Christopher Joseph Odhiambo
Biographic Data
| ID | 4117255 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Joseph Odhiambo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Odhiambo |
| SIGNATURE | ODHIAMBO C J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Moi University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Of Worlds and Artworks
The present volume brings together contributions which explore artworks – including literature, visual arts, film and performances – as dynamic sites of worlding. It puts emphasis on the processes of creating or doing worlds, implying movement as opposed to the boundary drawing of area studies. From such a processual perspective, Africa is not a delineated area, but emerges in a variety of relations which can reach across the continent, but also …
African Theatre 19
He Who Pays the Piper Plays the Tune
Patronage in the arts has always been a paradox. This article grapples with this paradox as reflected in the symbiotic relationship between artists and their sponsors. This paradoxical, complex and complicated co-existence of patronage through arts’ sponsorship is scrutinized through the intervention community theatre initiatives of Sponsored Arts for Education in Kenya (S.A.F.E-K). The paper argues that the ideology and the messages as framed, c…
East Africa Reclaimed
The Spirit and the Word
Reviewed by: The Spirit and the Word: A Theory of Spirituality in Africana Literary Criticism Christopher Joseph Odhiambo The Spirit and the Word: A Theory of Spirituality in Africana Literary Criticism Georgene Bess Montgomery Trenton, NJ: Africa World P, 2008. xvii + 243pp. ISBN 1-59221-567-X paper. In this project of privileging African-oriented critical paradigm, Georgene Bess Montgomery takes recourse in bricolage, reverting to Ifa divinatio…
Whose Nation? Romanticizing the Vision of a Nation in Bole Butake's Betrothal without Libation and Family Saga
This paper reflects on the project of the nation and nation-ness in postcolonial Africa with specific attention to the two plays by the anglophone Cameroonian playwright Bole Butake. The paper argues that in Butake’s dramatic imaginary, the project of the nation and nation-ness are highly romanticized. The paper locates its argument in Butake’s two play-texts: Betrothal without Libation (2005) and Family Saga (2005)
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The Spirit and the Word
Reviewed by: The Spirit and the Word: A Theory of Spirituality in Africana Literary Criticism Christopher Joseph Odhiambo The Spirit and the Word: A Theory of Spirituality in Africana Literary Criticism Georgene Bess Montgomery Trenton, NJ: Africa World P, 2008. xvii + 243pp. ISBN 1-59221-567-X paper. In this project of privileging African-oriented critical paradigm, Georgene Bess Montgomery takes recourse in bricolage, reverting to Ifa divinatio…
Whose Nation? Romanticizing the Vision of a Nation in Bole Butake's Betrothal without Libation and Family Saga
This paper reflects on the project of the nation and nation-ness in postcolonial Africa with specific attention to the two plays by the anglophone Cameroonian playwright Bole Butake. The paper argues that in Butake’s dramatic imaginary, the project of the nation and nation-ness are highly romanticized. The paper locates its argument in Butake’s two play-texts: Betrothal without Libation (2005) and Family Saga (2005)
East Africa Reclaimed
African Theatre 19
He Who Pays the Piper Plays the Tune
Patronage in the arts has always been a paradox. This article grapples with this paradox as reflected in the symbiotic relationship between artists and their sponsors. This paradoxical, complex and complicated co-existence of patronage through arts’ sponsorship is scrutinized through the intervention community theatre initiatives of Sponsored Arts for Education in Kenya (S.A.F.E-K). The paper argues that the ideology and the messages as framed, c…
Of Worlds and Artworks
The present volume brings together contributions which explore artworks – including literature, visual arts, film and performances – as dynamic sites of worlding. It puts emphasis on the processes of creating or doing worlds, implying movement as opposed to the boundary drawing of area studies. From such a processual perspective, Africa is not a delineated area, but emerges in a variety of relations which can reach across the continent, but also …
Sociology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (2 works)