Samson Kaunga Ndanyi
Biographic Data
| ID | 5679800 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samson Kaunga Ndanyi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samson Kaunga |
| FAMILY NAME | Ndanyi |
| SIGNATURE | NDANYI S K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rhodes College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3672-9859 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Know the Game—Boxing’
Cinema and Wage Labour in Colonial Kenya
In the early 1920s, the first generation of African nationalists in colonial Kenya rejected capitalism and called for its abolition. The ‘agitators’ demanded that women and girls be exempted from compulsory labour and taxation. ‘Riots’ against the two most essential pillars of capitalism – labour and taxes – erupted in Nairobi, and the agitators paid for the agitation dearly, some with their lives. Responding swiftly and violently against an unor…
“A Film Is Banned If the Ladies Say So”
This chapter examines women film censurers to make the point that they controlled leisure by banning films that they considered harmful to Africans, an impressionable category of film audience that the altruistic ladies volunteered to protect. Banning films did not always go as envisioned, as non-African film consumers—mostly white and Asian men—suffered the unintended consequences of censorship. As censurers, women played a critical role in nurt…
Cannabis in Kenya
In 2018, Kenneth Okoth, a member of Parliament for the Kibra Constituency in Kenya, introduced a Marijuana Control Bill in parliament. Okoth’s bill sought to legalise the growth and use of cannabis, establish a system for the registration and licensing of cannabis growers and users, promote the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, and increase public awareness of cannabis. This last point is critical in that Okoth understood that public knowle…
Film Censorship and Identity in Kenya
The postcolonial government in Kenya has embarked on a sustained war against identity by banning locally and internationally produced motion pictures that depict LGBTQ themes in the ongoing national discourse on gender identity. In 2014 and 2018, the government effectively banned two films by local directors ( The Stories of Our Lives and Rafiki) for including the LGBTQ community in this discourse. Within the same period, officials banned The Wol…
Read Africans, Decenter Scholarship
Read Africans, Decenter Scholarship Samson Ndanyi The ongoing integration of area studies into international or global institutes (or schools) in Euro-American universities raises a host of questions for area-studies programs, particularly how best to educate graduate and undergraduate students in this new environment and facilitate their career paths and professionalization. Educating college students in area studies, particularly in African stu…
Read Africans, Decenter Scholarship
Read Africans, Decenter Scholarship Samson Ndanyi The ongoing integration of area studies into international or global institutes (or schools) in Euro-American universities raises a host of questions for area-studies programs, particularly how best to educate graduate and undergraduate students in this new environment and facilitate their career paths and professionalization. Educating college students in area studies, particularly in African stu…
Cannabis in Kenya
In 2018, Kenneth Okoth, a member of Parliament for the Kibra Constituency in Kenya, introduced a Marijuana Control Bill in parliament. Okoth’s bill sought to legalise the growth and use of cannabis, establish a system for the registration and licensing of cannabis growers and users, promote the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, and increase public awareness of cannabis. This last point is critical in that Okoth understood that public knowle…
Film Censorship and Identity in Kenya
The postcolonial government in Kenya has embarked on a sustained war against identity by banning locally and internationally produced motion pictures that depict LGBTQ themes in the ongoing national discourse on gender identity. In 2014 and 2018, the government effectively banned two films by local directors ( The Stories of Our Lives and Rafiki) for including the LGBTQ community in this discourse. Within the same period, officials banned The Wol…
Cinema and Wage Labour in Colonial Kenya
In the early 1920s, the first generation of African nationalists in colonial Kenya rejected capitalism and called for its abolition. The ‘agitators’ demanded that women and girls be exempted from compulsory labour and taxation. ‘Riots’ against the two most essential pillars of capitalism – labour and taxes – erupted in Nairobi, and the agitators paid for the agitation dearly, some with their lives. Responding swiftly and violently against an unor…
“A Film Is Banned If the Ladies Say So”
This chapter examines women film censurers to make the point that they controlled leisure by banning films that they considered harmful to Africans, an impressionable category of film audience that the altruistic ladies volunteered to protect. Banning films did not always go as envisioned, as non-African film consumers—mostly white and Asian men—suffered the unintended consequences of censorship. As censurers, women played a critical role in nurt…
Know the Game—Boxing’
Colonialism (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · Scholarship (2 works)