Name: Gloria Ajami Makokha Title/Qualifications: Ms. B.Ed, M.A Department/Unit/Section: Literature, Linguistics & Foreign Languages Contact Address: P. O. Box 43844-00100 Nairobi Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Position: Tutorial Fellow Area of Specialization: Women’s Literature Research Interests: Feminism, Ecofeminism, Postcolonialism, Diasporic Literature Google Scholar ORCID ID Download CV

Publications
Referred Journals

• Gloria Ajami Makokha & J.K.S Makokha (2020) Through Toundi’s Lens: First Person Narration and Its Thematic Significance in Ferdinand Oyono’s Houseboy (1966) The Cactus Journal of Theatre and Visual Arts, Vol 3, Issue 1, pp. 1-13, September, 2020

• Gloria Ajami Makokha & Justus Makokha (2020) Between Globalization and Localization: Aesthetic Manifestation of Globality, Reflexivity and Social Change in Daya Pawar’s Baluta (2015) Hybrid Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies, https://royalliteglobal.com/hybrid-literary/article/view/3/1  Vol 2, Issue 2, pp. 1-13, January, 2020

• Maurice Simbili Mwichuli & Gloria Ajami Makokha (2020) Struggle for Survival: Female Masculinization as presented in Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye’s Coming to Birth and Victoria and Murder in Majengo Journal of Postcolonial Writing and World Literatures, https://royalliteglobal.com/world-literatures/article/view/49 Vol.1, Issue 1, pp. 4-14, February, 2020

• Gloria Ajami Makokha (2019) Three Regions, One Message: A Comparative Analysis of Poems From Africa, The United States of America and British Guiana International Journal of Current Research DOI: https://doi.org/10.24941/ijcr.36754.09.2019 Vol. 11, Issue, 09, pp.7400-7403, September, 2019
• Gloria Ajami Makokha (2015) The African Woman In Coming to Birth: A Critical Analysis of Kenya’s Liberation As Depicted By The Woman’s Liberation In Society Educational Research Journal (ISSN: 2141-5161), DOI: http:/dx.doi.org/10.14303/er.2015.014 Vol. 6(1) pp. 1-12
• Nyambane Fredrick Monanti1*; Zakayo Amayi2; Ajami Gloria3 & Minyikha Lilian4 (2015) Indigenous Oral Poetry For Biodiversity Conservation and (Inter) National Integration, International Journal of Innovative Social Sciences & Humanities Research (ISSN: 2354:-2926) Vol.3(2) pp60-68
• Gloria Ajami Makokha (2014) Portrayal of the African Woman in Half of a Yellow Sun Journal Research in Peace, Gender and Development (JRPGD) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14303/jrpgd.2014.041 Vol. 4(6) pp. 111-120

Conference/Workshops/Seminar Papers
Conference Papers

• 26/05/2021 to 29/05/2021: African Literature Association (ALA) 46^th Annual Conference Online Title of Paper Presented: Self-Censorship: Yvonne Vera and the Politics of Zimbabwe

• 19/02/2021: International Mother Language Day Conference at THE CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, KENYATTA UNIVERSITY, NAIROBI. Title of Paper Presented: Mother languages and Other Languages: Navigating Covid 19 through East African Poetrimusical Craftsmanship
  
• 13/09/2019:International Conference on Advanced Research in Humanities and Social Sciences at THE KENYA NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICES, NAIROBI. Title of Paper Presented:Struggle for Survival: Female Masculinisation as presented in Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye’s Coming to Birth and Victoria and Murder in Majengo
• 23/05/2018 to 26/05/2018: African Literature Association (ALA) Annual Conference at THE MARIOTT, WARDMAN PARK, WASHINGTON DC, USA.Title of Paper Presented:Through Ecofeminist Eyes: JM Coetzee’s ‘Disgrace’.
• 14/06/2017 to 17/06/2017: African Literature Association (ALA) Annual Conference at YALE UNIVERSITY, USA.Title of Paper Presented:Mothers, Daughters and Gendered Violence during the Biafran War in Nigeria and the Post-Election Violence in Kenya
• 24/06/2015 to 26/06/2015: Kenya Oral Literature Assosiation (KOLA) Annual Conference at KIBABII UNIVERSITY, KENYA .Title of Paper Presented: Indigenous Oral Poetry for Biodiversity Preservation and National Integration
• 27/07/2015 to 28/07/2015: Pedagogical Skills and Training Workshop at KIBABII UNIVERSITY, KENYA

Workshops Attended

• 27/07/2015 to 28/07/2015: Pedagogical Skills and Training Workshop at KIBABII UNIVERSITY, KENYA

Academic Prizes

• M.A Full Scholarship at Aarhus University, Denmark under the Platform for Stability,Democracy and Rights: 2012-2014