Abenea Ndago
Biographic Data
| ID | 4769437 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abenea Ndago |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abenea |
| FAMILY NAME | Ndago |
| SIGNATURE | NDAGO A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Free State |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Nationhood and Ethnic Ideology
The paper interrogates the role of cartoons in the discursive construction of nationhood and national identity with a specific focus on cartoons published in a Kenyan literary magazine named Kwani? between 2007 and 2008. Kwani? employs cartoons to archive specific events in Kenyan history and articulate a particular view of 'Kenyanness'. Cartoons act as a disruptive art form that guides the process of making meaning out of a text. This function a…
Contesting the nation
Two issues of Kwani? Journal published in 2008 foreground the Mungiki cult in different modes. The cult identifies with the Kikuyu community and is associated with Kenya’s 2007/2008 Post-Election Violence (PEV). Narrating national violence forms part of how postcolonial nations imagine themselves. And yet past research ignores the Mungiki cult’s discourses in Kwani?’s publications. Drawing from popular culture theory, and recognising ethnic viole…
Nationhood and Ethnic Ideology
The paper interrogates the role of cartoons in the discursive construction of nationhood and national identity with a specific focus on cartoons published in a Kenyan literary magazine named Kwani? between 2007 and 2008. Kwani? employs cartoons to archive specific events in Kenyan history and articulate a particular view of 'Kenyanness'. Cartoons act as a disruptive art form that guides the process of making meaning out of a text. This function a…
Contesting the nation
Two issues of Kwani? Journal published in 2008 foreground the Mungiki cult in different modes. The cult identifies with the Kikuyu community and is associated with Kenya’s 2007/2008 Post-Election Violence (PEV). Narrating national violence forms part of how postcolonial nations imagine themselves. And yet past research ignores the Mungiki cult’s discourses in Kwani?’s publications. Drawing from popular culture theory, and recognising ethnic viole…
Nationhood and Ethnic Ideology
The paper interrogates the role of cartoons in the discursive construction of nationhood and national identity with a specific focus on cartoons published in a Kenyan literary magazine named Kwani? between 2007 and 2008. Kwani? employs cartoons to archive specific events in Kenyan history and articulate a particular view of 'Kenyanness'. Cartoons act as a disruptive art form that guides the process of making meaning out of a text. This function a…
African history and culture studies (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works)