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Name
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James Yeku
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Bio
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James Yeku is an assistant professor in the Department of African and African American Studies at the University of Kansas. He leads African digital humanities initiatives and collaborates with KU’s Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities and the Kansas African Studies Center. His research focuses on digital expressions of African and African diaspora literatures and cultures, emphasizing African digital cultural records. This digital focus also informs his creative writing, particularly poetry involving digital technologies. Additionally, his work explores cultural studies, social media in Africa, and online visual culture in Nigeria. He has published in journals such as Digital Studies/Le champ numérique, Social Dynamics, African Studies Review, Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, and the Journal of the African Literature Association. His first monograph examines popular culture and new digital genres in social media activism, coining the term “cultural netizenship” to highlight the platformization of African cultural productions.
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Affiliation
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University of Kansas
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Position
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Assistant Professor
