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    Pedagogical Aspects of Riddles: A Critical Examination of Abagusii Riddles
    (International Journal of Humanities & Social Science, 2013-02) Gachanja, M.; Kebaya, C.
    This paper is based on a critical examination of pedagogical aspects of riddles among the Abagusii community and opines that riddles play an important role in the education system of not only children but also in adults. Focusing on riddles from the Abagusii community and while contending that riddles have various functions to play in society such as cultural, social and historical, the study interrogates pedagogical values embedded in riddles. Primary data for analysis was obtained from a field study conducted among children and adults purposively sampled from the Abagusii community. The researchers engaged participatory and observational approaches in data collection. Anchored in deconstruction theory as its theoretical framework, the paper explores various education values and skills inherent in the riddles and shows that both the riddling process and the riddles embody educational values. In this regard, the authors emphasize that riddles should be embraced as an important teaching and instructional method. It is for this reason that the two writers conclude that participating in riddling is not a futile exercise but an educative one based on the pedagogical empowerment in riddles and the riddling process. The study proffers new ways of studying riddles and how they can be utilized in teaching and learning processes in Kenyan schools for integration purposes
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    Power and Gendered Identities: (Re) Configuring the Gendered Self in Kenyan Drama
    (International Institute for Science, Technology and Education, Vol.3, No.9, 2013, 2013) Olembo, W.; Kebaya, C.
    Studies of power and gender identity form part of the dominant discourses of various scholars such as Judith Butler, Julia Kristeva, Margaret Hall, Michel Foucault, and Gloria Anzaldua who have explored the concepts of power and gender identity at various levels and contexts. This paper, while contending that gender is one of the most important components of social identity and cultural classification across human cultures, investigates how the politics of gender identity intersects with power in the Kenyan society. To do this, we examine two selected Kenyan plays: Francis Imbuga’s Aminata and Dennis Kyallo’s The Hunter is Back. The study perceives gender as a multi-layered structure in which the perpetuation and re-creation of gender concepts, social divisions and individual identities take place and are in a continuum of struggle. In this regard, we explore how the gendered self (re)configures her position in society as portrayed in the selected texts. Anchored within a multiple complementary theoretical framework in interrogating the nexus between power and gender, the paper argues that the gendered self is in a constant struggle for space within her socio-cultural context. Conscious of the inferior position and roles assigned to her by societal structures, the woman, as the gendered self, confronts socio-cultural practices, politics, and agency among others in an attempt to re-create her own space. Ultimately, these actions (re)define and (re)configure the woman in echelons of power and authority and enable her to participate actively in public spaces. This paper proffers new insights in exploring the representation of powerand the gendered self in society through creative works of art in Kenya.