Search Results - "Eastern African literary and cultural studies"

The 'Airlift Program' and the Making of a 'Glocal' Citizen: Exploring the Nomadic Subject in Philip Ochieng's Biography, The 5th Columnist: A Legendary Journalist (2015) by Liz Gitonga-Wanjohi by Joseph, Christopher Odhiambo

“…The story of Kenyans who travelled to study in the United States of America, in what is known as the airlifts program and, its resultant implications on the…”
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'Back Home in the States': The African's Quest for Home in Postcolonial Africa in Chains of Junkdom by Okiya Omtata Okoiti by Mboya, Tom Michael

“…This paper is a reading of the Kenyan psychological drama, Chains of Junkdom by Okiya Omtata Okoiti as an artistic contribution to a long-running debate on the…”
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'The Happy Valley': Temporalized Spatiality in Michael Radford's White Mischief (1987) by Chagara, Boneace

“…Contemporary times mark a fundamental shift in our sense and experience of the world. The postmodern condition - as remarked by Fredric Jameson (1991) and…”
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The ‘Airlift Program’ and the Making of a ‘Glocal’ Citizen: Exploring the Nomadic Subject in Philip Ochieng’s Biography, The 5 th Columnist: A Legendary Journalist (2015) by Liz Gitonga-Wanjohi by Joseph, Christopher Odhiambo

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From 'The World as a Place' to 'Cultures of (Un)homing in a Contemporary World' by Kopf, Martina, Mboya, Tom Michael, Waldburger, Daniela

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'The South in the North': Worlding Kenyanness in Alex Chamwada's TV series Daring Abroad by Mutie, Stephen

“…Recently, there has been a proliferation of narratives that recount the daily experiences of Africans in White spaces. However, the scholarship on how Black…”
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Serving Hot Tea: Analyzing Narratives of 'Abroad' on Glocal Kenyan Twitter/X Spaces by Mose, Caroline

“…Social media reconstitutes the idea of 'abroad' as a geographical place, shortens the symbolic distance between borders, and renders the local and global into…”
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Anticolonial Networks and Unbalances in Literary Journals and Bulletins: Mensagem , Présence Africaine and Black Orpheus by Alfieri, Noemi

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Childhood Trauma and Remembrance: Weaponised PTSD in Glaydah Namukasa’s The Deadly Ambition by Okonkwo, Gabriel Kosiso

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Repositioning 'woman' in Nwapa's Efuru and Emecheta's Joys of Motherhood by Sibanda, Sifiso

“…This paper focuses on Nwapa and Emecheta's transformative representation of their heroines in Efuru and The Joys of Motherhood, respectively. In these two…”
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What Science Can You Teach Without Language? A Conversation with Timothy Wangusa by Mangeni, Patrick

“…This biographical dialogue with Timothy Wangusa explores the interface between indigenous culture, Christianity and education in Uganda, how this disrupted the…”
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Colonial Infrastructure and its Post-Independence Afterlives in Peter Kimani's Dance of the Jakaranda by Ndaka, Felix Mutunga

“…Peter Kimani's Dance of the Jakaranda (2017a) is constructed around two structures, the Kenya-Uganda Railway and the Jakaranda Hotel. In this article, I argue…”
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World War 1 and Colonialism in Kenya: Perspectives through Historiography and Literary Imaginaries by Omuteche, Jairus

“…During World War I, what is today Kenya was part of the British East African Protectorate. Direct fighting took place within the region as the neighbouring…”
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The Subversion of Archipelagic Memory in Yvonne Owuor's The Dragonfly Sea by Nabutanyi, Edgar Fred

“…Archipelago memory and history are often scripted as inherently colonial and patriarchal obligations. This is anchored on the belief that it is the dominant…”
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Representing the Politics of Memory: Narrative Strategies in Forna's The Devil that Danced on the Water (2002) and The Memory of Love (2010) by Kirui, Maryline Chepngetich

“…This article examines how Aminatta Forna manipulates point of view to represent the politics of memory in her memoir, The Devil that Danced on the Water ( 2002…”
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Silence, the Unsaid and the Unsayable in Yvonne Vera's The Stone Virgins by Hållén, Nicklas

“…The primary aim of this article is to think through how silence can be considered as generating meaning in literary prose. For this purpose, the article…”
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Towards a New Poetics of Comedic Performance in Kenya Following COVID-19 by Keton, Anne Lanoi, Barasa, Denis Waswa

“…Stand-up comedy in Kenya before COVID-19 relied on close proximity between comedians and their audiences. However, COVID-19 disrupted this arrangement and…”
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A Conversation with Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi by Steiner, Tina

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'Bahari Imekufa, The Sea is Dead': Local Perceptions of Ocean Health and Ocean Wealth among Fishers on the Kenyan Coast by Kosgei, Jacky

“…Using narratives that I recorded in June/July 2021 on Kenya's south coast with fishers belonging to three different generations, this paper provides insights…”
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‘Yo Dumbfucks!’: Problematising “Transgressive” White Humour and the Use of Blackface in the Artworks of South African Visual Artist Anton Kannemeyer by Khan, Sharlene

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