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Members of the department of Linguistics and languages at the 4th African Pragmatics conference held at the University of Dschang Cameroon on 25th and 26th February 2026
4th African Pragmatics Conference , Cameroon
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - 12:53

Members of theDepartment of Linguistics and Languages at the 4th African Pragmatics Conference held at the University of Dschang Cameroon on 25th and 26th February 2026

The 16th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium (NISA) on Aug. 29, 2023 to Sept. 1, 2023, 4th floor of the University of Nairobi Towers
Tuesday, August 29, 2023 - 12:46

The 16th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium (NISA) will be hosted jointly by the University of Nairobi and the University of Cologne from August 29, 2023 to September 1, 2023 on the 4th floor of the University of Nairobi Towers. The theme of this colloquium is “Linguistic, Sociocultural and

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call for papers
CALL FOR PAPERS - WORLD CONGRESS OF AFRICAN LINGUISTICS 11 - NAIROBI
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 - 09:10

Venue: University of Nairobi Towers, Main Campus, Harry Thuku Road, Nairobi, Kenya 

Team Integrity swearing in group photo
Team Integrity, the new Faculty leaders
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - 16:22

The University of Nairobi held its Faculty and Campus Students Association (FCSA) annual elections. The elections were held virtually on Friday March 25th, 2022.

There were three teams competing for FCSA office in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences FOASS; Team Success, Team Okuz and

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wanjiku

Prof. Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira

Professor of Literature

Director, African Women Studies Centre

Registered student for Higher Doctorate Degree Doctor of Literature and women studies

1994 Doctor of Philosophy in Literature University of Nairobi Thesis title: Images of Women in Gikuyu Oral Literature 1980 Master of Arts in Literature The Oral Artist Wisconsin University, Madison U.S.A

1978 Bachelor of Arts 3:1:1 Specialization in Literature, University of Nairobi

1974 GCE Advanced Level, Loreto Convent Musongari

1967 Certificate of Secondary Education (O levels) Loreto High School Limuru

1964 Common Entrance Examination Githirioni Primary School

Contact information


Assistant fax: 617-452-0231

Recent publications

Peer reviewed publications

  • Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira (2018) (Editor) Changing the Mainstream Celebrating Women’s Resilience W.M. Kabira (2018). The Next Season of Harvest. W.M. Kabira (2016). So Near yet so far.American Journal of Arts and Humanities, 1, A1- A11.(http://asraresearch.org/ajah-vol-1-no-1-2016/). W.M. Kabira (2015).Rural Women’s Perspectives on Marriage and Related Issues: Analysis of Personal Narratives from Kenyan Women. Pathwaysto African Feminism and Development,Journal of the African Women Studies Centre, University of Nairobi.(http://journals.uonbi.ac.ke/index.php/aws/) W.M. Kabira (2015). Why hearing the Voices of Kenyan Women is Important for a More Just Future. The Conversation-Africa Pilot (https://theconversation.com/why-hearingthe-voices-of-kenyan-women-is-important-for-a-more-just-future-47638) W.M. Kabiraet al (2015). Creating Women’s Knowledge: A Case Study of Three African Women Writers, Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group (accepted for publication).

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