Jendele Hungbo
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Jendele Adebayo Hungbo (born in Ayede, Ado-Odo, Ogun State) is a Nigerian university administrator and professor of journalism and comparative media studies at KolaDaisi University, Ibadan where he is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Management and Social Sciences.[1] He is also a research associate with the Department of Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. His research interests cut across broadcast media, new (interactive) media, social media, as well as postcolonial identities and representations in the media in Africa.
Education and career
[edit]Hungbo obtained his Bachelor of Arts in English Language at Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University).[citation needed] He earned a Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts at the University of Ibadan in 2002.[citation needed] After, he went to the University of Witwatersrand, where he had received his Master of Arts degree in African Literature and a PhD in Media Studies from the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER) in 2008 and 2012, respectively.[2]
Before joining Koladaisi University, Hungbo taught at North-West University, Mafikeng and Bowen University.[citation needed] In 2012, Hungbo was a Cadbury Fellow at the Centre for West African Studies, University of Birmingham.[citation needed] He was also a recipient of the Volkswagen Stiftung Doctoral Fellowship from 2009 to 2012. His scholarship draws both his practice and his experience as a broadcast journalist and television content producer.[1]
In November 2024, Hungbo delivered an inaugural lecture entitled, "Metaphors of the Self: New Epistemological Landscapes in African Media". The lecture summed up his research into interactive media and the performance of identities in Nigeria and South Africa.[3]
Hungbo is a member of various professional organisations, including the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria; Journalists Safety Research Network; South African Communication Association; African Studies Association; International Society for Third-Sector Research. He is also an Associate Member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations.[4]
Apart from academia, Hungbo also participates in cultural rights and community development initiatives. He is the convener of the Ogu General Assembly, a socio-cultural organisation representing the interests of the Ogu people in Nigeria and across the globe.[5][6][7][8][9]
Selected publications
[edit]- Hungbo, Jendele (2009). "West Africa — A Personal Overview". The Journal of Commonwealth Literature. 44 (4): 239–243. doi:10.1177/0021989409350300. ISSN 0021-9894.
- Hungbo, Jendele (1 January 2011). "Othering Identities and the Conflicts of Migration in Jameela Siddiqi's The Feast of the Nine Virgins". Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies. 5 (1): 133–149. doi:10.57132/jiss.95. ISSN 2753-328X.
- Hungbo, Jendele (2 December 2011). "Talking to the Polls: Power, Time and the Politics of Representation in Two South African Radio Talk Shows". African Studies. 70 (3): 437–454. doi:10.1080/00020184.2011.628802. ISSN 0002-0184.
- Hungbo, Jendele (2014), "'Beasts of No Nation'. Resistance & Civic Activism in Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's Music", Civic Agency in Africa, Boydell and Brewer, pp. 167–182, doi:10.1515/9781782042334-012, ISBN 978-1-78204-233-4, retrieved 8 January 2025
- Hungbo, Jendele (2014). "Migrating Nollywood: Melting Borders in Tunde Kelani's Abeni". In Ogunleye, Foluke (ed.). African Film: Looking Back and Looking Forward. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 171–182. ISBN 978-1-4438-5749-9.
- Hungbo, Jendele (1 October 2016). "Masculinization of participation and the absence of female voices on phone-in radio shows in Ogun State Nigeria". Gender and Behaviour. 14 (2): 7329–7335. doi:10.10520/EJC-59fa5f20a (inactive 10 January 2025).
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2025 (link) - Hungbo, Jendele (1 March 2017). "Silences and the mediation of identities in South African radio talk shows". Journal of African Media Studies. 9 (1): 49–60. doi:10.1386/jams.9.1.49_1. ISSN 2040-199X.
- Andre, Naomi; Covington-Ward, Yolanda; Hungbo, Jendele (2021). African Performance Arts and Political Acts. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. doi:10.3998/mpub.10176359. ISBN 978-0-472-07482-2.
- Hungbo, Jendele (2021). "Twitter, Youth Agency, and New Narratives of Power in #RhodesMustFall". In Ugor, Paul (ed.). Youth and Popular Culture in Africa: Media, Music, and Politics. Rochester, NY. pp. 235–254. ISBN 978-1-64825-024-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Adesoji Ogunsanya, Akintayo; Hungbo, Jendele; Salawu, Abiodun (2024), "'My Language, My Brand': Reflections on Oko Oloyun's Exclusive Yoruba Language for SME Branding", Marketing Communication in African Languages, London: Routledge, pp. 269–280, doi:10.4324/9781003517382-27, ISBN 978-1-003-51738-2, retrieved 8 January 2025
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Prof. JENDELE Adebayo Hungbo". Koladaisi University. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Prof. Jendele Hungbo – WATJCentre". Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ Agboluaje, Rotimi (12 November 2024). "Don advises against misuse, misinterpretation of media in Africa". The Guardian.
- ^ "Jendele Hungbo | Safety of Journalists". safetyofjournalists.org. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ Bankole, Taiwo (13 October 2024). "Group seeks use of indigenous language in Ogun, Lagos schools". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ Olukoya, Olayinka (15 October 2024). "Group seeks law for inclusion of Ogu language in Ogun, Lagos curriculum". Tribune Online. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Assembly seeks unity for development". The Nation Newspaper. 9 December 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Ogun Assembly Advocates Unity To Achieve Quick Devt". New Telegraph. 9 December 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "The Exclusion Of Ogu (Egun) People From The Lagos And Ogun National Conference Delegates' List | Sahara Reporters". SaharaReporters. Retrieved 8 January 2025.