@Samdenno

Christian| Reader| African Intellectual| Future Lit Nobel Laureate @NobelPrize | PhD ⏳ | #NowFaith

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Excited to share my new article in Visual Studies. I argue that photographs in Anglophone African autobiographies are not mere illustrations but narrative forms in their own right. I welcome critical engagement and conversation! doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.202…

The averted gaze: photography, autobiography, and the politics of visibility in Kenya

This essay examines Boniface Mwangi’s Unbounded (2016) as a photo-memoir that stages visibility as a contested autobiographical and civic practice in postcolonial Kenya. Rather than treating photog...

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Many felicitations Jacky🍾🥂. We shall read, cite, and include your work in our teaching.
Jacky Kosgei 🏝@ChilledAcademicMay 16
Swahili Colloquium @unibt was the perfect place to launch my first monograph🥳❤️ & I'm thrilled because I had the privilege of doing it with Grace Musila 🙌 Many years of labour, but labour that I thoroughly enjoyed @GodwinSiundu @KWabende @Wasamba1 @umaruZW @jmkwanya @Samdenno
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When Kenyan influencers hit Tel Aviv’s Carmel Market, the whole place lit up. Swahili songs, spontaneous dancing, shopkeepers filming, tourists joining in — Nairobi energy in the heart of TLV. A beautiful reminder of how joyful cultural encounters can be. 🇰🇪🇮🇱
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Here's my new article in Africa: “Mobility and Marginalization via the Nairobi Expressway” (@CambridgeUP). A literary reading that borrows @DavidNdii & @wmnjoya #UpperDeckPeopleKE to read how infrastructure shapes urban exclusion. bit.ly/4n8uu1l @UTADO_Africa @AfricaIai
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Thrilled to share my new publication in Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies: “With an Effluent Eye: Migrancy, Excess, and Belonging in Jane Bryce’s Zamani 🔗 Official (DOI/citation): doi.org/10.1080/23277408.202…

With an Effluent Eye: Migrancy, Excess, and Belonging in Jane Bryce’s Zamani

This article examines Jane Bryce’s Zamani (2023) through the conceptual lens of the effluent eye, drawing on Rosemary Jolly’s (2023) theorization of effluence alongside Achille Mbembe’s (2019) necr...

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"Praying for the peace of Jerusalem is not a request - it's a command! 'Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: may they prosper who love you' (Psalm 122:6)." - @pastorjohnhagee
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5 more days to submit your abstract for the 7th Mashariki Conference in Dar this August. I'm excited to convene this panel with Clarissa Vierke and we look forward to seeing you in Dar! ♥️ @EALCS_Mashariki @jmkwanya @GodwinSiundu @LSA_UoN @Samdenno @petersimatei @AdhiamboKE
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Dar es Salaam here we come. By Day, By Night, Here We Come! @EALCS_Mashariki we cannot wait to see that cfp. @Samdenno @jmkwanya @OdongoPOD @feminist_rogue @dinoleegz @VariousHats @RankaPrimorac @LSA_UoN @Wesleymax89 @rallyb @GodwinSiundu see you in Dar!
EALCS_Mashariki@EALCS_Mashariki1 Oct 2024
It is official The 7th Mashariki Literary and Cultural Studies COnference is to be held at @UdsmOfficial between August 21-23, 2025. Details to follow shortly! @EALCS_Journal @MakLiterature @EdgarNabutanyi @dinoleegz @Yale_CAS @ASAUK_News @huma_africa @aflitatwits
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I'm very happy to announce the establishment of African Literary & Cultural Studies at University of Tübingen @uni_tue 🥳 This is a program for which I've been centrally involved in setting up & I'm so proud of myself and my team! This is the first African Studies BA programme in
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Congratulations Mashariki folks @FelixMutunga11 and @ITibasiima @nikitta_dede @Samdenno @Wesleymax89 @Edna30945529
Felix Mutunga@FelixMutunga1125 Jul 2024
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@ITibasiima and I will be co-editing a Special Issue on Eastern African Popular and Digital Cultures. The issue will be hosted by @EALCS_Journal Kindly circulate. @jmkwanya @Literature_UoN
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