Ibrahim Odugbemi

Biography

Ibrahim Odugbemi is a Ph.D. student. He received an MA in African Studies from Indiana University-Bloomington, and an MA and a BA in English (Literature) from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His research bridges Global South cinemas, African cinema, cultural studies, and literary studies. He has taught African Studies, worked with global media platforms, and led creative and knowledge-based initiatives in Nigeria and the United States.

Publications (Articles)

• Ibrahim Odugbemi, Language and Authenticity in New Nollywood Films: Takes from the Nigerian Official Selection Committee for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Journal of African Cinemas 17, issue 3. (2026)
• Ibrahim Odugbemi, Playful Aesthetics: The Deployment of Echoes in Jagun Jagun. Yoruba Studies Review 10, no 2. 73-87. (2025)
• Adedoyin Aguoru and Ibrahim Odugbemi, National Character and the Narrative of
  Self-Image in Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom and Obasanjo’s My Watch. Journal of Global South Studies 39, no 2. 371-401. (2022)
• Ibrahim Odugbemi, “The City as Muse”: A Context-Oriented Meta-historical Reading of Toyin Falola’s A Mouth Sweeter than Salt. Yoruba Studies Review 1, no 2. 125-137. (2017)

Publications (Book Reviews)

• Ibrahim Odugbemi, Jordan Ifueko’s The Maid and the Crocodile, Africa Access Review. (2025)
• Ibrahim Odugbemi, Jordan Ifueko’s Raybearer, Africa Access Review. (2021)
• Ibrahim Odugbemi, Michael Vickers. Looking Back from the Future: The View from Onitsha – Message to My Children. Austin: Pan-African University Press, 2018. 71pp. African and Asian Studies 18 (2019)
• Ibrahim Odugbemi, Toyin Falola and Akintunde Akinyemi (Eds). Encyclopedia of the Yoruba. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2016. 371pp. Yoruba Studies Review 3, no 1. (2018)