James Yeku

James Ye?ku? received a PhD in English from the University of Saskatchewan in 2018 and joined the University of Kansas a year later as an assistant professor in the Department of African and African American Studies where he lead African digital humanities initiatives. He also works closely with KU's Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities and the Kansas African Studies Center. His research focuses on the digital expressions of the literatures and cultures of Africa and the African...See more

James Ye?ku? received a PhD in English from the University of Saskatchewan in 2018 and joined the University of Kansas a year later as an assistant professor in the Department of African and African American Studies where he lead African digital humanities initiatives. He also works closely with KU's Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities and the Kansas African Studies Center. His research focuses on the digital expressions of the literatures and cultures of Africa and the African diaspora, with emphasis on the African articulations of the digital cultural record. He is a Nigerian-Canadian author of other books. See less