Dr. Beneah Shapaya

Refereed Journal Articles

1. Kihima, C., Shapaya, B ., and Mugubi, J., 2024. ‘Physical Familiarity in Kenyan Animation Character Design: Recreating Selected Characters in Super Sema ’. International Journal of Scholarly Practice 4(2) https://edinburgjournals.org/journals/index.php/Internationa- Journal-of- Scholarl/article/view/380
2. Kihima, C., Mugubi, J., Okoth, Z. and Shapaya, B . 2023. ‘The Design of Characters in Tinga Tinga Tales: A Kenyan Animation Film’. Africa Journal of Emerging Issues 5(13) 105-120. ISSN Online 2663-9335.
3. Shapaya, B. 2018. ‘Kenyan Television Stand-Up Comedy as a Reflection of Societal Mentality’. Journal of African Theatre, Film and Media Discourse. ISSN 2520 7210
4. Shapaya, B. 2017. ‘A historical perspective on the evolution and presentations of the ideal in children’s television: A study of Kenyan television from 1989 to 2012’. Nairobi Journal of Humanities and Social Science . https://doi.org/10.58256/njhs.v1i1.355

Book Chapters

1. Azangalala, B. 2020. The Configuration of Kenyan Film Acting. Chisinau: Scholars Press
2. Azangalala, B. 2014. Cinematographic Techniques in the Kenyan Experimental Film . Saarbrücken: Lap Lambert Academic Publishers.

Conference Papers

1. 28 th November 2023. Presented a paper titled: ‘ Photogrammety: A Practical Application’ at a European Union-sponsored workshop as part of the Communities and Artistic Participation in Hybrid Environment grant project. The workshop was hosted by EGG (Enter, Grow, Go) incubation center, Greece.
2. 22 nd June 2023. Presented an on-line lecture with Clinton Kihima titled; Politics in Film: An Exploration of Ideological Influences in African Films , to The Society of Aesthetics in Slovakia hosted by the University of Presov
3. 7 th June 2023. Presented an online lecture together with Clinton Kihima titled, An Exploration of Ideological Influences on African Films , to The Academy of Arts in Szczecin (Poland).
4. 16th February 2023. Presented a paper with Clinton Kihima titled; The Potential of Hybridity and Digitalization of Film Festivals in the Appreciation of Film as Art, in an International Symposium titled ‘New Coordinates for Creative Hybrid Space-Experiences’, held at Kenyatta University.
5. 1st December 2022. Presented a paper titled; Reading the Cinematography of Art Film , in an International Workshop titled ‘The Multiplicity of Artistic Language’, held at Università delgi studi di Macerata, Italy
6. 24th November 2022. Presented a lecture titled; The Media as a Buffer between the Reality in Society and the Individual: A Focus on Film as an Art and Part of the Media Industry , in an International Workshop titled ‘The Role of the Arts as a Contemporary Space of the Human Condition’ held at the Università delgi studi di Macerata, Italy
7. 12 th July 2019. Presented a research paper titled, Configuration of Kenyan Film Acting: A Study of Eight Selected Drama Films, at the 38 th Kenyatta University Postgraduate Seminar, held at Kenyatta University
8. 14 th May 2025. Attended a Capacity Building Training on Competence Based Education at the Kenyatta University Conference Centre.
9. 14 th May 2025. Attended a webinar titled Form, Function and Survival: African Art between Aesthetic Ideals and Historical Necessity , with the presentation done by Prof. John Mugubi . The webinar was organized by the Slovak Aesthetics Forum.
10. 19 th July 2024. I was a panelist in the 2 nd Performing Arts Conference discussion on ‘The Importance of Embracing New Ideas and Artistic Expressions within the Kenyan Performing Art Scene – Education in Performing Arts’. The conference was organised by the Kenya Cultural Centre and held at the Kenya National Theatre.
11. 16 th - 19 th July 2024. Attended the 2 nd Performing Arts Conference. The conference was organised by the Kenya Cultural Centre and held at the Kenya National Theatre.
12. 28 th – 30 th June 2023. Attended the 4th Congress of the Polish Film and Media Studies Association, held at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, Poland.
13. 25 th October 2021. Panelist at an International Symposium titled ‘Contemporary Artistic Expressions in Kenya’, held at Università delgi studi di Macerata, Italy
14. 25 th October 2021. Attended a plenary seminar session titled ‘Artistic Production in Contemporary Kenya’, which was part of a conference titled ‘5 th Week of Excellence: Young Institutions and Territories Network for Innovation and Inclusion’ held at Università delgi studi di Macerata, Italy

Professional Affiliations

• Reviewer for the Polish Journal of Aesthetics.