Research

Adebonojo, Damilola. “Reimagining Sẹgilọla’s voice: a feminist tradaptation of the first Yorùbá novel”. Journal of the African Literature Association, (2026) 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/21674736.2025.2611708

Adebonojo, Damilola. “Women’s Writing in Early Yorùbá Literature: Uncovering Layers of Erasure”. New Directions in African Languages and Literatures. Edited by Lisanza, E. M., & Muaka, L. De Gruyter Brill (forthcoming)

Ojo, Akinloye & Adebonojo, Damilola. “Early Written Literature in Yoruba Language”. Early Written Literature in African Languages and Scripts. Edited by Wendy Laura Belcher, Ousseina Alidou, Florian Lionnet, and Thato Magano for the series African Literature in Transition, edited by Ato Quayson, Neil ten Kortenaar, and Stephanie Newell. Cambridge University Press (Submitted Jan. 2026, Awaiting Review by Apr. 2026)

Adebonojo, Damilola A. “Woli 3310’s Faux Dialogue Mashups: A Study of Video Appropriation in Nigerian Context.” Vocalizing Africa II: Perspectives in Knowledge Construction, Gender, Identity, and Pragmatic Representation in Africa. Edited by Ojo, A.A and Mbisike R.C. (2025): 85-106.

Adebonojo, Damilola A. “Brymo’s Music: a reflection of social Issues.” Language Review: International Journal of Linguistics. Maiden Edition (2022): 15-25.

Adelani, D.I., Ruiter, D., Alabi, J.O., Adebonojo, D., Ayeni, A., Adeyemi, M., Awokoya, A., & España-Bonet, C. “The Effect of Domain and Diacritics in Yoruba–English Neural Machine Translation”. Machine Translation Summit. (2021).

“Yoruba Texts: Building a Comprehensive Digital Catalog for Yoruba Literature”. Presented at the Nigerian Languages Data & Sci-Tech Conference (NLDSTC), Lagos Nigeria. August 2025.

“Kíkọ́ Akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ ni Ọrọ̀ Arọ́pò Orúkọ Yorùbá: Ìwoye lílò Ète Ikọ́ni Onísọ̀rí-ìsọ̀rí”. Presentation at the Conference of the African Language Teachers Association. Indiana University, Bloomington, April 2024.

“Maternal Legacies: Motherhood and Cultural Preservation in Early Yoruba Women’s Writing”. Presented at the NorthEast Modern Language Association Annual Convention. Philadelphia. March 2025.

“Bridging Faiths, Memory Preservation and Religious Tolerance: Examining Yoruba Women’s Roles in Sociocultural Development through R. Johnston’s Iyabo”. Presentation at the 8th International Conference on Africa and Its Diaspora (BICAID), Hosted by African Studies Institute, University of Georgia. November 2023.                                 

“Women’s Writing in Early Yorubá Literature: Uncovering Unheard Voices” . Presented at the 13th South East African Languages and Literature Forum (SEALLF), University of Florida, September 2023.