subject of scrutiny from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. However, comparably little attention has been paid to the early visual archives produced by these presses. This essay mines the pages of West African Pilot and other newspapers to explore the genesis of the practice and profession of press photography in Lagos, Nigeria. Over the course of three defining historical moments, press photographs became a …
Sociology (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works)