Vincent R Ogoti
Biographic Data
| ID | 376142 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vincent R Ogoti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vincent R |
| FAMILY NAME | Ogoti |
| SIGNATURE | OGOTI V R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Clemson University |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-6411-1642 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Specters of the self
Travelling Images
This article examines two significant but critically neglected photographic interventions, Kenya Burning (2008) and Picha Mtaani (2009–2013), which represent the 2007–2008 post-election violence in Kenya. It investigates why photographers and curators aestheticize violence and how this shapes photography’s capacity to function as a medium of public memory and peace. The article argues that Kenya Burning reproduces a paradigm of negative peace by …
Unbreakable Bodies
Studies of the Maji Maji Rebellion often focus on the figure of Kinjeketile Ngwale and the concept of maji [water] as an ideology of unity for mobilising Africans to fight against German colonialism. This article shows how Ebrahim Hussein’s Kinjeketile recasts maji as more than a symbol of unity, presenting it as a technological shield and an embodied signifier through which resistance, political identity, and a new body politic are enacted. By t…
Voicing Afro-Modernity
With the growing prevalence of audiobooks and the growth of the recorded spoken-word industry worldwide, this article highlights the ways in which sound studies scholars and literary critics alike can reconsider the importance of the “talking book” as a key form of oral literature. In this article, we explore the audiobooks of Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon and Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing – two key pieces of Black Atlantic literature in which the aesth…
Soundscape and narrative dynamics in Chinelo Okparanta'sUnder the Udala Trees
Chinelo Okparanta's novel, Under the Udala Trees, offers possibilities for a multi-sensory engagement that goes beyond an ordinary textual reading. This essay focuses on the concept of the soundscape and what it constitutes in Okparanta's novel. It examines how Okparanta employs rural and church soundscapes to articulate the concept of sociability, construct, and deconstruct space. Through a sonic reading of the novel, the essay demonstrates that…
Soundscape and narrative dynamics in Chinelo Okparanta'sUnder the Udala Trees
Chinelo Okparanta's novel, Under the Udala Trees, offers possibilities for a multi-sensory engagement that goes beyond an ordinary textual reading. This essay focuses on the concept of the soundscape and what it constitutes in Okparanta's novel. It examines how Okparanta employs rural and church soundscapes to articulate the concept of sociability, construct, and deconstruct space. Through a sonic reading of the novel, the essay demonstrates that…
Voicing Afro-Modernity
With the growing prevalence of audiobooks and the growth of the recorded spoken-word industry worldwide, this article highlights the ways in which sound studies scholars and literary critics alike can reconsider the importance of the “talking book” as a key form of oral literature. In this article, we explore the audiobooks of Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon and Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing – two key pieces of Black Atlantic literature in which the aesth…
Soundscape and narrative dynamics in Chinelo Okparanta'sUnder the Udala Trees
Chinelo Okparanta's novel, Under the Udala Trees, offers possibilities for a multi-sensory engagement that goes beyond an ordinary textual reading. This essay focuses on the concept of the soundscape and what it constitutes in Okparanta's novel. It examines how Okparanta employs rural and church soundscapes to articulate the concept of sociability, construct, and deconstruct space. Through a sonic reading of the novel, the essay demonstrates that…
Voicing Afro-Modernity
With the growing prevalence of audiobooks and the growth of the recorded spoken-word industry worldwide, this article highlights the ways in which sound studies scholars and literary critics alike can reconsider the importance of the “talking book” as a key form of oral literature. In this article, we explore the audiobooks of Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon and Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing – two key pieces of Black Atlantic literature in which the aesth…
Unbreakable Bodies
Studies of the Maji Maji Rebellion often focus on the figure of Kinjeketile Ngwale and the concept of maji [water] as an ideology of unity for mobilising Africans to fight against German colonialism. This article shows how Ebrahim Hussein’s Kinjeketile recasts maji as more than a symbol of unity, presenting it as a technological shield and an embodied signifier through which resistance, political identity, and a new body politic are enacted. By t…
Specters of the self
Travelling Images
This article examines two significant but critically neglected photographic interventions, Kenya Burning (2008) and Picha Mtaani (2009–2013), which represent the 2007–2008 post-election violence in Kenya. It investigates why photographers and curators aestheticize violence and how this shapes photography’s capacity to function as a medium of public memory and peace. The article argues that Kenya Burning reproduces a paradigm of negative peace by …
Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (2 works) · History (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Acoustics (1 work) · Aerial photography (1 work)