P.O BOX 2030 - 20200
Kericho, Kenya
Mobile: +254 721 228 487
Department of Languages, Linguistics & Communications rwesonga@kabianga.ac.ke Member of the University Timetabling Comittee, Member of the School Academic Committee
Books
2012: ‘Portrait of a Teenager in a Kenyan Television Drama: Tahidi High: a Critical Analysis’, (2012), LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishers (Germany) GmbH & Co. KG. ISBN 978-3-8473-1908-5
Short Stories Authored
2019: „The Last Man Standing’ in anthology of short stories, Many in One and Other Stories. Nsemia Inc., Nairobi.
2019: „Easy Song for Kofi Annan: A Patriot‟s Tribute‟ in Litpoint Africa Magazine
2017: ‘Holy Mission’ in anthology of short stories, The Warm Heart of Africa and other Stories. Longhorn Publishers, Nairobi. ISBN: 996631574-8 /9789966315748
Articles in Refereed Journals
2019: "Socio-economic Atrocities in Meja Mwangi‟s Going Down River Road and Kinyanjui Kombani‟s The Last Villains of Molo.‟ In Cultural Archives of Atrocity: Essays on the Protest Tradition in Kenyan Literature, Culture and Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429262166
2017: ‘Same Story, Different Narratives: A Postcolonial Reading of Literary Texts and Corresponding Film Adaptations.’ A paper in Nairobi Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences. October, 2017, Vol. 1 Issue 8. ISSN: 2523-0948.
2017: ‘Things Fall Apart Back to the Owners: Adapting Achebe’s Text to Film for the Igbo Populace.’ A paper in Nairobi Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences. November, 2017, Vol. 1, Issue 9. ISSN: 2523-0948.
2017: ‘Prototypes of Teenagers and Construction of Identity in Adolescents through Film: A Study of Tahidi High – a Kenyan Televidion Drama.’ A paper in Nairobi Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences. August, 2017, Vol. 1, Issue 6. ISSN: 2523-0948.
2013: ‘Setting as Technique in a Kenyan Television Drama: The Case of Tahidi High.’ Chapter to be published in International Journal of Social Sciences; School of Visual & Performing Arts, Kenyatta University. June, 2013 Vol. 1, Issue 1. ISBN: 987-9966-1572-9-4.
2012: ‘Localized Nuances of Linguistic Choices in Film: A Case Study of “Tahidi High” - a Kenyan Television Drama.’ A chapter in International Journal for Social Sciences and Education 2012 Vol. 2 Issue 4, ISSN: 2223-4934 (electronic), ISSN 2227-393X (printed)
Literature, Theatre Arts and Films Studies