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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

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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Wednesday, May 3, 2023 - 09:10

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

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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The University of Nairobi Journal of Language and Linguistics. Vol. 5 (2016). Special issue on mother-tongue issues, ISSN 2224-1655

  1. Okombo, Okoth D. 2016. Approaching mother-tongue education as a personal and societal development strategy, pp. 5-13
  2. Oduor, Jane A. N. and Xu Jing Rotich. 2016. The status of mother tongues in Kenya and China: Lessons the two countries can learn from each other, pp. 14-32
  3. Chemorion Diphus Chosefu. 2016. Demystifying complex issues in Sabaot orthography, pp. 33-45
  4. wa Mberia, Kithaka. 2016. Mother tongues as media of instruction: The case of Kenya, pp. 46-59
  5. Kaviti, Lillian K. 2016. Expanding the sociolinguistic space for the emergence of hybrid mother tongues in Africa: The case of Kenya, pp. 60-73
  6. Mutiga, Jayne. 2016. Effects of mother tongue loss on individuals and communities, pp. 74-84
  7. Mweri, Jefwa. 2016. The acquisition of Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) and its significance as a mother tongue and medium of instruction in schools for the deaf in Kenya, pp. 85-100
  8. Schroder, Leila and Helga Schroder. 2016. Orthographies in a rapidly changing world: Negotiated compromises between several parties, pp. 101-115
  9. Otiso, Zipporah. 2016. Examining the indigenous wisdom in Ekegusii proverbs, 116-129  
  10. Atoh, Fred. 2016. Tracing some support mechanisms in music for the mother tongue experience, pp. 130-141
  11. Ngure, Kenneth K. 2106. Language endangerment: Illustrations from Marsabit County, pp. 142-160
  12. Jerono, Prisca. 2016. The role of indigenous languages in understanding Kiswahili proverbs, 161-173
  13. Timammy, Rayya and Jane A. N. Oduor. 2016. The treatment of Kiswahili in Kenya’s education system, pp. 174-194
  14. Timammy, Rayya and Amiri Swaleh. 2016. Ulimwengu wa Kanga, pp. 195-203
  15. Iribe Mwangi, P. 2016. A journey through creativity and unorthodox literary criticism: Lessons from the masses offering criticism in a vernacular language in Kenya, pp. 213-221
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