Dr Olusegun Stephen Titus

My research examines the musical representation of oil exploitation and degradation in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria. The central thesis ofmy research is that the people of the Niger Delta have ideas, assumptions, and values about the environment – like, indigenous ecological knowledge – that they express in music and that they bring to bear on socio-environmental problems related to natural resource extraction. Musicians whose works represent the dominant trends in environmental humanities of Niger Delta oil include Felix Liberty, Inatimi Alfred Odon, Nneka Nnodim. I study music as a productive tool that connects people emotionally to their environment and helps advocate for sustainability

Olusegun was an AfOx-TORCH Fellow in 2019.

During his 8 week AfOx fellowship in 2019, Olusegun was hosted by the Faculty of Music and Merton College.

1. Titus, O. S. (2021) Musical Narratives on Water Landscape in Lagos City Nigeria. In Mhoze Chikowero and Evelien van Egmond (Edits) African City Spaces. (Forth Coming)
2. Titus, O. S. (2017) Jimi Solanke and Ebenezer Obey’s Music on Environmental Degradation and Flood Disaster in Ibadan, Nigeria. Polymath: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Arts and Sciences. Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, USA. 7(2) 111-130.
3. Titus, O. S. (2015) Oral Performance of Iregun Music in Yagbaland, Kogi State, Nigeria: An Overview. Epiphany Journal of Trans-disciplinary Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, 8 (1) 9-29.
4. Titus, O. S. (2021) Sounding the Environmental Benefits of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria, in Climate Psychology in a Pandemic: Environmental Health in Lockdown in Sam Mickey and Douglas (edit) Oxford University Press (Forthcoming)