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“Nothing but ogre”: Problems in the Conception and Practice of Folklore in Kenya
(2005)I n my days as a Graduate Assistant in the literature department where I now work, I registered students for their courses. Few students voluntarily signed up to study oral literature.1 Common objections included: “besides ... -
Marriage and sexuality in the indigenous Kenyan Film.
(Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre (ARSRC) and Kenya Association of Professional Counselors (KAPC), 2005-06) -
Images of Women in Kenyan Oral Narratives
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Mirroring the Subtext: Postmodernism in Ngugi wa Thiongo's Wizard of the Crow
(Journal of Language, Technology and Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2007)This reading of Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Wizard of the Crow attempts to place the text in the postmodern writing tradition. We point out how surrealistic features are utilized to enhance the themes, style, and the author's ... -
Tusker Project Fame: Ethnic States, Popular Flows
(Routledge, 2007-11)Ethnicity has come to be the dominant currency of Kenya’s politics over recent years. This article explores the social meaning of ethnicity through an examination of ethnic stereotyping, as this is revealed in a variety ... -
Restorying” the Maternal Myth of Origin in Zami and Makeba: My Story
(Taylor & Francis, 2008)Myths are particularly important sources of alternative history for groups denied a place in mainstream culture. I have, throughout my private war, been a she, a you, a Donna, a me, and finally, an I. -
Made in Riverwood: (Dis) Locating Identities and Power through Kenyan Pop Music
(Routledge, 2008-06)Local scholarship seems to deliberately cultivate invisibility for local creative expressive forms especially when these happen to fall under the popular culture rubric. This phenomenon is related to broader questions of ... -
Literature: Gender Roles in Initiation Songs of the Igembe People of Kenya
(Lwati: A Journal of Contemporary Research., 2009)This article examines and critically analyses gender images in initiation songs among the Igembe community, an African ethnic group of Eastern Bantu in Kenya. The article traces the evolution of the concept of gender from ... -
Gender In Nascent Module II Programmes In Kenyan Public Universities A Descriptive Survey
(OSSREA, 2009)This study addresses the intersection of issues of gender and the nascent Module II Programmes in public universities in Kenya. The term Module II programmes to refer to all the adult continuing/lifelong education programmes ... -
Exploring the motifs of death and immortality
(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2009)Felt threatened by the eventuality of death, inculcating in them a fear so great that all possible strategies are engaged in the search for an avenue that would prepare them for this eventuality. A careful exploration ... -
Ethnic Identities and Gender Themes in Contemporary East African Literature
(2011)Diese Dissertation untersucht Werken von Gegenwartsschriftstellern aus Ostafrika, die entweder dort oder im Ausland leben. Der Textkorpus umfasst neue Romane und Kurzgeschichten in englischer Sprache aus Kenia als ein ... -
Writing Freedom: The Art of Contesting Incarceration
(African Journals Online, 2011)Human existence and interaction is essentially characterized by a contest between individuals who at times have diametrically opposed social, political, and economic ideals. Due to the forceful nature of our idiosyncrasies, ... -
Influence of gender roles on students pursuing module ii programs in Kenyan public universities.
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2011-09)Module II programs in Kenyan Public Universities have grown over the last ten years giving expanded access to many Kenyans hitherto unable to access higher education. Since the programs are being offered in an educational ... -
Gendered Challenges and Opportunities in Module II Programs in Kenyan Public Universities: A Critical Appraisal
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2011-12)African countries have, since independence recognized education as a major catalyst of development . Five decades later, this focus has not changed although literacy rates remain low. In Kenya, many initiatives to increase ... -
Imagi(ni)ng people with special needs through literary artistry: an analysis of the oral narrative motif of the princess who could not smile.
(Science Journal Publication, 2012)This paper is developed from research in the oral narratives of the Agikuyu. The paper revisits the portrait of persons with special needs in a selected thematic area in Oral Literature, the motif of The princess who ... -
Land as Story and the Place o f The Story: A Contemporary Kenyan Illustration of Landscape as Text
(2012)The discussion of this paper seeks to contribute to the growing body of wide ranging stud ies which seek to analyse the diffusion of the core concepts regarding ‘places’ and ‘landscape’ as texts of social, anthropological ... -
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African Literature in a Structural and Linguistic Jail: Acknowledging, Apprehending and Advocating for Prison Break
(International Journal of Humanities & Social Science, 2012-11)The author describes how works by some African writers that entail literary experimentation have not been seen as serious literature. He mentions how the society have refused to grow and still believe in three Eurocentric ... -
Ora-media and the Promotion of African Indigenous Vegetables in Kisii, Siaya and Nyando Districts of Nyanza Province, Lake Victoria Region, Kenya
(Journal of Communication and Culture, 2012-12)The main purpose of this study was to collect data on how traditional modes of communication, preserve disseminate and conserve information on African Indigenous Vegetables (AIVs). Data were collected through Focus ...
