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Dr. Paul Ayodele Onanuga

Reader / Associate Professor

Department of English and Literary Studies, Faculty of Arts

Area of Specialization: Critical Discourse Analysis; Linguistic Stylistics

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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

DegreeInstitutionYear
PhDObafemi Awolowo University2014
M.A.Obafemi Awolowo University2010
B.A.Obafemi Awolowo University2006

Professional Qualification

Postgraduate Diploma in Education · 2012

Federal College of Education, Abeokuta / TRCN

Membership of Professional Bodies

English Scholars Association of Nigeria · 2026

Member

Course Teaching

ELS408 · 2nd Semester, 2025/2026

Language & National Development

ENG304 · 2nd Semester, 2025/2026

Semantics of English

ELS802 · 2nd Semester, 2025/2026

Advanced Linguistic Stylistics

Selected Publications

Re-imagining Afrobeat(s): juxtaposing Fela and Falz’s social commentary and lyrical activism

Authors: Paul Onanuga

African Identities • 2025

Open publication

A journey worth taking: language and migration narratives in Nigerian queer X (Twitter) discourse

Authors: Paul Onanuga

African Identities • 2024

Open publication

Interrogating machoism, male celebrity rivalry and digital fandom practices in Nigerian Hip Hop

Authors: Paul Onanuga

Celebrity Studies • 2024

Open publication

Coming Out and Reaching Out: Linguistic Advocacy on Queer Nigerian Twitter

Authors: Paul Onanuga

Journal of African Cultural Studies • 2020

Open publication

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