Position/Status
Lecturer & Timetabling Coordinator School of Education, Arts & Social Sciences
E-mail Address
ngobia@kcau.ac.ke
Academic Qualification
- MA Digital Communication (United States International University-Africa)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Education (KCAU)
- BA Theatre Arts and Film Technology (Kenyatta University)
Membership of Professional Bodies or Associations
- Nakuru Players Society (Chairperson, 2019 – 2023)
- Theatre Arts Practitioners Society of Kenya (TAPS)
- Kenya Universities Performing Arts Association (Vice Chair, 2021 – 2023)
- National Drama Welfare Association (Treasurer, 2018 to date)
Government Appointments
- Chairperson, Film Sector Skills Advisory Council (SSAC), TVETA, 2019 – 2022
- Director, Kenya International Theatre Festival, 2023 to date
- Chair of Jury, Kenya Theatre Awards, 2021 – 2023
- Panel Secretary, Performing Arts CBC Design Panel, KICD, 2019 to date
- Executive Committee Member, Kenya Music & Cultural Festival, 2022 to date
Profile
Benson Ngobia facilitates learning in the areas of film and digital media, where he champions a practice-oriented model to learning and assessment. He supports relevant university functions such as audio visual communication and marketing.
He brings on board wealth of experience in the creative sector, having undertaken artistic projects in producing TV shows, executing theatrical tours, initiating film development programs in Kenyan schools to complement government efforts in teaching of the arts at basic education level. He is a resource person for various Ministry of Education agencies, such as KICD and TVETA, where he has supported their curriculum development processes in the arts, and the Kenya National Drama and Film Festival, where he is a regular trainer of trainers and adjudicator.
He is also the founder and convenor of the Kenya Film Summit.
Research Interest
- Film & Theatre in the Digital Age, Convergence of Artistic Forms Using Digital Media, Curriculum Design for the Arts in Basic and Higher Education
Selected Productions (Movies, Plays & Films)
- Do or Die (2024) feature film awaiting release
- Sisters Alone (2023) feature film now showing on Maisha Magic and Showmax
- Ego Check (2023) feature film now showing on Maisha Magic and Showmax
- Burn It Up (2020) premiered at CUEA LRC Hall, screened on Edu TV, Citizen TV, Viusasa
- Barua (2020) Short film supported by Kenya Film Commission, available on YouTube
- Sista Sista (Award Winning 2019 Film) premiered at CUEA LRC Hall, screened on Edu TV, Citizen TV, Viusasa
- Scarred (Award Winning 2018 Film) premiered at CUEA LRC Hall, screened on Edu TV, Citizen TV, Viusasa
- Boomerang! (Award Winning 2017 Film) premiered at Imax Nairobi and Zanzibar International Film Festival, screened on Citizen TV, Viusasa
- She Got Game (Award Winning 2016 Film) premiered at iMAX Nairobi and Zanzibar International Festival, screened on Citizen TV, Viusasa
- I Will Sing (2015 Film) premiered at Loreto Convent Msongari, Nairobi
- Form 1 (Award Winning 2015 Film) premiered at Menengai High School, Nakuru
- Pressure Points (2012 Film) premiered at Menengai High School, Nakuru
- The School Run (2012 Film) screened at the London Olympics
- Simba Bazenga (Award Winning Play) Staged at the Kenya National Theatre and Meru University, 2021
- The Bobby Triangle (Award Winning Director) Staged at Cooperative University of Kenya, 2020
- Traces of Tracy (Award Winning Director) Staged at Pwani University, Kilifi, 2019
- The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? (Actor & Director) Staged at Nakuru Players Theatre, Alliance Francaise de Nairobi, 2017
- Have You Seen Our Husband? (Actor & Director) Staged at Nakuru Players Theatre, Kenyatta University, JKUAT, Moi University, 2013 – 2017
- Sous Pression (Award Winning Writer & Director) Staged at Tumutumu Girls School, 2014
Conferences & Chapters
Priming Theory in a Kenyan Context: An Exploratory Study Evaluating President Kenyatta’s Performance on Fighting Corruption presented at the African Association for Rhetoric Conference (AAR) held at USIU-Africa, July 2022
Session Chair, Paper presentations on decolonization, at the Performing Arts Conference, held at the Kenya National Theatre, February 2022
Interrogating Netflix and the VOD Disruption in Kenyan Cinema, paper presented at the Lagos Studies Association 2023 Conference at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, June 2023
Chinese Take-over: Myth or Looming Reality? Refereed paper presented at the 11th Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference June 23 to 26, 2021 at Multimedia University
Navigating Film Adjudication in the Kenya National Drama & Film Festival, Non-refereed paper presented at the Ministry of Education National Adjudicators Workshop on 12th June 2021 at Chania High School, Thika.
The Mechanics of Spoken Word Performance, Non-refereed paper presented at the Ministry of Education Trainers Workshop in January, 2020 at Kangaru School, Embu
The Nexus Between Digital Communication and Film Consumption among the Elite Youth in Nairobi: A Case Study of Private University Students in Nairobi, Refereed paper presented at the 3rd biennial African Studies Association of Africa Conference in October, 2019, at USIU-A, Nairobi.
Thesis
Interrogating the Digital Shift in Film Consumption Trends in Nairobi
