Joseph Kwanya
Biographic Data
| ID | 9450065 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Kwanya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwanya |
| SIGNATURE | KWANYA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rhodes University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5571-6709 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“We are More Than This”
In this essay, I examine the potential of the counterfactual framework in retelling obscured or misrepresented stories of women in African wartime narratives. I analyse Maaza Mengiste’s The Shadow King (2019), which uses the Second Italo-Ethiopian War as a foundation for its narrative. I argue that the novel challenges dominant male-authored accounts of nationalist histories by presenting alternative versions — counterfacts — that disrupt the lin…
Constructions of Home in the Unhomely
In this essay, I examine the representation of home in African speculative fiction, focusing on three works by Nnedi Okorafor: Who Fears Death (Citation2010), The Book of Phoenix (Citation2015), and the short story “Mother of Invention” (Citation2018). I argue that Okorafor’s Africanfuturism challenges conventional notions of home by merging African realities with a futuristic outlook. Drawing on Freud’s concept of the uncanny and Augé’s idea of …
“There is Another Woman in the Story”
This paper discusses how Jennifer Makumbi’s Kintu (2014) undercuts the androcentric Buganda myth of creation by offering an alternative version of the narrative and unpacking the silent treatment of female figures. The discussion pays attention to how Makumbi recasts the myth as a historical event, destabilises its images and objects, and then again mythologises this event to present women in a different light where they are assigned new roles. I…
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“There is Another Woman in the Story”
This paper discusses how Jennifer Makumbi’s Kintu (2014) undercuts the androcentric Buganda myth of creation by offering an alternative version of the narrative and unpacking the silent treatment of female figures. The discussion pays attention to how Makumbi recasts the myth as a historical event, destabilises its images and objects, and then again mythologises this event to present women in a different light where they are assigned new roles. I…
“We are More Than This”
In this essay, I examine the potential of the counterfactual framework in retelling obscured or misrepresented stories of women in African wartime narratives. I analyse Maaza Mengiste’s The Shadow King (2019), which uses the Second Italo-Ethiopian War as a foundation for its narrative. I argue that the novel challenges dominant male-authored accounts of nationalist histories by presenting alternative versions — counterfacts — that disrupt the lin…
Constructions of Home in the Unhomely
In this essay, I examine the representation of home in African speculative fiction, focusing on three works by Nnedi Okorafor: Who Fears Death (Citation2010), The Book of Phoenix (Citation2015), and the short story “Mother of Invention” (Citation2018). I argue that Okorafor’s Africanfuturism challenges conventional notions of home by merging African realities with a futuristic outlook. Drawing on Freud’s concept of the uncanny and Augé’s idea of …
Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 work) · Counterfactual thinking (1 work) · Digital Games and Media (1 work)