Research
- Wring a PhD thesis on “Tragedy in the Novels of Ngugi wa Thiong’o” at Kenyatta University, currently at an advanced stage.(Ongoing)
- Oscar M. Maina, 2005, The Influence of Modernization on Moranism: A Case study of Samburu Oral Narratives
- Oscar M. Maina, 2006, The Quest for Identity in the Works of Muthoni Likimani
Publications
- Oscar M. Maina, 2010, Exploring the Motifs of Death and Immortality, USIU Journal of Language, Technology, and Entrepreneurship., Available at AJOL
- Oscar M. Maina, 2010, Writing Freedom: The Art of Contesting Incarceration, USIU Journal of Language, Technology, and Entrepreneurship., Available at AJOL
- Oscar M. Maina, 2009, Postmodernism in Ngugi’s Wizard of the Crow, USIU Journal of Language, Technology, and Entrepreneurship., ISSN 1998-1279.Available at AJOL
Thesis and Dissertations
- PhD thesis on “Tragedy in the Novels of Ngugi wa Thiong’o” at Kenyatta University
- The State of Moranism in the Oral Narratives of the Samburu.Fieldwork research conducted in Maralal
- The Treatment of the Theme of Identity in the Works of Muthoni Likimani.Research thesis submitted at the University of Nairobi as part of the requirements for the award of a Master of Arts degree in Literature.
Other information
- Awarded Dr. Marjorie Oludhe Prize for the best postgraduate student in the Department of Literature, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Nairobi in the academic year 2006/2007.
- Awarded the Yusuf Dawood Award for the best final year undergraduate student in Literature, Department of Literature, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Nairobi in the academic year 2001/2002.