Katharina A Oke
Biographic Data
| ID | 5626558 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katharina A Oke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katharina A |
| FAMILY NAME | Oke |
| SIGNATURE | OKE K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Press at Work
To understand the place and role of Gakaara Wanjaũ in the development of a print culture in Central Kenya, it is useful to start with a contrast between the story of the small press that he set up in the provincial town of Karatina in 1971 and the familiar, sometimes apocryphal stories of how the printing press arrived in Africa and the aura that surrounded it. In general, the arrival of the missionary printing press in Africa was seen as the tri…
A Fistful of Shells
A Fistful of Shells
The Press at Work
To understand the place and role of Gakaara Wanjaũ in the development of a print culture in Central Kenya, it is useful to start with a contrast between the story of the small press that he set up in the provincial town of Karatina in 1971 and the familiar, sometimes apocryphal stories of how the printing press arrived in Africa and the aura that surrounded it. In general, the arrival of the missionary printing press in Africa was seen as the tri…
African history and culture studies (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Cape (1 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (1 works) · Geography (1 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (1 works) · History (1 works) · History (1 works) · Media Studies and Communication (1 works) · Media, Communication, and Education (1 works)