Profile & Experiences:

Dr. Fadipe, Israel Ayinla is a lecturer and the Head of the Department of Mass Communication and Media Studies at Augustine University. He specialises in communication, cultural studies, and gender studies, and has published articles, book chapters, and books in both local and international journals and publishing outlets.

His works have appeared in reputable publishing houses such as Palgrave Macmillan, Springer International, Taylor & Francis, Malthouse Press Limited, Lexington Books, and IGI Global. He has also published articles, chapters, and books in respected journals including Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies, Journal of Communication and Media Research, International Journal of Communication, Muziki: Journal of Music Research in Africa, Africology: The Journal of Pan-African Studies, Journal of Culture and Environment, Journal of Communication and Language Arts, EJOTMAS, The Journal of Society and Media, Catalan Journal of Communication and Cultural Studies, Gender and Behaviour, Africa Focus, Journalism and Media, Communicare, and Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies, among others.

Dr. Fadipe was a Postdoctoral Fellow at North-West University and also served as a Visiting Research Fellow at Ghent University.

He obtained his BA, MA, and PhD degrees in Communication and Language Arts from the Department of Communication and Language Arts, University of Ibadan.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

A. Books Published

i. Popoola, B.O. & Fadipe, I.A. (2025). Political Economy, New Media and Nigerian Popular Cultures. Newcastle, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-0364-4442-6

ii. Kealeboga Aiseng, Israel A. Fadipe & Philip Mpofu (2024). Political Economy of Contemporary African Popular Culture: The Political Interplay. Lexington Books.
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666955675

iii. Kealeboga Aiseng & Israel A. Fadipe (2024). Public Health Communication Challenges to Minority and Indigenous Communities. IGI Global.
https://www.igi-global.com/book/public-health-communication-challenges-minority/323573

iv. Mpofu, Philip, Fadipe, I.A. & Tshabangu, T. (2023). African Language Media. Routledge.
https://www.routledge.com/African-Language-Media/Mpofu-Fadipe-Tshabangu/p/book/9781032395272

v. Mpofu, Philip, Fadipe, I.A. & Tshabangu, T. (2023). Indigenous African Language Media: Practices and Processes. Palgrave Macmillan.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-0305-4

vi. Salawu, A. & Fadipe, I.A. (Eds.) (2022). Indigenous African Popular Music: Prophets and Philosophers (Vol. 1). Palgrave Macmillan.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-97884-6

vii. Salawu, A. & Fadipe, I.A. (Eds.) (2022). Indigenous African Popular Music: Social Crusades and Future (Vol. 2). Palgrave Macmillan.
https://link.springer.com/book/9783030987046

viii. Fadipe, I.A. (2016). Ethical Reorientation in Ayinla Omowura Music. Lambert Academic Publishing.
https://my.lap-publishing.com/extern/listprojects

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B. Chapters in Books

i. Popoola, B.O. & Fadipe, I.A. (2025). Political Economy, New Media and Nigerian Popular Cultures: An Introduction. In Popoola & Fadipe (Eds.), Political Economy, New Media and Nigerian Popular Cultures (pp. 1–18). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

ii. Adebayo, O.L., Fadipe, I.A. & Popoola, B.O. (2025). Political Economy of Grassroots Media, Popular Cultures and Governance in Ogbomosoland. In Popoola & Fadipe (Eds.), pp. 467–483.

iii. Tshabangu, T., Fadipe, I.A. & Salawu, A. (2025). Digital Journalism Practices in Indigenous African Language Newspapers. In Gladkova, Vartanova & Xu (Eds.), Digital Inequality (pp. 184–202). Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032672250-11

iv. Egbokhare, O.A., Fadipe, I.A. & Mobolaji, A. (2025). Indigenous Marketing Styles in Yoruba Popular Music. In Salawu & Oyesanmi (Eds.). Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003517382-8

v. Tijani-Adenle, G., Fadipe, I.A. & Salawu, A. (2024). Media Literacy in African Indigenous Languages. IGI Global.
https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/about-time/345958

vi. Fadipe, I.A. & Amenaghawon, F. (2024). Twenty Years Odyssey of Media, Democracy and Development in Nigeria. In Sulaiman (Ed.).

vii. Fadipe, I.A. & Olawuyi, A.E. (2024). Nigerian Language Media and Decolonization. Palgrave Macmillan.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66304-8_21

viii. Bakenne, N.A. & Fadipe, I.A. (2024). Media, Armed Conflict, and Responsibility to Protect. Palgrave Macmillan.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8163-2_15

ix. Fadipe, I.A. & Salawu, A. (2024). Fake News in Facebook Comedy Skits. University Press Ibadan.

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C. Journal Articles

i. Fadipe, I.A. & Blavo, E.B. (2026). Patronage and Creative Artists. De-Centre: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies.

ii. Ajala, B.C., Salawu, A., Fadipe, I.A. & Aromavo, Y.P. (2025). Indigenous Language Podcasting and NLP Analysis. Journalism and Media, 6(4), 179.
https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia6040179

iii. Fadipe, I.A. & Obot, I.S. (2025). Subtitling in Elesin Oba. Journal of African Cinema, 17(3), 261–277.

iv. Fadipe, I.A., Bakenne, N.A. & Salawu, A. (2025). Cultural Identity in Ayinla. Africa Focus, 38(2), 1–25.

v. Fadipe, I.A. & Egbokhare, O.A. (2025). Gender Awareness Communication at University of Ibadan. Media and Communication Review, 8(2), 21–52.

vi. Fadipe, I.A., Salawu, A. & Ogundeji, O.J. (2024). COVID-19 Vaccine Exposure. Communicare, 43(2), 1–14.

vii. Fadipe, I.A. & Molale, T.B. (2024). Participatory Communication in COVID-19 Messaging. Communicare, 43(1), 1–14.

viii. Fadipe, I.A. & Salawu, A. (2022). Indigenous Music and COVID-19 Communication. JAFDIS, 5(1), 75–99.

ix. Ogunsanya, A.O. & Fadipe, I.A. (2022). Gender Discourse in Highlife Music. International Journal of Gender Studies and Research.

x. Fadipe, I.A. & Egbokhare, A.O. (2021). Gender Education in Nigerian University. International Journal of Current Research in the Humanities.

xi. Fadipe, I.A. & Salawu, A. (2021). Indigenous Language Media and COVID-19 Messaging. Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies, 13(2), 267–284.

xii. Fadipe, I.A. & Amenaghawon, F. (2021). Music Advocacy and Gender-Based Violence. Gender and Behaviour, 9(3), 18520–18529.

xiii. Fadipe, I.A. & Bakenne, N.A. (2020). Sex-for-Grades Report and Crisis Management. The Journal of Society and Media, 4(1), 156–179.

xiv. Fadipe, I.A. (2019). Skin Bleaching and Women Sexualisation. EJOTMAS, 7(1–2), 216–235.

xv. Fadipe, I.A. (2016). Political Communication in Indigenous Music. Journal of Communication and Media Research, 8(1), 47–64.

xvi. Fadipe, I.A. (2016). Women Representation in Ayinla Omowura Music. Muziki, 13(2), 36–60.

xvii. Elegbe, O. & Fadipe, I.A. (2015). Cultural Values in Yoruba Nollywood. Africology Journal, 10(2), 34–48.

xviii. Fadipe, I.A. (2014). Indigenous Communication in Popular Music. Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies, 24(1), 47–66.

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D. Technical Reports / Monograph

i. Ojebode, A. et al. (2016). Community-Based Crime Prevention in Ibadan. IDS Working Paper 479.

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2. SCHOLARSHIPS / FELLOWSHIPS / PRIZES

i. Visiting Scholar Fellowship, University of Ghent, Belgium (2025)
ii. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ILMA, North-West University, South Africa (2020–2023)
iii. Tutorial Assistant, University of Ibadan (2014–2018)

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3. HONOURS / DISTINCTIONS

i. Extraordinary Researcher, Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA), North-West University, South Africa (2025–2028)