معرفی
Samson Ndanyi is an Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee. A historian of eastern Africa, his work focuses on colonial and postcolonial expressive cultures, particularly cinema.
- Education:
- Ph.D., African History, Indiana University, Bloomington
- M.A., African History, Morgan State University
- M.S., Social Sciences, Towson University
- B.A., Film and TV Production, Towson University
Research Interests span African cinema, colonial media, gender dynamics, cannabis history, and political resistance in Kenya. His first book, Instructional Cinema and African Audiences in Colonial Kenya, 1926–1963 (Lexington Books, 2022), challenges unidirectional colonial narratives by highlighting African audiences as active participants in shaping cinematic discourse. Current book projects include Cinema, Homosexuality, and Power in Kenya, exploring free speech and representation.
Publications cover cannabis policy, film censorship, child labor, and Mau Mau rebellion. Articles appear in journals like Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies and Africa Zamani, with recent chapters on gender and media in Routledge and CEDRED publications.
Course Contributions include African history surveys, global cannabis history, piracy studies, and advanced topics in Black cinema, protests, and US-Africa relations. His expertise intersects media studies, political conflicts, and decolonial epistemology.
