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Profile
| Academic position | Post Doc |
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| Research fields | General and Comparative Literature; Cultural Studies,Theatre and Media Studies |
| Keywords | Genre, Cross-dressing, Gender non-binary, Nigeria, Social Media |
| Honours and awards | 2022: Georg Forster Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 2021: Carnegie Corporation of New York Fellowship (August to November, 2021) 2018: African Humanities Program Dissertation-Completion research fellowship of the American Council of Learned Societies |
Current contact address
| Country | Austria |
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| City | Graz |
| Institution | Universität Graz |
| Institute | Zentrum für Kulturwissenschaften |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Matthias Krings | Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/08/2022 |
Programme(s)
| 2021 | Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs |
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Publications (partial selection)
| 2025 | Rowland Chukwuemeka Amaefula: Gender, Performance, and Digital Spaces in Africa. In: Rowland Chukwuemeka Amaefula, Digital Expressions of Gender in Africa. Routledge, 2025. 1-18 |
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| 2024 | Rowland Chukwuemeka Amaefula: Performing Nigerianness: Equivocal Identities and Digital Legibility of White Women Comedians. In: African Studies Review, 67, 2024, 1-21 |
| 2024 | Rowland Chukwuemeka Amaefula: Refusing myths and stereotypes of Africans on TikTok. In: African Identities, 2024, 1-12 |
| 2024 | Rowland Chukwuemeka Amaefula: Stand-up documentary: An emerging narrative device in Yvonne Orji’s comedy. In: Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde, 61, 2024, 14-22 |
| 2023 | Rowland Chukwuemeka Amaefula: No Longer a Laughing Matter: Women Comics and the Social Media Space in Nigeria. In: TDR: The Drama Review, 67, 2023, 136-148 |
| 2023 | Rowland Amaefula: Performing Covid19's Impact: Social Media and the Mainstreaming of Female Humorists in Nigeria. In: Research in African Literatures, 54, 2023, 32-47 |