James Yeku

James Túndé Yékú marubuci ne na Ƙasar Najeriya da ƙasar Kanada sannan kuma mataimakin farfesa a Nazarin Afirka da Afirka-Amurka a Jami'ar Kansas . Ya ƙware a fannin nazarin wallafe-wallafen da suka shafi Afirka da al'adu, da kuma binciken ɗan adam na dijital. Binciken da yake sha'awa ya haɗa da: wallafe-wallafen Afirka, ilimin ɗan adam na dijital, kafofin watsa labarai na zamantakewa, Nazarin al'adu, Ka'idodin mulkin mallaka da mulkin mallaka, da Labaran Nollywood .  Ya wallafa ko'ina a kan batutuwa daban-daban a duk faɗin waɗannan fannoni.

Yékú shine marubucin Al'adun: Kafofin watsa labarai na zamantakewa, Al'adun Jama'a, da Ayyuka a Najeriya (Indiana University Press, 2022), da kuma tarin shayari Inda Baedeker ke jagoranta: Tafiyar Waƙoƙi, wanda ya sami ambaton girmamawa ga Mafi kyawun Kyautar Littafin Mafi  Ƙungiyar Littattafan Afirka ta Shekarar 2023 don rubuce-rubuce masu ƙirƙira. An buga waƙoƙin Yeku da litattafansa a cikin mujallu da matsakaici daban-daban.

 Ilimi 
James Yékú ya horar da shi a matsayin masanin ilimin adabi da al'adu a Ibadan da Saskatoon .  Ya sami digiri na farko da digiri na biyu a Turanci, da kuma Nazarin Ayyuka bi da bi a Jami'ar Ibadan a Shekarar 2008 da kuma shekarar 2012 bi da bi. Ya sami Ph.D. a Harshen Turanci a Jami'ar Saskatchewan a shekarar 2018.

 Ayyuka da Karramawa 
Yékú ta yi aiki a matsayin malami a Ma'aikatar Turanci ta Jami'ar Saskatchewan daga Shekarar 2017 zuwa Shekarar 2018. Bayan shekara guda, ya koma Jami'ar Kansas inda a halin yanzu yake farfesa a Sashen Nazarin Afirka da Amurka da Cibiyar Nazarin Dijital a cikin Humanities.

Yékú ita ce ta lashe lambar yabo ta Pius Adesanmi Early Career Research Excellence Award ta Shekarar 2022 daga Ƙungiyar Nazarin Afirka ta Kanada.  Labarinsa na mujallar "Akpos Don Come Again: Nigerian Cyberpop Hero as Trickster" a cikin Jaridar Nazarin Al'adu ta Afirka ta lashe kyautar Abioseh Porter mafi kyawun Essay ta shekarar 2017 ta Ƙungiyar Littattafan Afirka. Ya kuma sami wasu kyaututtuka da zumunci, waɗanda suka haɗa da Cibiyar Nazarin Intanet ta Shekarar 2022 a Bochum, da kuma Kasuwancin Al'adu na Shekarar 2023 da Canjin Dijital a Afirka da Asiya a Jami'ar Mainz, duka a ƙasar bJamus. A cikin Shekarar 2023, ya yi aiki a Jami'ar Humboldt ta Berlin a matsayin mai karɓar Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship inda ya kammala aiki a kan sabon tarin da ba na fiction ba, Ambivalent Encounters and Other Essays .    Yékú a halin yanzu yana jagorantar shirye-shiryen Humanities na Afirka a Jami'ar Kansas kuma yana shirya taron Humanities na shekara-shekara na African Digital.

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