curriculum vitae - kenyatta university makokha cv...1 curriculum vitae dr.justus kizito siboe...
TRANSCRIPT
1
Curriculum Vitae
DR. JUSTUS KIZITO SIBOE MAKOKHA PERSONAL DETAILS Date of Birth: 21st July 1979 Place of Birth: Nairobi, KENYA Nationality: Kenyan DAAD alumnus and KAAD Alumnus
Postal Address:
C/O Department of Literature Kenyatta University P. O. Box 43844- 00100 Nairobi KENYA
Email: [email protected] AND [email protected] Phone : +254 810901 Ext. 4106
PRESENT POSITIONS Lecturer, Literature Department, Kenyatta University (October, 2011 â Present) Chairman, Seminars and Presentations Committee, Literature Department, Kenyatta University (January, 2016 â Presentation) Academic Advisory Committee Member, Institute of African Studies, Kenyatta University (January, 2012 â Present) Member, International Advisory Board, Journal of Somali Studies (JOSS) (January, 2014 â Present) Member, Chama Cha Kiswahili Cha Afrika Mashariki (CHAKAMA) (January, 2013 â Present)
PREVIOUS POSITIONS Examinations Co-ordinator, Department of Literature, Kenyatta University (January, 2014 â January, 2016) Editor-in-Chief, Chemchemi: International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (October, 2012 â October, 2015) DAAD Doctoral Research Fellow. Institute for English Philology, Free University of Berlin (April, 2008 â September, 2011) Assistant Lecturer, Institute for English Philology, Free University of Berlin (April, 2008 â July, 2011)
EDUCATION Ph.D. (English), Free University of Berlin, Germany. (Awarded July 22, 2011)
M. A. (Literature), Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. (Awarded July 14, 2006)
B.Ed. (Arts), (English & Literature) Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. Awarded 2002
2
ACADEMIC AWARDS/RESEARCH GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
Centre for African Cultural Excellence (CACE) â Writivism Travel Grant as Guest Speaker, 2016
Inter-University Council of East Africa Travel Grant as Nominated Distinguished Recipient 2015
Past Presidentsâ Bronze Book Award 2013 of the Association of for Borderland Studies (ABS)
MAK-NUFU Artistic and Literary Scholarship Award, April 2012
FU-DAAD Research Travel Grant, August, 2011
CIC- FU Research Travel Grant, April 2009
DAAD Full Grant Scholarship 2007 - 2011
KAAD Full Grant Scholarship 2003 - 2004
Kenyatta University Partial Staff Development Scholarship 2002- 2003
Kenyatta University Partial Staff Development Scholarship 2003- 2004
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
1. Published Books & Monograph
1. From Asmara 2000 to Nairobi 2014: Trends in African Languages and Literatures. Nairobi: Kenyatta University Press, 2018. Co-edited with Catherine M. Ndungo, Leonard Chacha, Pamela m. Y. Ngugi & Daniel Ngugi. 460 pp. ISBN: 978-9966-54-100-0
2. Writing Language, Culture and Development. Vol. 1. Harare: Mwanaka Media and Publishing House, 2018. Co-edited with Tendai Rinos Mwanaka and Upal Desh. (with introduction by Dr. J. K.S. Makokha. 298 pp. ISBN: 978-079-748-931
3. Reading African Literatures: Critical Perspectives. Amsterdam, New York NY: Rodopi, 2013. Co-edited with Reuben Chirambo. (with foreword by Prof. Moradewun Adejunmobi). 444 pp. ISBN: 978-90-420-3675-8
4. Style in African Literature: Essays on Literary Stylistics and Narrative Styles. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2012.
Co-edited with Ogone John Obiero and Russell West-Pavlov (with foreword by Chin Ce). 444 pp. ISBN: 978-90-420-3476-1
5. Border-Crossings: Narrative and Demarcation in Postcolonial Literatures. Heidelberg: Winter,
2012. Co-edited with Jennifer Wawrzinek and Russell West-Pavlov. 279 pp. ISBN: 978-3-8253-5899-0
6. East African Literatures: Essays on Written and Oral Traditions. Berlin: Logos Verlag, 2011. Co-edited
with Egara Kabaji and Dominica Dipio (with foreword by Professor Ali Jimale Ahmed of City University of New York) 377pp. ISBN: 978-3-8325-2816-4.
7. Negotiating Afropolitanism: Essays on Borders and Spaces in Contemporary African Literature and Orature.
Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2011. Co-edited with Jennifer Wawrzinek (with foreword by Professor Simon Gikandi of Princeton University) 372pp. ISBN: 978-90-420-3049-7.
8. Nest of Stones: Kenyan Narratives in Verse. Bamenda, Cameroon: Langaa Publishers, 2010. (with
foreword by Professor Micere Mugo of Syracuse University). 184 pp. ISBN: 9956-578-91-6.
9. Reading M. G. Vassanji: A Contextual Approach to Asian African Fiction. SaarbrĂŒcken: VDM, 2009. (Monograph) 156 pp. ISBN: 978-363-912-5474.
10. Tales, Talesmiths and Tale-making: Critical Studies on Literary Stylistics and Narratology in Contemporary
African Literature. SaabrĂŒcken: VDM, 2010. Co-edited with Adeyemi Daramola. 328 pp. ISBN 978-3-639-31137-2.
2. Refereed Edited Books and Books of Verse (Forthcoming)
Literature and Contemporary Society in Africa: Selected Essays. Co-edited with Dr. Paul Mukundi (under preparation)
The Eloquence of Silence: Poems. (under preparation)
4. Refereed Book Chapters (Published)
Makokha, J. K. S. âThe Politics and Poetics of Characterization in M. G. Vassanjiâs The Book of Secretsâ. in Reading Contemporary African Literature: Critical Perspectives. Eds. Reuben Chirambo and J. K. S. Makokha. Amsterdam, New York NY: Rodopi, 2013.
Makokha, J. K. S. âBrown Skins in Black States: Contextualising Post-Colonial Literature of the South Asian Diaspora in East Africa.â in Border-Crossings: Narrative and Demarcation in Postcolonial Literatures. Eds. Jennifer Wawrzinek, Justus Makokha and Russell West-Pavlov. Heidelberg: Winter, 2012. ISBN: 978-3-8253-5899-0 pp. 157-186.
Makokha, J. K. S. âThe Eternal Other: Authority of Deficit Masculinity in Asian African Literature.â in Men and Masculinities in African Fiction and Film. Ed. Lahoucine Ouzgane. London: James Currey, 2011. ISBN: 1-84701-521-2. pp. 139-152.
Makokha, J. K. S., âImagined (Dis)locations: The Poetics of Setting in the Early Fiction of M. G. Vassanji.â in East African Literature: Essays in Written and Oral Traditions. Berlin: Logos Vergas. Eds. J. K. S. Makokha, Egara Kabaji & Dominica Dipio. pp. 110-125. ISBN: 978-3-8325-2816-4.
-----. âIn the Spirit of Afropolitanism: Introduction:â in Negotiating Afropolitanism: Essays on Borders and Spaces in Contemporary African Literature and Orature. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2011. Eds. J. K. S. Makokha and Jennifer Wawrzinek. pp. 13-24. ISBN: 978-90-420-3049-7.
Makokha, J. K. S. And Remmy Barasa âWeaving Exilic Narratives: Homodiegetic Narration and
Postcolonial Translocation of Theme in Abdulrazak Gurnahâs Admiring Silence:â in Negotiating Afropolitanism: Essays on Borders and Spaces in Contemporary African Literature and Orature. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2011. Eds. J. K. S. Makokha and Jennifer Wawrzinek. pp. 215-234. ISBN: 978-90-420-3049-7.
Refereed Journal Articles (Peer-reviewed)
Makokha, J. K. S. and Vincent Kawoya. âGlobalization and African Heritage in the Twenty-First Century: Points of Interlock.â International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Vol. 5. No. 8. October, 2017. (Forthcoming)
Eno, Mohamed A, Mohamed Azaza, Omar A. Eno & Justus K. S. Makokha, âChina-Africa Relations:
How Tight Are the âStringsâ Attached?â The International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. Vol 2. Issue 9, 2014: pp. 196-203. ISSN 2321 â 9203. http://theijhss.com/2014-2/september-14
Makokha, J. K. S. & Michael Wainaina, âThe Asian African Writer and the Postcolonial Condition in East Africa: On the In-Between Worlds of M. G. Vassanjiâ The Nairobi Journal of Literature, No. 7, July 2013: pp.41-54. ISSN 1814-1706
Kawoya, V. And J. K. S. Makokha, âThe Case for Kiswahi li as a Regional Broadcasting Language in East Africa.â The Journal of Pan African Studies. Vol. 2. No. 8. 2009: pp. 11- 35. ISSN 1942-6569 (online).
http://www.jpanafrican.org/docs/vol2no8/2.8_CaseForKiswahiliAsARegionalBroadcastingLanguageIn
EastAfrica.pdf
4
Published Conference Proceedings (Peer-reviewed)
Kawoya, V. and Makokha, J. K. S. âKiswahili as a Tool of Integration in the East African Community: Pedagogical Challenges.â International Conference on Education Proceedings. Theme: Innovative Teacher Education and Classroom Practice in the 21st Century. July 8-10 2009. Nairobi, Kenya. Eds. Adelheid Bwire, Yan Huang, Joanna Masingila and Henry Ayot. New York, Nairobi: Syracuse University, Kenyatta University. http://cuseinkenya.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ICE2009.pdf (online)
Makokha, J. K. S. âModernity as a Challenge to African Culture: Critical Insights into the Kenyan
Expressive Experience.â In Challenges Facing Development in Africa. Vol. 1. Eds. Anne Nangulu
and A. Misia Kadenyi. Eldoret: Moi University Press, 2009. 287 â 300. ISBN: 9966-854-49-5. (print).
-----. âPostcolonial Criticism and Globalization through Kiswahili Lens.â Proceedings of the Institute for
Kiswahili Research (IKR) Jubilee Symposium - 2005. eds. S. S. Sewangi and J. S. Madumulla. Dar es Salaam: TUKI, 2006. 130 â 138. ISBN 99 87 442 10 2. (Print)
Makokha, J. K. S. âThe National University and the African Writer in the Age of Globalisation: A Consideration.â Re-invigorating the University Mandate in a Globalising Environment: Challenges, Obstacles and Way Forward: Conference Proceedings. Nairobi: DAAD, 2005. 381-398. (Print)
-----. âTradition and Transition: The Tabanic Traditions and Asian African Writers in East Africa:â In Re- Invigorating the Academic Mandate in a Globalising Environment: Challenges, Obstacles and the Way Forward Conference Proceedings. Nairobi: DAAD, 2005. 43-63. (Print)
-----. âShifting Perspectives on East African Literary Thought.â In Awaaz: The Authoritative Journal on Kenyan South Asian History. Vol. 2. Ed. Zahid Rajan. Nairobi: Zand Graphics, 2005. 37- 40. (Print)
-----. âThe Worlds In-Between: An Interview with Moyez Gulamhussein Vassanji.â In Awaaz: The Authoritative Journal on Kenyan South Asian History. Vol. 2. Ed. Zahid Rajan. Nairobi: Zand Graphics, 2005. 41- 43. (Print)
Creative Writing
1. Annotated Already Published Pieces
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN: CREATIVE WORK ON THE OBUHIKIRA. Kampala: Doveson Educational Publishers, 2018. (Ed). Danson Kahyana (My three poems published in this volume). ISBN 978 9970 618 00 2. PP 78-81.
And I Heard Rwenzururu Wails
Whenever in Rwenzori It Rains
Cemetery Without Cross
EXPERIMENTAL WRITING: VOLUME 1, AFRICA VS LATIN AMERICA. Vol I. Cameroon: Langaa Publishers, 2017. (Eds). Tendai Rinos Mwanaka AND Jesus Ricardo Felix (My three poems published in this volume). ISBN 978 9956 764 266.
In Perraudin, Pascal, Deb, Basuli & Schneider, Annedith, Eds. Postcolonial Text: Guest Issue on Transnational Inquiries: Representing Postcolonial Violence and Cultures of Struggle. Vol. 7. No. 1 (2012) (online) ISSN 1705-9100. http://postcolonial.org/index.php/pct/issue/view/36/showToc
âThe Game of Gravestone Countyâ
âNight of Exitâ â
âThe Poet in a State of Emergenceâ
âThe Book of Lifeâ
5
In Hodge, H. A. ed. New Contrast: South African Literary Journal. Vol 38. No. 2. (Winter 2010) 52-54. (print) ISSN-8: 1017-5415 ISSN-13: 977-1017-54100-8
âNorthern Somalia: Tongue of Memory Sequenceâ (On a Beach in Berbera; To the Company; On Breasts ofHarghessa; On Adam and Eve; The Monument for Omar Kujoog; To a Prodigal Son) pp. 56-59.
In Nirmala, P. G. ed. The IUP Journal of Commonwealth Literature, (July 2010) Vol. II. No. 2 ISSN 0974-8822 (print),
âA Nation of Advocatesâ p. 105.
âMy Other Motherâ pp. 106 â 108.
In Hodge, H. A. ed. New Contrast: South African Literary Journal. Vol 38. No. 1. (Autumn 2010) 52- 54. (print) ISSN 1017-5415
âHaiti: 1. 2010â pp. 52-54.
In. Ojwang, D. O. ed. Postcolonial Text: Special Issue on East African Literature and Intellectual Landscapes. Vol. 5. No. 3 (2009) (online) ISSN 1705-9100.
âRecent Poetry of JKS Makokhaâ (Anthem of Hunger; The Source of Myth; Halvesof Truth; o Genesis; A Nest of Rest; Election Fever; Relatives for Hire; Leadership Styles).
Emezue, G. M. T. ed. Journal of New Poetry. No. 6 (2009) 163 â 165. ISBN 978-9-7836-0352-6 (online)
âA Dream Half-Expressedâ
âElection Time Feverâ
âTJRCâ
âConfession of a Kenyanâ
âIn Memoriamâ
Nwokolo, Chuma. ed. African Writing No. 6. War and Peace Issue. (2009) ISSN 1754-6673 (online)
âThe Last Callâ
âThe Tomb of Amaniâ
âReturn of Authorâ
Review Articles/Book Reviews/ Media Activities
1. Print Media âMigritude as Cultural Spirit of our Timesâ (Poetry), Nairobi: Twaweza Publications, 2008, Jahazi. (print) âLiterary Iconâs Rich Legacy.â The Sunday Nation. Nairobi. 6 May, 2007. p.12 (print) âSlavery was not Alien to Us.â The Sunday Nation. Nairobi. 29 May, 2007. p.12 (print) âAmezidi: The Trouble with Africa.â The People Daily. Nairobi. 23 December, 2005. p.12 (print) Writers Meet in Kisumu.â The People Daily. Nairobi. 18 November, 2005. p.11 (print) âWhy Kenyans Must Embrace African Renaissance.â The People Daily. Nairobi. 15 October, 2005. p.8
(print) âRethinking Gender Politics: What Do Men Want?â The People Daily. Nairobi. 6 September, 2005.
p.15 (print) âImages of Dukawallahs Litter East African Literature.â The People on Sunday. Nairobi. 21 August, 2005.
pp. 8/17 (print) âAnother Season of Harvest Comes Via Asian African Writers and the Tabanic Traditions.â The
People Daily. Nairobi. 11 March, 2005. p.17 (print) âIn Honour of Writer Bessie Head (1937-1986).â The People on Sunday . Nairobi. 1 May, 2005. p.8 (print)
âCelebrated Bessie Headâs Life in the Mental Asylum.â The People on Sunday. Nairobi. 1 March, 2005. p.17 (print)
6
2. Electronic Media I have appeared on the established Kenyan critic Professor Chris L. Wanjalaâs weekly literary criticism radio program, âThe Literary Giantâ pro duced by Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), the state-owned national radio station. This was on the following dates: March 7, 14, 21, 2005 and July 23, August 7; September 19, October 1, December 28, 2006. The radio interviews broadcasted across Kenya on Sunday afternoons focussed on my work and vision as a literary historian and critic, cooperation with the only regional literary magazine in East Africa, Kwani? and a one-on-one interview with the novelist M. G. Vassanji.
International Conference/Colloquium/Symposium Presentations
Nyongesa, Andrew, J. K. S. Makokha & Ezekiel Kaigai, âHybridity and Fixity: Modes of Resistance in Safi Abdiâs Offspring of Paradise and A Migghty Collision of Two Worlds.â A Paper presented to the 3rd East African Literary and Cultural Studies Conference. 24th â 26th August, 2017, University of Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania. Theme: Cartographies of War and Peace in Eastern Africa. Organised by the Department of Literature, University of Dar es Salaam.
Makokha, J. K. S. âFabulating African in Recent Kiswahili Prose: Postmodernist Aspects and their
Meanings in Wamitilaâs Musaleo (2005) and Mohamedâs Babu Alipofufuka (2001).â A Paper presented to The 2nd Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies Conference. 20th â 22nd, August, 2015, Makerere University. Organised by Makerere Universityâs Department of Literature and the English department, University of Stellenbosch.
Maitaria, Joseph Nyehita na J. K. S. Makokha. âMethali za Kiswahili na Taaluma Muhimu Katika Jamiiâ Kongamano La Kitaifa la Chama Cha Kiswahili Afrika Mashariki (CHAKAMA), Tawi la Kenya, Chuo Kikuu Cha Rongo, 5th - 7th Juni, 2014.
Makokha, J. K. S. âAllegorical and Parabolic Communication in M. G. Vassanjiâs The Magic of Saida (2013): Preliminary Notes.â At the Reflections on Moyez Vassanji: A Colloquium, University of Nairobi, 27th January, 2014.
Makokha, J. K. S. âPoets as Muses of Migritude: Prevalent Images of Contemporary Somalia in the Poetry
of Ali Jimale Ahmed and Mohamed Eno.â East Africa at 50 Conference on a Celebration of Histories
and Futures, University of Nairobi, 10th â 12th September, 2013 (Organized in Conjunction with
Stellenbosch University, Native Intelligence Trust and Kenya Oral Literature Association). Makokha, J. K. S. âOn the Orature of the Asians of East Africa: An Appreciation.â MAK-NUFU
Folklore Conference on Oral Literature and Popular Culture: Contemporary Debates. Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda 27-28 April, 2012. (Organized in conjunction with University of Bergen).
Makokha, J. K. S. & Vincent Kawoya, âKiswahili as a Tool of Integration in the East African Community (EAC): Pedagogical Challenges.â International Conference on Education: Innovative Teacher Education and Classroom Practice in the 21st Century. Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. 8 â 10 July, 2009. (Organized in conjunction with Syracuse University).
-----. âGlobalization and African Heritage in the Twenty-First Century: Points of Interlock.â Seventh International Conference of the Association of Third World Studies (ATWS)-Kenya Chapter themed: Rethinking African Heritage, Development and University Education in the Twenty-First Century. Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), Nairobi. Kenya. 7 â 11, May 2007.
Makokha, J. K. S. âBetween Negritude and Migritude: The South Asian Legacy in Post-Colonial East African Literary Tradition c. 1965 â 2005. International Symposium on Black Intellectual Traditions. Moi University, Eldoret. Kenya. 27 November â 1 December, 2006. (Organized in conjunction with University of Witwatersrand).
-----. âThe Urbanization of Kenyan Expressive Cultures: Contextualizing Emergent Post-Colonial
Orature.â International Conference of East African Oral Literature themed: Our Landscapes, Our
7
Environment. Kisumu. Kenya. 22 â 25 November, 2005. (Organized by Kenya Oral Literature Association and International Development Research Center).
Kawoya, V. and Makokha, J. K. S. âPostcolonial Criticism and Globalization through Kiswahili Lens.â The Institute for Kiswahili Research (IKR) Jubilee International Symposium themed: Kiswahili and Globalization. Dar es Salaam. Tanzania. 4 â 7, July, 2005.
-----. âLiterary Thought and the University in a Globalizing Environment: A Kenyan Perspective.â International Conference on the African University in the 21st Century. University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban. South Africa. 2005. June 27 â 29, 2005. (Organized by South African Association for Research and Development in Higher Education- SAARDHE)
Makokha, J. K. S. âThe National Universit y and the African Writer in the Age of Globalisation: A
Consideration.â International Conference on Re-invigorating the University Mandate in a Globalizing Environment: Challenges, Obstacles and Way Forward. Kenyatta University. Nairobi. Kenya. 26 â 27 May, 2005. (Organized by the DAAD and the Kenya DAAD Scholars Association - KDSA).
NON-TEACHING UNIVERSITY DUTIES
1. Appointed Member: Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)âs Committee Investigating Effectiveness of Online Teaching of University Common Units (UCUs) Among Studies (Report Submitted on Monday, 26th September, 2016)
2. Appointed Member: Planning Committee of the International Conference on African Languages and Literatures. Organised by the Institute of African Studies, Kenyatta University. Appointed by the Vice Chancellor. (Conference held in August, 2014)
3. Appointed Member: Planning Committee of the International Conference on
African Urban Youth Languages. Organised by the Institute of African Studies, Kenyatta University. Appointed by the Vice Chancellor. (Conference held in December, 2015)
4. Appointed Member: Sub-Committee of the Kenyatta University Television Station On
Directing and Production of Dramas and Comedies. Appointed by the Vice Chancellor. (15th October, 2015 to Present)
WORK EXPERIENCE
1. Kenyatta University, Kenya Lecturer, October, 2011 â present
Postgraduate (M.A) Courses Taught (October 2011 â Present) ALT 802: Theory in Literature
ALT 805: Modern African Literature
ALT 811: Drama in Africa
ALT 814: Latin American Literature
8
ALT 817: African American Literature
PUCU 800: Research Methodology (Department of Film and Theatre Arts) CFT 804: Advanced Dramatic Theories (Department of Film and Theatre Arts)
Postgraduate Students under my Supervision
PHD STUDENTS SUPERVISED STUDENTS 5. Name: Mr. Nelson Kariuki Banda (C82/25495/2011)
Thesis Title: Character and Worldview in Selected Queer Prose Fiction from East Africa (COMPLETED AND GRADUATED IN DECEMBER, 2016)
MASTER OF ARTS STUDENTS SUPERVISION DUTIES 1. Name: Mr. Philip Etyang (C50/21404/2010)
Thesis Title: Misogyny in Urban Fiction: A Study of Meja Mwangi (COMPLETED AND GRADUATED IN DECEMBER, 2014)
2. Name: Mr. Jeremiah Muneeni Mutuku (C50/21123/2010) Thesis Title: The Nneka Principle in the Fiction of Achebe: A Study on the Mother Archetype in his Selected Novels (COMPLETED AND GRADUATED IN JULY, 2014)
3. Name: Mr. Davis Otundo Otirigoya (C50/CE/21405/2010) M. A. Project Title: Nature and Function of Proverbs in Negotiating Masculinities Among the Abagusii of Kenya: A Critical Examination (COMPLETED AND GRADUATED IN
DECEMBER, 2015)
4. Name: Mr. Ndiangâui Ndungâu (C50/CE/23172/2010) M.A. Project Title: A Commodification of Oral Literature Via Social Networks: A Study of Kula Happy Programmesâ (COMPLETED AND GRADUATED IN JULY, 2014)
5. Name: Mr. Joseph N. Murage (C50/CE/22732/2011) M.A. Project Title: Social Power Dynamism Within the Familial
Spaces of Meja Mwangiâs The Last Plague and Chimamanda Ngozi
Adichieâs Purple Hibiscus (COMPLETED AND GRADUATED IN DECEMBER, 2014)
6. Name: Mr. Samson Maleya Lusinga (C50/CE/22467/2010) Thesis Title: An Exploration of Ecological Consciousness in Selected Works of Henry Ole Kulet
(COMPLETED AND GRADUATED IN JULY 2016)
7. Name: Mr. Andrew Nyongesa (C50/CE/25838/2011) M.A Project Title: Postcolonial Migration and Strategies of Textual
Resistance in Safi Abdiâs Fiction (COMPLETED AND GRADUATED IN JULY, 2016)
8. Name: Mr. Zadock Mukuyia Oyoolo (C50/CE/21465/2010) Thesis Title: An Analysis of Thematic Concerns and Styles in Ali Akekoâs Selected Popular Songs (COMPLETED AND GRADUATED IN JULY, 2017)
9
9. Name: Mr. James Nderitu Maina (C50/CE/14396/2009) M.A. Project Title: Funerary Symbols in Masuji Ibuseâs Black Rain and Kenza Buroâs The Silent Cry (COMPLETED AND GRADUATED IN JULY, 2017)
10. Name: Ms. Dorcas Warutumo (C50/CE/22736/2010) Project Title: Manifestations of Internal Conflicts in Protagonists of Caribbean Fiction. A Case of Three Selected Works
(COMPLETED AND GRADUATED IN DECEMBER, 2017)
11. Name: Mr. Phillip Odhiambo Omollo (C50/CE/22752/2010) Project Title: Presentation of the âEducatedâ Woman in Kenyan Popular Fiction: Study of Selected Texts
(COMPLETED AND GRADUATEDN IN DECEMBER, 2017)
12. Name: Ms. Dorcas Jemisto Tuitoek (C50/CE/24437/2012) Thesis Title: Zakes Mdaâs Social Vision for Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Study of His Selected Anthology of Plays
i. (COMPLETED AND GRADUATED IN DECEMBER, 2017)
13. Name: Mr. Dennis Onwongâa (C50/CE/21006/2012) i. M.A. Project Title: Satire in Muroki Ndungâuâs Selected Works
ii. (ON-GOING)
14. Name: Mr. Japheth Nyaribo Nyandiba (C50/CE/25060/2014) M.A. Project Title: Chronotopes of Masculinity and Femininity in Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbiâs Kintu and Moses Isegawaâs Abyssinian Chronicles. (ON-GOING)
15. Name: Ms. Alice Mogire (.C50/CE/24976/2012) M.A. Project Title: Chronotopes of Identity and Belonging in Dinaw Mengestuâs The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears and All Our Names (ON-GOING)
Postgraduate Students Examined (Internal Examiner Capacity) 1. Name: Ms. Susan Gitimu (M66/15522/2008)
M.A. Thesis Title: Mise-en-Scene in Serial Drama Edutainment Department: Film and Theatre Studies, Kenyatta University Verdict: Student passed the examination August, 2013.
2. Name: Mr. William Mureithi Maina (M66/10789/2008)
M. A. Thesis Title: Narrative Form in Kenyan Homegrown Fiction Films Department: Film and Theatre Studies, Kenyatta University Verdict: Student passed examination February, 2014.
3. Name: Mr. Chalres Kebaya (M88/23372/2012)
PhD Thesis Title: The Invention and (Re)Configuration of Space in Selected Kenyan Television Dramas Department: Film and Theatre Studies, Kenyatta University Verdict: Student passed examination July, 2016. Graduated 2016.
4. Name: Mr. Robert O. Wesonga (M88/25156/2012)
PhD Thesis Title: Intertextuality of Literary Texts and Corresponding Film Adaptations Department: Film and Theatre Studies, Kenyatta University Verdict: Student passed examination September, 2017.
10
Undergraduate Courses Taught (October 2011 â Present)
ALT 417: Major Literary Movements
ALT 415: Women Writers
ALT 403: Modern European Literature
ALT 402: Drama
ALT 401: African Literature
ALT 400: Literary Aesthetics
ALT 303: Theory and History of Literature
ALT 301: Theory and Method in Oral Literature
ALT 300: Stylistics and Literary Technique
ALT 208: Literary Language and Presentation
ALT 200: East African Prose Fiction
ALT 102: Introduction to East African Oral Literature
VTF 300: Introduction to Research Methodology (Department of Film and Theatre Arts)
CFT 106: History of Film (Department of Film and Theatre Arts)
CFT 210: Theatre Criticism (Department of Film and Theatre Arts)
1. Free University of Berlin, Germany Assistant Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragter), April, 2008 â July, 2011
(a) Middle Level Seminars (3rd and 4th Year levels) Caribbean Poetry in English (Undergraduate students, Summer Semester, April 2011 â July
2011) o Linton Kwesi Johnson o Kamau Braithwaite
o Martin Carter
o Claude Mackay o Derek Walcott o Balwant Bagwandin o David Dabydeen o Una Marson o Merle Collins
o Grace Nichols
(b) Elementary Level Seminars (1st and 2nd Year
levels) African Women Writing: An Introduction (Undergraduate students, Winter Semester, October 2010 â February 2011)
o Buchi Emecheta, The Joys of Motherhood o Mariama Ba, So Long a Letter o Nawal El Saadawi, God Dies by the Nile o Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye, Coming to Birth o Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions o Bessie Head, A Question of Power o Nadine Gordimer, Lying Days
(c) Middle Level Seminars (2nd and 3rd Year Levels)
V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr. Biswas
Sam Selvon, A Brighter Sun
V. S. Reid, New Day
George Lamming, In the Castle of my Skin
Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
Wilson Harris, Palace of the Peacock
11
(c) Elementary Level Seminars (1st
and 2nd
Year Levels)
Studies in Modern African Poetry (Undergraduate Course, Winter Semester, October 2009 â February 2010)
o Arthur Nortje o Dennis Brutus
o Chenjerai Hove
o Musaemura Zimunya o Noemia de Sousa o Jack Mapanje o Steve Chimombo o Micere Mugo o Okot pâ Bitek o Niyi Osundare o Christopher Okigbo o Kofi Awoonor o Kojo Laing
(d) Elementary Level Seminars (1st
and 2nd
Year Levels)
Textual Migrations: Surveying Literature of South Asian Diasporas
(Undergraduate Course, Winter Semester, October 2008 â February 2009) o V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr. Biswas o M. G. Vassanji, No New Land o Hanif Kureishi, My Son the Fanatic o Peter Nazareth, In a Brown Mantle o Bharati Mukherjee, Jasmine
(e) Elementary Level Seminars (1st
and 2nd
Year Levels)
Introduction to Contemporary African Writing (Undergraduate Course, Summer Semester, April 2008 â July 2008) Based on Several New Short Story Collections from East, Central and Southern Africa
3. International Aid Service, Somaliland Course Developer and Instructor: 2006 & 2007
Participated in the International Aid Service (IAS) Education Programme in Sheekh and Berbera, Somaliland,
as an expatriate educational consultant. My consultancy operated under the mandate of course developing and instruction andevaluation on Teacher-Training projects with focus on English and Literature in 2006 and 2007.
Other Awards, Academic and Social Service
Exam Coordinator â Department of Literature, Kenyatta University (January 2014 â Present)
Patron â Garissa County Kenyatta University Student Association (GAKUSA)
Awardee â MAK-NUFU Folklore Project 2007-2012 Award (plaque) by Makerere University and
University of Bergen on 28th April, 2012 at Department of Literature, Makerere University in recognition of my contributions in artistic and literary matters.
Member â Academic Advisory Committee â Institute of African Studies (IAS), Kenyatta University (January 2012 â
present)
12
Member â German-African Network of Alumni and Alumnae (GANAA) (July 2012 â
present)
In 2008 and 2009, I coordinated with Prof. Dr. Dr. Russell West-Pavlov, the Center for International Cooperation of the Free University of Berlin and the DAAD in setting up a four-year framework for a DAAD-funded staff exchange program between the Department of English at University of Cape Town (South Africa), the Literature Department, Kenyatta
University, (Kenya) and the Institute for English Philology, Free University of Berlin. The exchange commenced in 2011. This unique exchange program will run between 2011 â 2014.
Member, Chama cha Kiswahili cha Afrika Mashariki, CHAKAMA (East African Swahili
Association) (since 2005) Member - Association of Third World Studies (ATWS) â Kenya Chapter (since 2002)
Member - Kenya Oral Literature Association (KOLA) (since 2002)
Member, Editorial Board of Awaaz: Voices of the South Asian Diaspora journal (2003 â 2005)
Panellist - Interviewwith M. G. Vassanji on Kenya Broadcasting Cooperation (KBC) English Service, December, (2005)
Founder Member- Literature Society of Kenyatta University (LSKU) â (2000-2001).
13
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL REFEREES
Prof. Dr. Dr. Russell West-Pavlov, Englisches Seminar Department of English University of Tuebingen Wilhelm Street 50 72074 Tuebingen GERMANY
Prof. Dr. Jennifer Wawrzinek Institute for English Philology Free University of Berlin, Habelschwerdter Allee 45 D- 14195 Berlin GERMANY
Dr. Esther K. Mbithi Chairperson, Literature Department Kenyatta University P. O. Box Nairobi KENYA
Dr. Leonard Chacha Mwita Director, Institute of African Studies Kenyatta University P. O. Box Nairobi KENYA
Last updated: June, 2018