PUBLICATIONS

Doctoral Thesis

Lawal, Olaolu. 2026. Reviving Oriki: Innovation, Commodification and Music Sustainability among Contemporary Chanters in Southwest Nigeria. Trondheim: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Doctoral theses at NTNU 2026:6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21871469
NTNU Open Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5330478

Articles

Lawal, Olaolu. 2026. “Hybrid Ethnography: Rethinking Presence, Power, and Solidarity in Contemporary Ethnographic Research.” Ethnomusicology Forum. https://doi.org/10.1080/17411912.2026.2728951

Lawal, Olaolu. “Reviving Oríkì from Within: Innovation and Retention in Contemporary Yorùbá Praise Performance.” Traditions of Music and Dance. Under review.

Lawal, Olaolu. ‘Making Oríkì Pay: Value and Platform-Mediated Patronage among Contemporary Chanters in Southwest Nigeria.’ Submitted to Journal of Cultural Economy, August 2026.

Article in Preparation

Lawal, Olaolu. ‘Where Does Music Sustainability Begin? Practitioner Praxis and Applied Ethnomusicology.’ In preparation for Ethnomusicology.