My research is situated at the confluence of literature, culture, and language, where textual practices—oral and written—are examined as dynamic sites of meaning-making and cultural negotiation. I approach literature as a cultural discourse that both reflects and reshapes social values, historical consciousness, and communal identities. Central to my work is the analysis of African and indigenous expressive traditions, which I engage through theoretically informed and context-sensitive methodologies.

A major strand of my scholarship lies in onomastics, with particular emphasis on praise naming and praise singing. I conceptualise names and praise texts as condensed narratives that encode genealogy, social ethics, historical memory, and aesthetic value. Through close linguistic and performative analysis, I demonstrate how praise names and songs function as oral archives, instruments of social commentary, and markers of identity within communal life.

My work in literacy and pedagogy advances a plural understanding of literacy as culturally situated and multimodal. I explore pedagogical frameworks that validate learners’ linguistic and cultural resources, arguing for the integration of oral literature and indigenous epistemologies into formal education. Across my research, I remain committed to bridging theory and practice, and to advancing scholarship that is intellectually rigorous, culturally grounded, and socially responsive.