Sam Dennis Otieno
Biographic Data
| ID | 2481027 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sam Dennis Otieno |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sam Dennis |
| FAMILY NAME | Otieno |
| SIGNATURE | OTIENO S D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pennsylvania State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9022-737X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The averted gaze
With an Effluent Eye
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) necropolitics and Mahmood Mamdani’s (2020) critique of ethnic nationalism. I argue that Zamani unsettles the sovereign state’s desire for legibility and containment by foregrounding memory, migration, and excess as resistant and effluent forces. Through clo…
Mobility and marginalization via the Nairobi expressway
To inhabit the city is to inhabit a layered and contentious space, a space whose meaning cannot be comprehended without closely navigating its layers. This article analyses two images and representations - a tweet and a song - as narrative forms that reveal the palimpsestic nature of Nairobi in the context of the city's expressway, which was constructed between September 2020 and July 2022. I read the expressway as a physical infrastructure for m…
Down River Road in contemporary Kenyan popular fiction
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices
Archives of a pandemic
Music has always been a reservoir of African cultures and histories. Through music, we can trace the experiences of particular communities at specific moments in history. It has been used to entertain, educate, as well as preserve the histories of communities throughout East African societies. This paper discusses how music in the digital space has played a pivotal role in helping combat the COVID-19 pandemic and also document this moment in time…
Down River Road in contemporary Kenyan popular fiction
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices
Down River Road in contemporary Kenyan popular fiction
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices
Archives of a pandemic
Music has always been a reservoir of African cultures and histories. Through music, we can trace the experiences of particular communities at specific moments in history. It has been used to entertain, educate, as well as preserve the histories of communities throughout East African societies. This paper discusses how music in the digital space has played a pivotal role in helping combat the COVID-19 pandemic and also document this moment in time…
Mobility and marginalization via the Nairobi expressway
To inhabit the city is to inhabit a layered and contentious space, a space whose meaning cannot be comprehended without closely navigating its layers. This article analyses two images and representations - a tweet and a song - as narrative forms that reveal the palimpsestic nature of Nairobi in the context of the city's expressway, which was constructed between September 2020 and July 2022. I read the expressway as a physical infrastructure for m…
The averted gaze
With an Effluent Eye
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) necropolitics and Mahmood Mamdani’s (2020) critique of ethnic nationalism. I argue that Zamani unsettles the sovereign state’s desire for legibility and containment by foregrounding memory, migration, and excess as resistant and effluent forces. Through clo…
African history and culture studies (2 works) · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (2 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · China's Global Influence and Migration (1 work) · Context (archaeology) (1 work) · Decantation (1 work) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (1 work) · Diverse Musicological Studies (1 work)