School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics,
Department of Anthropology and Sociology
& African Languages, Cultures and Literatures Section
Adam Rodgers Johns
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Key information
- Roles
- School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics African Languages, Cultures and Literatures Section Senior Lector in Swahili Department of Anthropology and Sociology PhD researcher
- Department
- School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Department of Anthropology and Sociology & African Languages, Cultures and Literatures Section
- Qualifications
- BA Social Anthropology and African Studies, MA African Studies (SOAS)
- Email address
- aj29@soas.ac.uk
- Thesis title
- Mapping the impact of gentrification on the religious practices of the Yoruba diaspora in south east London.
- Internal Supervisors
- Professor Marloes Janson & Dr Charlotte Sanders
Biography
Following undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Social Anthropology and African Studies at SOAS, Adam is currently studying part-time for an MPhil/PhD in Anthropology at SOAS, exploring the impact of gentrification on the religious practices of the Yoruba diaspora in south east London (ESRC funded).
He also teaches Swahili at SOAS in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics. Prior to this, Adam taught Swahili at the University of Edinburgh.
- PhD email address: 568812@soas.ac.uk
Research interests
African diasporas in London, Yoruba Language, Swahili language, popular culture (film, music, literature etc.) in Swahili and Yoruba Languages.
