Setting as Technique in Kenyan Television Drama: The Case of Tahidi High

Abstract

Undoubtedly, Film Studies is an area that has attracted varied attention from scholars in Kenya today. The country has recorded a tremendous increase in film scholarship in the recent past. This upsurge in Film studies goes hand in hand with the efforts of various organizations and institutions to encourage production and study of films in Kenya. For instance, in August 2008, World story Organization (WSO) met with the Kenya Film Commission with a view of discussing the state of the Kenyan film industry and encouraging local and/or indigenous productions in the country. These developments, and many others, affirm the centrality of Film Studies – especially local productions. It is the intention of this paper to make a contribution in Film and Media Studies by interrogating the interplay between setting and characterization in telling the Kenyan story in Tahidi High, a locally produced television drama