Prof. Jendele Hungbo

Jendele Hungbo is Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at KolaDaisi University, Ibadan. He is also a Research Associate with the Department on Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. His research interests cut across Broadcast media, New (interactive) Media, Social media, postcolonial identities and representations in the media in Africa among others. He previously taught at North-West University, Mafikeng, South Africa. A former Cadbury Fellow at the Centre for West African Studies, University of Birmingham, Jendele was a recipient of the Volkswagen Stiftung Doctoral Fellowship and has shared his research at many local and international fora. His scholarship draws partly from his experience as a broadcast journalist and television content producer having served fifteen years in the industry. His current research is on Interactive Media and the Performance of Identities in Nigeria and South Africa.