Dr. Paul Ayodele Onanuga

Reader / Associate Professor

Faculty of Arts · Department of English and Literary Studies

Specialization Critical Discourse Analysis; Linguistic Stylistics

Email: paul.onanuga@fuoye.edu.ng

Biography

Dr Paul Onanuga is of the Department of English and Literary Studies, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria. His research interests revolve around linguistic practices in New Media Studies, queer sexualities on digital media, Nigerian Hip-Hop Studies, and Computer Mediated Communication/Discourse Analysis. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Discourse Context and the Media, Editor of OYE: Journal of Language, Literature & Popular Culture, and has been Fellow of several awarding institutions. He is widely published.

Research Interests

His research interests revolve around linguistic practices in New Media Studies, queer sexualities on digital media, Nigerian Hip-Hop Studies, Computer Mediated Communication/Discourse Analysis, and more recently, ecocriticism/blue humanities.

Qualifications

• PhD, Obafemi Awolowo University (2014)
• M.A., Obafemi Awolowo University (2010)
• B.A., Obafemi Awolowo University (2006)

Selected Publications

1. Re-imagining Afrobeat(s): juxtaposing Fela and Falz’s social commentary and lyrical activism
   Authors: Paul Onanuga
   African Identities (2025)
2. A journey worth taking: language and migration narratives in Nigerian queer X (Twitter) discourse
   Authors: Paul Onanuga
   African Identities (2024)
3. Interrogating machoism, male celebrity rivalry and digital fandom practices in Nigerian Hip Hop
   Authors: Paul Onanuga
   Celebrity Studies (2024)
4. Coming Out and Reaching Out: Linguistic Advocacy on Queer Nigerian Twitter
   Authors: Paul Onanuga
   Journal of African Cultural Studies (2020)

Professional Qualification

• Postgraduate Diploma in Education - Federal College of Education, Abeokuta / TRCN (2012)

Membership of Professional Bodies

• English Scholars Association of Nigeria - Member (2026)

Course Teaching

• ELS408 - Language & National Development (2nd Semester, 2025/2026)
• ENG304 - Semantics of English (2nd Semester, 2025/2026)
• ELS802 - Advanced Linguistic Stylistics (2nd Semester, 2025/2026)

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