Title/Qualifications: Dr/PHD Department/Unit/Section: Literature, Linguistics & Foreign Languages Contact Address: 11970 00100 Nairobi Email:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Position: Lecturer Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Eyc_r8wAAAAJ ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0990-7568 Download Full CV

Area of Specialization: Postcolonial Studies, Creative Writing
Research Interests: African literature and popular culture, Translation & Magazines

PUBLICATIONS

Books and Books Chapters

• Muhia, M. & Macharia Mwangi. “Tranlation Aesthetics: Reading Texts and Contexts in Ngugi’s Caitaani Mutharaba-ini and Devil on the Cross.” In Language and Translation: Theory, Pedagogy & Practice. Eds Kebaya, Hilda, M. Osore, P. Ngugi and C. Kebaya. Nsaema Publishers, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-926906-47-8
• Mwangi, Macharia. Et.al. Senior 4 Achievers Literature in English For Rwandan Schools. Kigali: East African Education Publishers, 2016. ISBN: 978-9966-56-182-4
• Mwangi, Macharia. Et.al. Senior 1 Achievers English For Rwandan Schools. Kigali: East African Education Publishers, 2016. ISBN: 978-9966-56-166-4
• “Basic Human Needs as Prerequisites for Peace.” Daisaku Ikenda and the African Voices for Peace. Eds Henry Indangasi and Masumi Odari. Nairobi: Kenya Literature Bureau, 2009.
• Topical English: A Revision Guide for K.C.S.E. Students, published by Top Achievers Educational Publishers. (2009).
• A Comprehensive Students’ Guide to Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s The River Between. Self-published. (2008).

Refereed Journals
• Macharia Mwangi (2021): Nexus/Busara and the rise of modern Kenyan literature, Social Dynamics, DOI: 10.1080/02533952.2021.1958316
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02533952.2021.1958316

Other Publications

• Reversed Dreams and Other Stories. Nairobi: Writers Association of Kenya, 1998.
• “Homecoming.” Mwangaza: The University of Nairobi Students Journal. 5.2, 2001.
• “Looking for Rhoda.” Perspectives: An Academic Journal for Daystar University. 1.1, 2008.
• “Nyoyo Za Chuma.” Kurudi Nyumbani na Hadithi Zingine. Ed. Mwenda Mbatia. Nairobi: Focus Publishers, 2012.

Conference/Workshops/Seminar Papers

• June 2017, All Africa House Fellowship Programme (AAHFP) Workshop. Presented a research paper: “Nexus/Busara and the Rise of Modern Kenyan Literature”
• September, 2013:  East Africa at 50: A Celebration of Histories and Futures Conference, held at University of Nairobi. Presented a paper, “Mutiiri, Njaranda ya Miikarire: The Ritual Return to Kamiriithu”

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS ATTENDED

Conferences Attended

• August, 2014: International Conference on African Languages and Literatures in the 21st Century: “From Asmara 2000 to Nairobi 2014: New Horizons and Trends in African Languages and Literature. Held at the Institute of African Studies, Kenyatta University. Acted as a session chair and rapporteur.
• September, 2013:  East Africa at 50: A Celebration of Histories and Futures Conference

Workshops Attended

• 2018: Training on the writing of modules for the Blended Module by the Digital School of Virtual and Online Learning, Kenyatta University.
• June 2017: All Africa House Fellowship Programme (AAHFP) Workshop
• April 2017: Small Magazines, Literary Networks and Self-Fashioning in Sub-Saharan Africa, Workshop, University of Cape Town.
• 2014: Participant in a Grant Writing Workshop held at Kenyatta University
• 2016: Awareness Training on ISO 9001:2015, Quality Management System (QMS) Standard at Kenyatta University

Seminars Attended

• June, 2013: DAAD Sponsored Free University of Berlin – University of Cape Town – Kenyatta University “North-South Dialogue on Postcolonial Studies