ktravula – a travelogue!

Written

1. Attempted Speech & Other Fatherhood Poems (2015) Chapbook via Saraba Magazine.
2. Headfirst into the Meddle (2005) Campus Chapbook.

Edited

1. The Sail. Issue 2 (2016) Whitesands School, Lekki.
2. The Sail. Issue 1 (2015) Whitesands School, Lekki.
3. Aké Review (2015) Publication of the Aké Arts and Book Festival
4. Edo North: Field Studies of the Languages and Lands of the Northern Edo (co-edited, 2011) Essays in Honour of Professor Ben O. Elugbe. Zenith Book House.

Other Works in Print

1. One poem in Aké Review 2016
2. Two Poems in Yorùbá, English and Italian featured in the Premio Ostana 2016 Prizebook
3. Two Poems (January, 2005) Sentinel Poetry Quarterly
4. Behind the Door (2010) Short story in a fiction anthology “African Roar”
5. Two Poems (2014) in “Footmarks: Poems on One Hundred Years of Nigeria’s Nationhood” Edited by Ezeigbo & Okoli.
6. For Subsideen the Gnome (2014) Poem in The Moth Issue 17: Summer, 2014

Essays/Non-fiction/Journalism

1. Another Kind of Poverty Gap: The Erosion of Language Diversity, By Kọ́lá Túbọ̀ṣún (January 2018) Premium Times
2. Wetin Dey? Nigerian Pidgin and its Many Pikin  (June, 2016) as preface to Inua Ellams’s play Barber Shop Chronicles. UK National Theatre, London.
3. In the Shadow of Context (March 2017). Enkare Review
4. A Chapter in Literary Wonderlands (November, 2016)
5. My Feminism: On the Necessity of Men (November, 2016) in Brittle Paper.
   

   “Headfirst into the Meddle” (2005)

6. A Failure All Around (October, 2016) Journalistic feature syndicated with The Guardian.
7. A Tragedy of Conflicting Interests (October, 2016) Journalistic feature syndicated with The Guardian
8. Demolishing History (September 2016) Journalistic feature syndicated with The Guardian and Premium Times.
9. Raising a Bilingual (August 2016) First published on Medium.
10. Lingua Fracas” as a Positive (June 2016) Op-ed in Premium Times
11. Foreword to Yẹmí Adésànyà’s Musings of a Tangled Tongue (April, 2016)
12. My Indigenous Language Interest is Abiding (February, 2016) WeTheHumanities blog
13. Class Sessions (September, 2015) nonfiction in Jalada Magazine’s Language Issue.
14. On the Limitation of English in Research (March, 2015) Tweets at WeTheHumanities/Storify
15. How Native is the Native Speaker? (March, 2015) Collected tweets at WeTheHumanities/Storify
16. Speaking in Many Tongues (February, 2015) Guest post for Write Paragraphs
17. Foreword to Fìyìnfólúwa Ọnàrìndé’s Market Parliament & Other Poems  (February 2015)
18. Abẹ́òkuta’s Living History (April, 2014) Journalistic feature
19. Naming Names with a Web Dictionary (January, 2015) Guest post for Capital Square
20. Waiting for Caine 2013 (July, 2013) at NTLitMag
21. “Saving the Words” (December 3, 2010) The Leadership Newspaper
22. Blogging and Other Botherations (December, 2010) Saraba Magazine Issue 7b
23. “Speaking the Machine: A Personal Narrative of a Translation Experience” (2005) In Farafina Magazine Issue #12

Reviews/Criticism

1. Book Review | Niyi Osundare: A Literary Biography | Kọ́lá Túbọ̀ṣún (Octotber 2017)
2. “I Wrote This For You: Mapping Trumph in the Midst of Pain” (September, 2017)
3. “On JP’s America“: Review of America their America by JP Clark (July, 2017)
   

   

4. “Ngugi’s Tribute to Memory“: Review of memoir by Ngugi wa Thiong’o (June 26, 2017)
5. “Soft Notes and Love Notes”: Review of Taduno’s Song (June 11, 2017)
6. “Dystopia in Many Words“: Review of Lauren Beukes’ Slipping (May 15, 2017)
7. “Art Chasing Life Blatantly“: Review of Chibundu Onuzo’s Welcome to Lagos (February 20, 2017)
8. “A Book for the Tasting“: A Review of Yẹ́misí Aríbisálà’s Longthroat Memoirs (January 21, 2017)
9. “Never Look an American in the Eye” A Review of Okey Ndibe’s new memoir (September, 2016)
10. A Diligent Retelling: Reading Teju Cole’s Essay Collection (August, 2016)
11. Growing Up Utahn: A Review of Tọ́pẹ́ Fọlárìn’s Caine Prize-shortlisted story Genesis (June, 2016) in Brittle Paper.
12. On Saraba’s Solitude (June, 2015) Aké Review
13. A Review of Huchu’s Caine Prize Story By Kola Tubosun (May, 2014)
14. The Travails of Logan – A Review of “Foreign Aid” (June, 2013) NigeriansTalk
15. The Fledgling Whispers of a Story – A Review of Abubakar Ibrahim Adam’s short story (June, 2013) NigeriansTalk
16. No, Not “America”, but Love – A Review (June, 2013) NigeriansTalk
17. Losing a Faith You Never Had: A Review of “Miracle” (May, 2013) NigeriansTalk
18. The Children of “Bayan Layi” – A Review of Elnathan John’s “Bayan Layi” (May, 2013)

Research

1. Studies of Initial Tonal Acquisition by American English Speakers Learning Yoruba (2012) Masters Thesis/Academia.edu

Videos

1. The Role that African Languages Play (November, 2016) TEDxPortHarcourt
2. African American Studies 20: Kola Tubosun Skype In (November 2016) Harvard University
3. Kola Tubosun canta in Yoruba al Premio Ostana 2016 (June 2016) Yorùbá Singing at Ostana
4. Èdè Bí Ìjà (June, 2016) Poem, recorded in Ostana, Cuneo
5. Kíkú Láàyè (June, 2016) Poem, recorded in Ostana, Cuneo
6. Launch of Yorùbá Names Dictionary: Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún Speaks (February, 2016) Opomulero TV
7. What Does Your Yorùbá Name Mean? (February, 2016) London/ACupofKhafi
8. Linguist Researcher Kola Tubosun discuses project on Yoruba Multimedia Dictionary (February, 2015) SaharaTV

“The Sail” (Issue 1), an anthology. Whitesands School/Feathers&Ink

Translations Published into Yorùbá

1. Poem in 136, a publication of 136 translations of a French poem, edited by Bruon Doucey.
2. Ìjà’gbara Ìdúró: Tàbí Ìdí Tí Àwọn Ènìyàn Fi ń Dìde Rìn/The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright by Ngugi wa Thiong’o (2016, TBD)
3. Volta. Poem by Richard Berengarten (November, 2009) International Literary Quarterly. Issue #9
4. Ọkùnrín tó n dágbé àti ìkookò – The Hermit and the Fox.( 2010) Short story by Klemen Pisk
5. Sátidé Létí Òkun – Saturday by the Sea (2014) Three Poems by Fred D’Aguiar. Ake Review
6. Arábìnrin Inú Asọ Ọlọsàn. Short Story by Sarah Ladiipo Manyika (February 2015) Ankara Press Anthology

Poems, Online

1. “Here, Moving” (October, 2006) Sentinel Poetry Issue #49. Winner, Sentinel Poetry Bar Challenge
2. Four Poems (June, 2007) at Concelebratory Shoehorn Review
3. Four Poems (December, 2009) African Writer
4. Two Poems (2009) Maple Tree Literary Supplement: Issue 5
5. Two Poems (February 2010) Sentinel Nigeria Issue #1.
6. Three Poems (September, 2015) Saraba Magazine. Includes Audio

Interviews Conducted 

1. “Almost All Books Inspire Me to Write” (October 2017): Interview with Sarah Ladiipo Manyika on BrittlePaper
2. “I try to recreate the world through my dreams” (September 2017): Interview with Odafe Atógun ArtsAndAfrica
3. “It Starts from Writing Honestly” (August 2017): Interview with Wana Udobang on Brittle Paper
4. “I believe in truth-telling as a pathway to healing” (July 2017): Interview with Títílọpẹ́ Ṣónúgà on AfricanWriter
5. “My repression is as legitimate as your freedom” (February, 2017): A Conversation with Yemisí Aríbisálà
6. “I Just Have Stories to Tell” (May, 2016) Interview with Nnedi Okorafor at AfricanWriter
7. “Searching for the Poetry of a Moment” (June, 2016) | Interview with Eloghosa Osunde at Brittle Paper
8. “There’s a Lot of Ignorance amongst Ourselves“| (June, 2016) | Interview with Uche Okonkwo on KTravula
9. Interview with Emmanuel Iduma and Emeka Okereke (May, 2016) about the Invisible Borders roadtrip and more, on KTravula
10. “I Give Curisity a Role” (May, 2016) Interview with Yagazie Emezi at Brittle Paper
11. “I Don’t Stumble Upon a Scene” (May, 2016) |
    

    Ankara Press Valentine Anthology (2015)

    Interview with Zaynab Ọdúnsì at KTravula

12. “Èṣù is not Satan” (April, 2016) | Interview with Oriṣà Priestess Ifáwẹ̀mímọ Omítọ̀nàdé in Brittle Paper
13. “Home is Always a Slippery Word” (November, 2015), interview with Namwali Serpell winner of the 2015 Caine Prize | In Ake Review.
14. Conversation with Niyi Osundare (November, 2015) in Ake Review 
15. Interview with Eghosa Imasuen on publishing Ọbásanjọ’s memoir, et al. (August, 2015) at Brittle Paper
16. Títílọpẹ́ Sónúgà “On Becoming a Poet” | Brittle Paper (January, 2015)
17. “A Prize is Only As Good as Those Who Enter” Lizzy Attree | Ake Review (October, 2014)
18. In Conversation with Bassey Ikpi  (April, 2014) at NTLitMag
19. Questions for Emmanuel Sigauke (November, 2013) NigeriansTalk
20. Conversation with Tade Ipadeola (October, 2013) about the Nigerian Prize for Literature, poetry, Sahara Testaments and others, at NTLitMag
21. In Conversation with Aaron Bady about Chimamanda Adichie, Caine Prize, Elnathan John and other things literature (July, 2013) at NTLitMag 
22. Conversation with Tọ́pẹ́ Fọlárìn about Miracle (July, 2013) at NTLitMag
23. When Aliens Took Lagos (May, 2013) | Interview with Nnedi Okorafor in the UK Guardian
24. 10 Questions for Mafoya Dossoumon  (January, 2013) NigeriansTalk
25. Conversation with Rotimi Babatunde on winning the Caine Prize (August, 2012) | at NTLitMag 
26. Questions for Peter Akinlabi In The Sentinel Champions #3 
27. Questions for Ivor Hartman (June, 2010) Sentinel Nigeria
28. 10 Questions for Paula Varsavsky (March, 2010) on 234Next.

Interviews Granted

1. “Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún: Renaissance is Badly Needed in African Language Literature.” (January 2018) AfricanWriter.com
2. “Literature is Like Hot Àmàlà”: Interview with Saturday Sun. (September 2017)
3. “Kola Tubosun – indigenous language advocacy” on Career Linguist Part I (February 8,  2017), Part II (February 15, 2017)
4. Interview With Yoruba Writer Kola Tubọṣun (October, 2016) Òrìṣà Image
   

   

5. On Using Digital Technology to Counteract Cultural Amnesia (September 2016) Brittle Paper
6. Interview with Special Ostana 2016 Award Winner… (May, 2016) Chambra D’Oc/Valentina Musmeci
7. A Stroll with Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún – Ebenezar Wikina  (April, 2016) Huffington Post/SoundCloud
8. My Immersion in Culture, A Tremendous Asset (February 13, 2016) Tribune Newspaper
9. Ideas of Identity (December 3, 2015) BBC Radio 4
10. TEDxIfe Speaker Interview Series – Kola Tubosun (October, 2015) TEDxIfe
11. A Father’s Apprehensions and Fascinations (September, 2015) Saraba Magazine
12. On YorubaName.com, Diversity and a Paucity of Women in Governance (June, 2015) Naija Feminista/Ayodele Olofintuade
13. The Man Behind YorubaName… (March, 2015) Gbenga Onalaja/Tech Cabal
14. Researcher Kola Tubosun Discusses Project (February, 2015) Sahara Reporters/YouTube
15. Twitter Can Now Be Translated Into Yorùbá (December, 2014)
16. Our Voices: Kola Tubosun (August, 2014) The Magazine Club/Joy Isi Bewaji
17. An Interview with Yoruba Linguist, Kola Tubosun (July, 2014)
18. Q&A: Ibadan People Have a Republican Mindset (December, 2013) Paul Adepoju
19. An e-Book is a Book (September, 2013) Global Voices Online
20. Pirates of Nigeria: Kola Tubosun on Copyright and Intellectual Property (July, 2013) Critical Margins/Jason Braun
21. Conversation with Kola Tubosun (March, 2011) Nana Freda Agyeman
22. The ‘Travula’ visits Bookaholic Blog (September, 2009) Bookaholic Blog/Temitayo Olofinlua

News/Reviews About

1. “The Yorùbá Guardian”: feature by Ashley Okwuosa in Latterly Magazine (Spring 2017 Issue).
2. Taking Indigenous languages online: can they be seen, heard and saved? (October, 2016)
3. A Specially Designed Keyboard Allows Yorùbá and Igbo Speakers to Type Their Languages (September, 2016) Global Voices.
4. SIUE alumnus named to International Innovator’s List (August, 2016)
5. Online Dictionary Helps Nigerians Decode Their Names (February 25, 2016) Voice of America.
6. Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún: On A Mission To Digitalize Yorùbá (February 8, 2016)
7. Yorubaname.com goes live, to preserve and document all Yorùbá names (January 22, 2016)
8. The Premio Ostana International Award for Mother Tongue Literature (2016) goes to Nigeria’s KỌ́LÁ TÚBỌ̀SÚN! (January 25, 2016)
9. Attempted Speech & Other Fatherhood Poems: A Review by Oyin Oludipe (November, 2015) Luxembourg Review.
10. Kola Tubosun and four other Nigerians among finalists in the 2015 CNN Multichoice African Journalist (September, 2015) | Olisa TV
11. Nigerian Scholar Creates an Online Home for Yoruba Names (May, 2015) Global Press Journal
12. Kola Tubosun, The Man Behind Yorubaname.Com, Shows Us The Future (March, 2015) Tech Cabal
13. Cultural Export (April, 2015) This Day/Solomon Elusoji
14. Kola Tubosun joins “We the Humanities” as Curator (February, 2015) Sabinews/Jite Efemuaye
15. Ankara Press Releases Free Valentine’s Day Story Anthology (February, 2015)
16. This Linguist Is Creating An Online Dictionary Of Yoruba Names (January, 2015)
17. Twitter Can Now be Translated into Yoruba (December, 2014) Encomium
18. It Took Only Two Years, But Twitter Is Finally Getting Translated Into Yoruba (November, 2014)
19. Photo Exhibition (February 2012) Edwardsville Art Centre
20. Nigerian Fulbright FLTA Shares American Culture and Values (May, 2009)

Awards

• Quartz Africa Innovator’s List 2016
• Premio Ostana International Prize for Mother Tongue Literature 2016 (Premio Internazionale Scritture in Lingua Madre. June, 2016).
• 100 Nigeria’s Most Innovative Persons in Technology #50 (YNaija/#YTech100) February, 2016
• Finalist/Commendation: CNN/Multichoice African Journalist of the Year (October, 2015).
• 100 Nigeria’s Most Innovative Persons in Technology #33 (YNaija/ #YTech100) February, 2015.