Prof. JENDELE Adebayo Hungbo

Dean, Faculty of Arts, Management and Social Sciences

Jendele Hungbo is a Professor of Communication and Media Studies; current Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Management and Social Sciences at KolaDaisi University.

Qualifications: PhD (Wits); MA (Wits, Ibadan); BA (Ogun)

Professional Affiliations: ANIPR; MSNB; ACSPN; SACOMM; LSA

Distinctions and Awards:

            Volkswagen Stiftung Doctoral Fellow, Wits University (2009-2012); Cadbury Fellow,      University of Birmingham (2012)

Scholarships: Post-graduate Merit Award (Wits); Harold and Doris Tothill Scholarship (Wits);   University Council Merit Scholarship (Wits); Ogun State Government Scholarship     for Best WAEC Student, Arts Subjects (1986)

Grants: VW Passages of Culture Postdoc Grant (2012-2014); NWU Small Research Grant          (2016); Numerous Travel Grants

Number of Publications: 32 (Scopus, 8; International, 22; Local, 10)

Contributions to knowledge: My research continuously interrogates the use of different media   forms for self-fashioning in Africa. Along this line, the body of my work has addressed the use of radio, social media and other forms of popular media for the purpose of identity            formation and the negotiation of new meanings among different communities, real and      imagined, in Nigeria and South Africa.

Contributions to Community: My research activities continued to factor in community development in many ways with practical community engagements in Nigeria and South    Africa. Such activities include Public Affairs Analyst (TVC News; OGTV; Rock City        FM; Sweet FM; Fresh FM; BBC Africa); participation in ICASA (South Africa) Local            Content Draft Regulation Workshop, 2015, Mafikeng, South Africa; participation in             SABC Editorial Policy Review Imbizo, November 3, 2013, Ratshidi Hall, Mafikeng,           South Africa; President, West African Students Union (WASU) University of the             Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (2009-2010).

Professional Accomplishments: Runner up Nigeria Media Merit Award, 2006 (Documentary     Category)

PhD (Media Studies), Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER) University of   the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

2008: M A (African Literature), Department of African Literature, University of the Witwatersrand.

2002: M A (Communication and Language Arts)

1992: Bachelor of Arts (English),  B.A Hons

  1. Andre, N., Covington-Ward, Y. & Hungbo, J. (eds.). (2021). African Performance Arts and Political Arts. Michigan: University of Michigan Press. (USA).

 

Refereed Journals Articles

  1. Hungbo, J. (2022). “Do Goats Eat Yam in a Fire pool? Social Media Discourses of Corruption in Nigeria and South Africa: The Nation Building Perspective.” Journal of Nation Building and Policy Studies 6: 2, pp127-142 (United Kingdom)
  2. Hungbo, J. (2020). “‘All in the Name of Our Utopia’: Exceptionalism and the Mediation of Xenophobia in Two South African Radio Talk Shows.” International Journal of Integrative Humanism 12: 1, pp140-151 (United Kingdom).
  3. Hungbo, J. (2019) ”Popular Representations of Lagos in Contemporary Ogu Popular Culture” Journal of African Cultural Studies [Accepted] (Contributing special issue editor). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis. (United Kingdom).
  4. Hungbo, J. (2019). “Performance and Orality in Talk Radio 702’s Eyewitness News in South Africa” Journal of Communication and Media Research. 11: 1, pp66-72. Abraka: Delta State University. (Nigeria).
  5. Hungbo, J. (2017). “Cultural Mediation and a ‘New Episteme’ in Yedenou Adjahoui’s ‘Nusisi’” Journal of Black Culture and International Understanding 3: 1&2. Osogbo: UNESCO Centre for Balck Culture and International Understanding. (Nigeria).
  6. Hungbo, J. (2017) “Silences and the Mediation of Identities in South African Radio Talk Shows” Journal of African Media Studies. 9:1, pp49-60. Bristol: Intellect. (United Kingdom).
  7. Hungbo, J. (2016). “Masculinization of Participation and the Absence of Female Voices on Phone-in Radio Shows in Ogun State Nigeria” Gender and Behaviour 14: 2, pp7331-7337. (Nigeria).
  8. Hungbo, J. (2016). “Frontiers of the Self: Borders and the Mediation of Difference in Contemporary African Popular Culture” African Notes 40: 2. University of Ibadan: Institute of African Studies. (Nigeria).
  9. Hungbo, J. (2014). “Fragmentation as Narrative: Dambudzo Marechera’s The House of Hunger.” African Notes. 38: 2, pp1-12. University of Ibadan: Institute of African Studies. (Nigeria).
  10. Hungbo, J. (2012), “Exile and the African Intellectual in Wole Soyinka’s You Must Set Forth at Dawn” Maple Tree Literary Supplement Ottawa. (Canada).
  11. Hungbo, J. (2011). “Talking to the Polls: Power, Time and the Politics of Representation in Two South African Radio Talk Shows.” African Studies. 70: 3, pp437-454. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis. (United Kingdom).
  12. Hungbo, J. (2011). “‘Emerging’ Communities and New Understandings of the Self: Talk Radio in Post-apartheid South Africa” African Nebula. 4:1, pp1-18. Osogbo: Osun State University. (Nigeria).
  13. Hungbo, J. (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, pp133-149. Aberdeen University Press. (United Kingdom)
  14. Hungbo, J. (2009), “West Africa: A Personal Overview” Journal of Commonwealth Literature. 44: 4, pp239-243. London: SAGE. (United Kingdom)
  15. Hungbo, J. (2007), “Credible News Measures: A Medium’s Integrity” Nebula 4:1, pp276-284. (Australia)  

Book Chapters:

  1. Hungbo, J. (2021), Twitter, Youth Agency and New Narratives of Power in #RhodesMustFall” In Ugor, P. (ed.). Young People and Popular Culture in Africa. Rochester: University of Rochester Press, pp235-254. (USA)
  2. Hungbo, J. (2021). “Participation beyond Gratitude: “Sterling Greetings” and the Mediation of Social Ties on Nigerian Radio”. In Andre, N., Hungbo, J and Covington-Ward, Y. (eds.). (2021). African           Performance Arts and Political Arts. Michigan: University of Michigan Press. (USA).
  3. Oyedele, O. & Hungbo, J. (2020) “Indigenous Language Media and the Survival Game: The Alaroye Newspaper Example” in Salawu, A. (ed). African Language Media: Development, Economics and Management. London: Routledge, pp120-133. (United Kingdom)
  4. Hungbo, J. (2014) “Beast of No Nation’: Resistance and Civic Activism in Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s Music” Ebenezer Obadare and Wendy Willems (eds.) Civic Agency in Africa: Arts of Resistance in the 21st Century. London: James Currey. Pp167-181. (United Kingdom).
  5. Hungbo, J. (2014). “Migrating Nollywood: Melting Borders in Tunde Kelani’s Abeni” in Foluke Ogunleye (ed.). African Film: Looking Forward, Looking Backwards. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp171-182. (United Kingdom).
  6. Hungbo, J. (2013). “Audience Empowerment and the Politics of Representation in Two Radio Talk Shows in Post-Apartheid South Africa” Richard Scullion et al. (eds.). The Media, Political Participation and Empowerment. London: Routledge, pp220-233. (United Kingdom).
  7. Hungbo, J. (2006), “Credible News and Integrity: A Challenge to Broadcast Media” Biodun Odetoyinbo (ed.) A Gateway to broadcast Excellence Abeokuta: Gbenga Gbesan and Associates. pp99-106. (Nigeria).
  8. Hungbo, J. (2004), “Packaging the Chief Executive for the Electronic Media: Challenges for the PR Practitioner” in Femi Dokunmu (ed.) Public Relations for Good Governance and Reputation Management Abeokuta: Ogun NIPR. (Nigeria).

International Reviews:

  1. Hungbo, J. (2014). A review of David Berry and Caroline Kamau’s Public Policy            and Media Organizations. Media International Australia, 153, p160. (Australia).
  2. Hungbo, J. (2014). A review of Andrew Dubber’s Radio in the Digital Age. (Media International Australia, 153, pp163-164. (Australia).
  3. Hungbo, J. (2014). A review of Ebenezer Obadare’s The Handbook of Civil Society in Africa (ISTRAN Newsletter 18, pp8-9. (USA).
  4. Hungbo, J. (2010). A review of Muff Anderson’s Intertextuality, Violence and Memory in Yizo Yizo: Youth Drama. African Identities, 8: 3, pp297-299. London: Taylor & Francis. (United Kingdom).

 

Conference Proceedings:

  1. Hungbo, J. (2017) “Social Mobility and the ‘Politics’of Communicating Ill Health in Yusuf Olatunji’s Ýegede’”. UNU-WIDER Development Conference on Migration and Mobility. Accra, Ghana, 2017 https://www.wider.unu.edu/sites/default/files/Blog/PDF/Jendele-Hungbo-poster.pdf
  2. Hungbo, J. (2013), ‘Participation and Imagined Citizenship in Nigerian Talk Radio: The Case of Rock City FM’s ‘The Daybreak Show.’ African Studies Association Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2013 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2253462
  3. Hungbo, J. (2008), “The Wilderness of the Public Sphere: Clandestine Radio in Africa.” CODESRIA 12TH General Assembly and Conference, Yaounde, Cameroon 2008 https://www.codesria.org/IMG/pdf/Jendele_Hungbo.pdf . Dakar. (Senegal)

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

2012: Cadbury Visiting Fellowship, Centre for West African Studies (CWAS),     University of             Birmingham, UK, (March- May 2012)

2009-2011: Volkswagen Stiftung (Passages of Culture) Doctoral Fellowship

2008: Wits University Council Merit Scholarship Award

2007-2008: Wits University Post-Graduate Merit Scholarship

2007-2009: Harold and Doris Tothill Bequest Fund (Scholarship).

1992: Best graduating student, Department of English, Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye

1986: Ogun State Government Scholarship Award for Overall Best student in WASCE     (Arts subjects)

MEMBERSHIP OF LEARNED SOCIETIES

  • Member, Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN)
  • Member, Journalists Safety Research Network (JSRN)
  • Member, South African Communication Association (SACOMM)
  • Member, African Studies Association (ASA), USA
  • Member, International Society for Third-Sector Research, (ISTR)
  • Associate Member, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, (NIPR)
  • Member, International Society for Development and Sustainability, (ISDS)
  • Member, Lagos Studies Association (LSA)

 

MAJOR CONFERENCES ATTENDED WITH PAPERS PRESENTED

PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENTS AND COLLABORATIONS

2023:

  • National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies International Women in Governance Conference, August 2023, Abuja, Nigeria. Paper presented: “Social Media Adoption Rate and Female User Agency as Determinants of Women Visibility in Nigerian Public Affairs”

 

2022:

  • Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos International Conference on the Russia-Ukraine Crisis and its Impact on Africa Conference UNILAG, Nigeria, November, 2022. Paper presented: “Backslapping Horror: Discourses of the Russia-Ukraine War by Nigerian Users of Twitter”.
  • Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan-Centre for African Studies, University of Edinburgh Scholarly Institute, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, July 2022 (Mentor)

 

 

2021:

  • International Conference on Human Mobility, Covid-19 and Survival in Africa, November, 2021, University of Lagos. Paper presented: “How Do You Enfranchise a pseudo-Diaspora? Online Media Discourses of External Voting in Southern Africa”.
  • United Nations Information Centre, UNIC, Nigeria Seminar, Combating Hate Speech to Build the Culture of Peace in Nigeria (Virtual) October, 2021

2020:

  • Symposium on Journalism, Trauma and Resilience Building, Lincoln         Universty, UK (Virtual). Participant

2019:

  • Fourth Lagos Studies Association Conference, University of Lagos, Nigeria. Paper presented: “Nicknaming Practices and Campus Celebrity Identities in South West Nigeria.” 

2018:

  • Border Regions in Transition Conference, University of Ibadan, Nigeria and University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin. Paper Presented: “Awa ko ta Geesi: Mediating Coloniality and Communication of Difference in the Transborder Market Community of Ilara”
  • Third Lagos Studies Association Conference, University of Lagos, Nigeria. Paper Presented: Popular Representations of Lagos in Contemporary Ogu Popular Culture
  • Narrative Enquiry and Social Transformation Conference, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa. Paper Presented “Public Memory and the Remediation of Identities in Onigegewura’s Blogosphere”

2017:

  • University of Michigan/Mellon Foundation Conference on Performance Arts and Political Action, Maropeng, South Africa. Paper Presented: “Participation beyond Gratitude: ‘Sterling Greetings’ and Mediation of Social Ties on Nigerian Radio”
  • Faculty of Arts Third Biennial International Conference University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Paper presented: “Contentment Levels, Overall Performance and Mobility Rate among on Air Radio Personalities in South West Nigeria.

2016:

  • Transnational Radio Conference, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Paper Presented: “Transnational Radio Identities and Cultural Migrations in the Reception of an ORTB Revolutionary Jingle among Nigerian Listeners in the 1970s”

2015:

  • South African Communication Association (SACOMM) Conference, AFDA, Cape Town, South Africa. Paper Presented: ‘Performance and Orality in Talk Radio 702’s Eyewitness News’
  • Symposium on Border Regions in Southern Africa, University on Namibia, Katima Mulilo. Paper Presented: “Frontiers of the Self: Borders and the Mediation of Difference in Contemporary Africa”
  • Cultures of Struggle: Song, Art and Performance in Popular Movements Conference, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. Paper Presented: ‘What Part of No is yes? Modes of Contestation In Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s  ‘Shakara’’
  • 5th African Unity for Renaissance Conference, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. Paper Presented: ‘Fractious Solidarities: Transnational Media and Challenges of Integration in Africa.’
  • Institute of Security Studies (ISS) conference on Popular Uprisings in Africa, Mwanza, Tanzania. Paper Presented: ‘New Media and Popular Uprisings in Africa.’

2014:

  • Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Workshop on Youth Radicalization, Extremism and Human Security, Lagos, Nigeria. Plenary Paper Presented: ‘Popular Media, Youth Radicalisation and Human Security in Africa.’
  • South African Communication Association (SACOMM) Conference, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. Paper Presented: ‘Spirit Rising’: Cultural Diplomacy and Mediated Mobility in Angelique Kidjo’s Facebook Page.’
  • ASAUK Conference, University of Sussex, UK. Paper Presented: ‘Participation beyond Gratitude: ‘Sterling Greetings’ and Mediation of Social Ties on Nigerian Radio.’

2013:

  1. African Studies Association Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Paper Presented: ‘Participation and Imagined Citizenship in Nigerian Talk Radio: The Case of Rock City FM’s ‘The Daybreak Show.’

2012:

  • ASAUK Conference, University of Leeds, UK. Paper presented: ‘Performing the Self: Representing Fragility in South African Talk Radio.’
  • Cadbury Conference, University of Birmingham, UK. Paper Presented: “‘All in the Name of Our Utopia’: Exceptionalism and the Mediation of Xenophobia in Two South African Radio Talk Shows.”
  • Beyond Normative Approaches: Everyday Media Culture in Africa Conference, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Paper Presented: ‘Beast of no Nation’: Resistance and Civic Activism in Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s music.’

2011:

  • PSA Media and Politics Annual Conference, Bournemouth University, UK. Paper Presented: ‘Audience Empowerment and the Politics of Representation in Two Radio Talk Shows in Post-Apartheid South Africa.’
  • ISTR African Civil Society Conference, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Paper Presented: ‘Civil Society on Air: Radio Talk Shows and the Deliberative Public Sphere in Post-apartheid South Africa.’
  • ASAUK Writing Workshop for Young Scholars, Wiser, Wits University.

2010:

  • ASAUK Conference, University of Oxford, UK. Paper Presented: ‘History on the Spot: Xenophobic Violence and Radio Talk Shows in Post-apartheid South Africa.’
  • Africa Media and Democracy Conference, Accra, Ghana. Paper Presented: ‘Talking to the Polls: Election Discourses in Two Radio Talk Shows in Post-apartheid South Africa’

2009:

  • Migrating Minds: Imagined Journeys—Imagined Homecomings Conference, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK. Paper presented: “Othering Identities and the Conflicts of Migration in Jameela Siddiqi’s The Feast of the Nine Virgins.”

2008:

  • CODESRIA 12TH General Assembly and Conference, Yaounde, Cameroon. Paper presented: “The Wilderness of the Public Sphere: Clandestine Radio in Africa.”
  • Paradoxes of the Postcolonial Public Sphere Conference, Wits, South Africa. Paper presented: “Exile and the African Intellectual in Wole Soyinka’s You Must Set Forth at Dawn”

2007:

  • WISER colloquium on Radio. Paper presented: “Radio and African Democracies: Examples from Cameroun and Zimbabwe”
  • 5th World Summit on Media and Children, Sandton, South Africa. (Served as a rapporteur).
  • Documents of Life Conference, Edinburgh, UK. Paper presented: “Solidarity in African Life Writing: Wole Soyinka’s You Must Set Forth at Dawn”

2005:

  • CBN Basic Television Production Training, Abuja, Nigeria

1999:

  • United States Information Service (USIS) Broadcast Journalism Workshop on Election Coverage, Ibadan, Nigeria

UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

2023: Dean, Faculty of Arts, Management and Social Sciences, KolaDaisi University,      Ibadan

2022-2023: Head, Department of Mass Communication, KolaDaisi University, Ibadan.

2019-2021: Head, Department of Mass Communication, Bowen University, Iwo

2020-2021: Member, Research Ethics Committee, Bowen University, Iwo

2018-2019: Post Graduate Studies Coordinator, Department of Mass Communication,      Bowen University, Iwo

2018-2019: Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, Bowen University, Iwo,             Representative on Post Graduate School Board

2018-2020: Coordinator, Department of Mass Communication, Bowen University, Iwo,   Research Seminar Series

2015-2017: Coordinator, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, NWU, (Mafikeng),         Research Seminar Series

2014-2017: Coordinator, Department of Communication, NWU, (Mafikeng),        Research Forum