UB Spotlight
Professor, African & African Diaspora Literatures & Cultural Histories
Program Director
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
M.A., UCLA
UCLA AY Masters Study Abroad at University of Ghana, Institute of African Studies Program, UCLA/University of Ghana
B.A., University of Southern California
A.A., Los Angeles City College
Oral historiography, Yoruba culture, Spirituality, and Diaspora Studies, African Diaspora
African and African Diaspora literatures, histories, women's and cultural studies, historiography, comparative & interdisciplinary studies
Badejo, D. L. Reflecting on the Ori-Olokun: Legacy & Aesthetic Dimensions For Learning & For Culture, "Respondent: History from Original Participants of Ori-Olokun," School of Theatre, Television, & Film, San Diego State University (virtual). (2021).
Badejo, D. International Black Women's Congress, "Ways of Knowing, Ways of Being," Virginia Beach, VA. (2020).
"A Time to Win: African Americans in Thoroughbred Racing" (On-Going)
Expands my research on the global narrative of African Americans in Thoroughbred Racing.
"Academic Book Review - The African Union. Tony Karbo and Tim Murithi (Eds) 2018." (Writing Results)
Requested to review 324 pgs. scholarly book with 12 collected essays on The African Union.
"Indigo and Brass: Creativity, Culture, and Agency of Women of African Descent" (Writing Results)
New and revised essays on comparative women, culture, literary and historiographical studies. Received positive review and accepted by Editorial Board.