Deborah Dike Nwadiuto

Deborah Dike Nwadiuto is a Research Fellow at the University of Bayreuth, affiliated with the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS). Her research focuses on African History, particularly Nigerian sociopolitics and digital culture.

• Current Project: Critical Discourse Analysis of Twitter Memes in Nigerian electoral discourses (2015–present)

Research Interests:

• African History
• Political Science
• Digital Humanities
• Social Media Analysis
• Sociology
• Communication Studies

Her work explores the intersection of internet meme culture, visual representations, and sociopolitical critique in Nigeria, utilizing digital and offline ethnography methods to analyze platforms like Twitter (via hashtags such as #endsars) and their offline impacts.