CURRICULUM VITAEOffice Address: Dr. Ezekiel Alembi

Kenyatta University,K.U. Radio Services,P. O. Box 43844,NAIROBI, 00100

HomeAddress: P. O. Box 5562,NAIROBI, 00100

Telephone:Office : +254-2-810901-12 Ext. 3560/61Home : 0712 474 356

Email:Office : alembi. ezekiel@ku.ac.ke Personal : ealembi@yahoo.com

Name : Ezekiel Alembi (Ph.D)Date of Birth : 12/12/1960Nationality : KenyanMarital Status : MarriedHealth : GoodLanguages I Speak : English, Kiswahili and Lunyore

Academic Qualifications:

(a) University Education: Postgraduate: University of Helsinki (1997-2002)

Certificate : Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Graduate : Kenyatta University (1989 – 1991)Certificate : Master of Arts in Literature (M.A.)Undergraduate Kenyatta University (1985 – 1988)Certificate : Bachelor of Education Arts (B.Ed. Arts)

(b) Secondary Education:A – Level : Kangaru School, Embu (1982 – 1983)Certificate : Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education (K.A.C.E.)

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O-Level : Kakamega High School (1978 – 1981)

Certificate : Kenya Certificate of Education (K.C.E.)

Division 1 of 11 Points

(c) Primary Education : Ziwani Primary School in Taita Taveta

(Standards 1 – 3: 1971 – 1973) Ebwiranyi Primary School in Kakamega

(Standards 4 – 7: 1974 – 1977)Certificate : Certificate of Primary Education

(C.P.E.)29 Points

Employment:

Teaching in the present position (Senior Lecturer) –since 25/7/2003.

Tenured since 22/8/1999

Specialization: Literature Theatre Arts Folklore

Courses I teach at Kenyatta University

(a) Undergraduate Courses Theory of Children’s Literature East African Poetry and Drama Theatre Arts Children’s Literature in Africa African Literature Genres of Oral Literature African Drama: A Special Study Theory and Method in Oral Literature Poetry Children’s Literature in Africa Creative Writing

(b) Graduate Courses African Poetry Oral Literature African Literature African Drama

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Supervision of M.A. and Ph. D. Students

(a) Evidence of Completed Supervision Joseph Musungu (M.A., 2006)

Title: “An Analysis of the Poetry within the Babukusu Khuswala Kumuse Funeral Ritual.”

Esther Wahu (M.A., 2007)Title: “An Analysis of Tragicomic Techniques

in Selected Plays of David Mulwa.”

Kariuki P. Wangari (M.A., 2007)Title: “The Style and Meaning in Children’s

Biography: A Case Study of Elijah Masinde: Rebel with a Cause; Mekatilili wa Menza: A Woman Warrior; Jomo Kenyatta: Father of Harambee and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga: A Peoples Revolutionary.”

Shikuku E. Tsikhungu (M.A., 2008)Title: “An Analysis of Selected Plays Presented

at the Kenya Schools and Colleges DramaFestival between 1980 and 2003.”

Keitany A. Rotich (M.A., 2008)Title: “An Analysis of the Style and Meaning

Of the Poetry within the Tugen SoroWedding Ritual.”

Roselyn Lung’aho (Ph.D.)Title: “Alternative Portraits of Power and

Empowerment in Selected African FemaleWriters Works.”

(b) Evidence of On-Going Supervision Kamau Wango – (Ph.D. student, Fine Art Department) Muktar Aden Barre - (Ph.D. student, Literature

Department) Rachael Diang’a – (Ph,D. student, Theatre Arts and Film

Studies Department)

Toskin Robi (M.A. Student, Literature Department) Wakasa Ndemaki (MA student, Literature Department)

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Administrative and Other Positions of Responsibility

(a) Directorship: Director, Kenyatta University Pioneer

Radio Station (from November 2007 to date)

(b) Chairmanship: National Chairman, Kenya Schools and Colleges

Drama Festival (Elected in 2005 – still serving).

Chairman, Literature Department, Kenyatta University(Appointed in March, 2007 served till November, 2008When I was appointed; Director of the Kenyatta UniversityRadio Station).

(c) Other Positions of Responsibility (Chairman of Vice Chancellor’s Committee)

Chairman, Vice Chancellor’s Committee on the Launch ofKU/Equity Bank Collaboration on Community OutreachProgramme (2008).

Chairman, Vice Chancellor’s Committee on Marketing ofKenyatta University Radio Station (Appointed in 2008 –still serving).

Chairman of Vice Chancellor’s Committee on Establishment of Kenyatta University Radio Station (2007).

Chairman, Vice Chancellor’s Committee on Language andCulture Centre (Appointed in 2007 – still serving)

(d) Other Positions of Responsibility (Membership of Committee)

Member, Vice Chancellors’ Committee that investigatedDisturbances at Ruiru Campus in 2007.

Member, Vice Chancellor’s Committee on the 100 Scholarshipsfor Disadvantaged Young People in Kenya 2008).

Member, Vice chancellor’s Committee on the Planning of the2008 inter-University Exhibition in Mombasa (2008).

Member of the Postgraduate Studies Committee, School

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of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kenyatta University (2003- 2007)

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(e) Other Positions of Responsibility

(Membership of Other Committees)

Member of Hobunaka Secondary School Board ofGovernors (Appointed in 2007).

Member of Academic Board, Kenya National Instituteof Performing Arts.

Member of the Board of Children’s Activities at theNairobi International Book Fair.

Member of Academic/Scientific Bodies

Member of the International Society for Folk NarrativeResearch (ISFNR) since 1995.

Member of the Folklore Fellows Network since 1997.

Scholarships and Grants

2007: Grant from the World Interplay Festival toattend Interplay 2008 at the James CookUniversity of North Queensland in June/July 2008.

2007: Full Grant from the Government of Argentina toattend the International Society for Folk NarrativeResearch at the National University of La Pampa,Argentina.

2005: Grant from the University of Helsinki Ethnopoetics

Research Group led by Prof. Lauri Harvilahti toattend an Archives of Oral Traditions Course atThe University of Helsinki.

2005: Full Grant from the organizers of the 2005 ISFNR

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Congress in Tartu, Estonia to attend the Congressas a paper presenter.

2005: Full Grant from University of Reykjavik in Iceland to

Travel to the University and give a series of lectureson Africa folklore.

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2005: Full Grant from the organizers of the ISFNR Conference in Gotland, Sweden, to attend the

Conference at Visby University in Gotland, Sweden.

2002: Full Grant from 2002 Folklore Fellows SummerSchool Committee to attend the School at theUniversity of Helsinki in Finland.

1999: Full Grant from Amsterdam Maastrich Summer University to attend the 1999 Workshop LaughterEngineering in Amsterdam.

1998: Full Grant from the ISFNR Congress Organizers in

Goettingen, Germany, to attend the 1998 ISFNRCongress in Goettingen.

1997: Full Grant from Folklore Fellows Summer School to

attend the 1997 School at the University of Helsinki

in Finland.

1996: Partial Grant to attend the ISFNR Conference in Beijing, China.

1995: Full Grant from the Commonwealth Foundation to

Attend the 1995 ISFNR Congress in Mysore, India.

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1995: Full Grant from Ford Foundation, India, to give Lectures to Drama and Theatre students at theTrichur Campus of the University of Kerala.

1993: Full Grant from Community Aid Abroad, Australia,

to attend a Workshop in Sydney and give lectures

in Perth, Western Australia.

1991: Full Grant from the Commonwealth Foundation in

London to attend World Interplay Festival in Warragul, Australia, as a tutor delegate.

1991: Full Grant the Village Players to conduct Theatre

Workshops in the South Island of New Zealand.

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1988:Full Grant from Interplay to attend a short course

on Creative Writing and Theatre at St. Andrews Collegeof the University of Sydney, Australia.

Conferences/Workshops Attended

(a) International Conferences/Workshops

International Folklore Conference held in India in 2008.

I presented a paper at this conference.

International Society for Folk Narrative Research Conference,

2007, in La Pampa, Argentina. I presented a plenary paper.

International Young Playwrights Conference, 2007 at the

James Cook University in Townsville, Australia. I attended

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as a tutor.

International Seminar on Archiving of Oral Traditions, 2005,

at the University of Helsinki, Finland. I attended as a participant.

International Society for Folk Narrative Research Congress

(ISFNR), 2005 at the University of Tartu, Estonia. I presented a paper at the Congress.

International Society for Folk Narrative Conference (ISFNR),

2003, at the Visby University in Gotland, Sweden. I presented a paper at the Conference.

Folklore Fellows Summer School, 2002, in Helsinki, Finland.

This was Part 2 of the School I had attended in 1997.We continued our discussions on Folklore Methodologies and Theories under Prof. Foley and Prof. Harvilahti.

Amsterdam/Mastricht Summer Univesity 1999, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Workshop was on CreatingComedy. I was one of the participants who worked forTwo weeks on how to create laughter for theatre.

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International Society for Folk Narrative Research Congress

1998, in Goettingen, Germany. I presented a paper at the Congress.

Folklore Fellows Summer School, 1997, at the University

of Helsinki, Finland. At the School, I worked with Prof. John Miles Foley (Byler Professor of Classical Studies and Director of the Centre of Oral Traditions at

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The University of Missouri, U.S.A.) and Prof. Lauri Harvilahti (University of Helsinki) on developing methodologies and theories in Folklore.

International Society for Folk Narrative Research Conference, 1996, in Beijing, China. I presented a paper

at the Conference.

International Society for Folk Narrative Research Congress, 1995, in Mysore, India. I presented a paper at the

Congress.

International Popular Theatre Exchange, 1993, in Sydney, Australia. The workshop was jointly sponsored by Commy Aid Abroad and OXFAM and brought popular Theatre workers from over ten countries of the world. I attended as a resource person. After this workshop

I traveled to Perth, Western Australia to run theatre Workshops with Edith Cowen University, Murdoch University, Curtin University, Swan Theatre

Company, and Aboriginal and Islander Music and Dance

School.

International Conference for Young Playwrights, 1991,

in Warragul, Australia. I attended the workshop as a tutor.

International Conference for Young Playwrights, 1988, in Sydney, Australia. This was a playwrights lab and was held at St. Andrews College of the University of

Sydney and the Seymour Theatre Centre. I attended this lab as a student.

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Local Conferences/Workshops

Kenya/Korea Literary Symposium, 2008, at Safari ParkHotel, Nairobi.

Kenya National Drama Festival Workshop, 2007, in Kisumu.I attended as a convenor.

Kenya National Drama Festival Workshop, (National Adjudicators’ Briefing), 2006, in Nairobi. I attended asConvenor.

Kenya National Drama Festival Workshop, 2006, in Mombasa.I attended as convenor.

Kenya National Drama Festival Workshop, 2005, in Kisumu.I attended as convenor.

Kenya National Drama Festival Workshop, 2004, in Nairobi.I attended as a resource person.

Kenya National Drama Festival Workshop, 2003, in Mombasa.I attended as a resource person.

Kenya National Drama Festival Workshop, 2003, in Kitengela.I attended as a resource person.

Kenya National Drama Festival Workshop, 2002, in Nakuru.I attended as a resource person.

Use of Masks in Theatre, 1992, in Nairobi, I attended as one of the participants.

Writing for Children in Africa and Madagascar, 1989, in Nairobi.I was one of the participants.

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Convening, Co-ordinating and Management of Conferences

Since 1992, I have convened, co-ordinated and managed conferences

and workshops as follows:

Kenya Schools and Colleges Drama Festival Workshop. This took place at the Kasarani International SportsCentre in January, 2008.

Kenya Schools and Colleges Drama Festival Workshop.This took place at the Tom Mboya Labour College in Kisumu in January, 2007.

Kenya Schools and Colleges Drama Festival Workshop for National Adjudicators. This took place at JamhuriHigh School in Nairobi in February, 2006.

Kenya Schools and Colleges Drama Festival Workshop for national Adjudicators. This took place at Our Ladyof Mercy High School in Nairobi in February, 2005.

The Abanyole Cultural Forum 2004. The Theme of Marriagewas not exhaustively discussed in 2003. The villagerstherefore requested that the 2004 Forum focus onMarriage. In 2006, the Focus was on the Abanyole History.We did not meet in 2007 as this was a year of electionsand we did not want interference with politicians.

Abanyole Cultural Forum 2003. The Focus of this editionwas on Marriage.

The Abanyole Cultural Forum 2002. I organized this as a way

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of bringing together the community which was also my study

community, to celebrate the successful completion of mydoctoral studies at Helsinki University.

The Abanyole Cultural Forum 2001. Members of this communitymet to critique my doctoral dissertation that was due for defence in a public forum at the University of Helsinki in 2002.

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Action and Imagination in Children’s Literature: Parts 1, 2, and 3 at the British Council in Nairobi in 1997.These meetings brought together scholars and writers of Childrens Books to discuss how best to write forChildren at the turn of the century.

The 2nd African Regional Interplay 1996. This workshopwas sponsored by the British Council Auditorium. 50 youngPlaywright and tutor delegates from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzaniaand South Africa. The workshop took place at KenyattaUniversity between12/8/93 and 19/8/93.

The 1st National Young Playwrights’ Week – end 1991. This took place at Kenyatta University between 30/10/92 and 2/11/92 and brought together 60 young play writers and tutor delegates.

Papers Read at Conferences/Workshops

(a) Papers Read at International Conferences/Workshops

Challenging the Canon: Revisiting Folklore Methodologies in Kenya. Presented at the International Folklore

ConferenceHeld in India in 2008.

The Role of Children’s Oral Poetry in Socialization: An Analysis of the Abanyole Children’s Oral Poetry. Plenary Paper at the International Society for Folk NarrativeResearch Conference held at the National University of

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La Pampa in Santa Rosa, Argentina in 2007.

Escorting the Dead with Song and Dance: Funeral PoeticsAmong the Abanyole of Western Kenya. Read at theInternational Society for Folk Narrative ResearchCongress at the University of Tartu in Estonia in 2005.

Dawn of a New Era: Song and Dance in Kenya’s Multi-PartyElections in Kenya in 2002. Presented at the InternationalSociety for Folk Narrative Research at the University ofVisby in Gotland, Sweden in 2003.

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Singing and Dancing the Rhythm of Life.Oral Poetry in the Abanyole Community, Kenya.Read at the Oral Defence of my Ph.D. Dissertationat the University of Helsinki, Finland in 2002.

The Emergence of Oral Narratives on Kenya’s ElectronicMedia: Is it an Exploration of Golden CommunicationPossibilities or is it Just Media Gymnastics? Read atthe International Society for Folk Narrative Congressin Goettingen, Germany in 1998.

Flashes from the Kenyan Pulpit. Read at the International Society for Folk Narrative at the Universityof Mysore, India in 1995.

Beyond Entertainment: The Kamirithu Community TheatreExperiment. Read at the International Popular Theatreat the University of Western Sydney in Nepean, Australiain 1993.

Trends in Theatre in Kenya. Read at an InternationalConference of Young Playwrights in Warragul, Australiain 1991.

(b) Papers Read at Local Conferences/Workshops

Negotiating Peace on Stage: Sparing the FecundMind of the Child from Adult Intransigency andIntrojections of Tribalism. Read at the NationalWorkshop for Teachers held at Kasarani Sports

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Complex in Nairobi in 2008.

Where is Nature in Contemporary East African Poetry?Plenary Paper Read the Kenya/Korea Literary ConferenceHeld at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi in 2007.

Leading Children from Babylonian Penitentiary Walls.Read at the National Workshop for Teachers atBandari College, Mombasa in January 2006.

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Extending the Limits: Theatre in the Service of theCommunity. Presented at Bounty Hotel in Nairobi in 2004.

Rejecting Conventional Paradigms: On the Adjudication Of the Primary School Plays at the Kenya Schools and Colleges Drama Festival. Read at the 2004 NationalAdjudicators Briefing at the Kenya Institute of MassCommunication in Nairobi.

The Process of Story telling as an Art. Read at a WorkshopFor Drama Teachers at Kitengela in 2003.

Children are not Miniature Adults: Some Reflections on thePrimary Schools Category Scripts of the Kenya Schools andColleges Drama Festival. Read at the National Workshop ofTeachers in Mombasa in 2003.

“Was it you that I Talked to?”: Perenial Shortcomings in theSchools and Colleges Drama Festival Scripts. Read at theNational Workshop of Teachers at Kitengela in 2003.

Adjudication as a Profession: The Art and Pitfalls of the Craft. Read at a Briefing Workshop for Kenya SchoolsAnd Colleges Drama Festival Adjudicators at the KenyaInstitute of Mass Communication in Nairobi in 2003.

From the Spoken to the Written Word: The ABC ofWriting Poetry. Presented at a National Workshopfor Teachers held at Christ the King High School in Nakuru in 2001.

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Meeting the Learning Needs of Pre-Primary School Children. Read at a Seminar for Pre-Primary SchoolMaterial. The Seminar was held at the ProfessionalCentre in Nairobi in 1996.

The Challenging World of a Children’s Writer in Kenya:Some Observations and Responses. Read at a ConferenceOf Children’s Writers and Scholars held at the BritishCouncil in Nairobi in 1996.

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The Challenging World of a Children’s Writer in Kenya:Some Observations and Responses. Read at a ConferenceOf Children’s Writers and Scholars held at the BritishCouncil in Nairobi in 1996.

Theatre and the Church in Kenya. Presented at a Workshop of Christian Communicators and Scholarsin Nairobi in 1994.

Aspects of Theatre in Pre-Colonial Kenya. Read at aTheatre Workshop at the French Cultural Centre inNairobi in 1993.

The State of Theatre in Kenya: 1960 to the Present.Read at a Conference of Theatre Scholars and Practitioners in Nairobi in 1992.

Public Participation in Theatre Promotion in Kenya.Presented at a Seminar of Theatre Scholars andPractitioners in Nairobi in 1992.

Research and Publications

(a) Research Articles in Encyclopaedia

“Abanyole Folklore” in International Encyclopediaof Folklore published by Greenwood Publishers,U.S.A.; 2005.

(b) Research Articles in Journals

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“The Abanyole Dirge: “Escorting” the Dead with Songand Dance” in Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore 38

Electronic Version at the following site: http://www.folklore.ee/folklorepublished by Folk Belief and Media Group of theEstonian Literary Museum in Tartu, Estonia: 2008.

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“Issues in the Socio-Cultural Perception of Death asReflected in the Abanyole Dirges” in Indian Folklife.published in Chennai, India: 2008.

Electronic Version at the following site:

“The Calling and Work of Wellington Masatia Tambwa:A Traditional Healer from Bunyore.” In Folklore:An Electronic Journal of Folklore. Published byFolk Belief and Media Group of the Estonian LiteraryMuseum in Tartu, Estonia: 2004.

Electronic Version found at the following site:http://haldjas,folklore.ee//folklore/vol.24/masatia.pdf

“Dawn of a New Era: Song and Dance in Kenya’s Multy-Party Elections 2002” in Journal of IndianFolklore Volume V. No. 1 December 2003.

“Memories of the 2002 Folklore Fellows SummerSchool.” Published in the Electronic Journal of theUniversity of Joensuu in Finland; 2003.Electronic site is: www.folklorefellows.

Fi/netw/ffn23/6th summer school.html

“Singing and Dancing the Rhythm of Life: Oral Poetry In the Abanyole Community of Kenya.” Published inThe Electronic Journal of the University of Joensuu inFinland: 2003.Electronic site is: http://cc.joensuu.fi/-lorist/103/ale103.html

“Telling Tales: The Use of Oral Narratives in ReligiousSermons in Kenya.” In Folklore: Electronic Journal of

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Folklore Published in Tartu, Estonia: 1998.Electronic Version found at the following site:http://haldjas.folklore.ee/folklore/vol.13/kentya.htm

“Esichilanga Amakhondo Nikeyakayaka.”In Folklore: Journal of Folklore. Published in Tartu,Estonia: 1998.Electronic site: www.haldjas. Folklore.ee/tagused/nr9/keenial.htm

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(c) Chapters in Books

“Phases and Dynamics in Children’s Literaturein Kenya.” In A Decade of Publishing Excellence.Published in Nairobi: 2007.

“Kenya’s Report on the Process of Selecting a Winnerof the Essay Writing Competition on “Africa’s YouthDefine Leadership.” In Africa’s Youth Define Leadership.AASBEA Publisher, Washington D.C., America: 2007.

“Was it you that I Talked to?” Perennial Shortcomingsin Schools and Colleges Drama Festival Scripts.”Experiments and Developments. Jomo Kenyatta Foundation,Nairobi: 2004.

“Children are not Miniature Adults: Some Reflections on the Primary Schools Category Scripts of the Kenya Schoolsand Colleges Drama Festival.” Co-authored with David Mulwa and Joseph Murunga, In the Schools andColleges Drama Festival: Experiments and Developments.Jomo Kenyatta Foundation. Nairobi: 2004.

“Adjudication as a Profession: The Art and Pitfalls ofThe Craft.” Co-authored with Peter Barasa. In theSchools and Colleges Drama Festival: Experiments andDevelopments.

“From the Spoken to the Written Word: The ABC of Writing Poetry.” In The Schools and Colleges DramaFestival: Experiments and Developments. Jomo KenyattaFoundation Nairobi: 2004.

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“Dramatising Verse.” In The Schools and CollegesDrama Festival: Experiments and Development.Jomo Kenyatta Foundation Nairobi: 2004.

“Narrative Performance in a Changing World: TheCase of the “Story tellers” in Kenya.” In TraditionalStory Telling Today: An International Source book.Fitzroy Dearborn Publisher: Chicago. London: 1999.

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(d) Books

(i) Books on Literary Criticism

A Guide to Shreds of Tenderness (Co-authored With Sirengo Khaemba). Longhorn Publishers.

Nairobi: 2007.

A Guide to Coming to Birth (Co-authored with Sirengo Khaemba). Longhorn Publishers. Nairobi: 2007.

A Guide to A Man of the People. Macmillan Publishers. Nairobi: 1999.

Appreciating Drama. Acacia Stantex Publishers.Nairobi: 2000.

Understanding Poetry. Acacia Stantex. Nairobi:1997.

A Guide to the Winner and Other Stories.Kenya Literature Bureau. Nairobi: 1996.

(ii) Text Books on Teaching and Learning of English

Key Note English Pupils’ Book 7 (Co-authored withMerilyn Ongeri, Nduku Mutiso and Patrick Birgen.Longhorn Publishers. Nairobi: 2005.

Key Note English Pupil’s Book 8 (Co-authored withMerilyn Ongeri, Nduku Mutiso and Patrick Birgen).

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Longhorn Publishers. Nairobi: 2005.

Teaching Reading in Lower Primary: A Teachers’Guide for Jumo Junior Readers. Longhorn Publishers.Nairobi: 2001.

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(iii) Fiction: Children’s Books

A Ride to the Park. E.A.E.P. Nairobi: 2007. Rahab’s Birth Day. E.A.E.P. Nairobi: 2007 A Dream on Wings. Longhorn Publishers.

Nairobi: 2007. On the Farm (Co-authored with Nyambura Mpesha)

Jomo Kenyatta Foundation. Nairobi: 2005. The Birthday Treat. E.A.E.P. Nairobi: 2005 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga: A Revolutionary of the

People. Sasa Sema Publishers. Nairobi: 2005. Brave Girls. Longhorn Publishers. Nairobi 2004. In the Field (Co-authored with Nyambura Mpesha).

Jomo Kenyatta Foundation. Nairobi: 2003. The Family (Co-authored with Nyambura Mpesha).

Jomo Kenyatta Foundation. Nairobi: 2003. Elijah Masinde: Rebel with a Cause. Sasa Sema

Publishers. Nairobi: 2000. The Scratching Egrets. E.A.E.P. Nairobi: 2000. Andisi and the Cat. Longhorn Publishers. Nairobi:

1999. Mistaken Identity. Evangel Publishing House.

Nairobi: 1997. The Cry of a Goat. Acacia Stantex. Nairobi: 1997. Selly, Kenya Literature Bureau. Nairobi: 1996. Yellow Mangoes. Kenya Literature Bureau. Nairobi:

1996. Settling the Score. Jomo Kenyatta Foundation.

Nairobi: 1995 (Winner of the Kenyatta Prize forLiterature in 1997).

Fine Feathers. Jomo Kenyatta Foundation.Nairobi: 1995.

High Adventure. Kenya Literature Bureau.Nairobi: 1994.

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Don’t be Long, John. Kenya Literature Bureau.Nairobi: 1994.

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National/International Recognition

(a) External examiner/evaluator for another University

In 2006 I was appointed external examinerFor the Department of Educational Studies,University of Nairobi, Kikuyu Campus.I am still serving in this capacity.

(b) Being Referee for a Professional Periodical

I am a member of the Editorial Board ofCultural Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Forum on Folklore and Popular Culture published bythe University of California, Berkely. Part ofmy responsibility is to review articles, on OralPoetry and popular songs/culture.

(c) Member of Editorial Board for a PeriodicalPublished Outside Kenyatta University

I am a member of the Editorial Board ofCultural Analysis: An Interdisciplinary ForumOn Folklore and Popular Culture. PublishedBy the University of California, Berkely.

I am a member of the Journal of Indian Folkloristics.

I am a member of the Indian Folklore ResearchJournal (ifrj).

(d) Invitation to a conference as a Guest Speaker/Resource Person

I have been invited as guest speaker to manyConferences as shown under the listing on conferences

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(e) Award/Honours

On 2nd November 2007, Longhorn Publishers in Nairobihonoured me for my work in writing for children. Therewas a full afternoon of performances, intellectualengagement on my books and children’s literature in General and speeches. Prof. Francis Imbuga was theGuest of Honour. His speech was based on my worksand contribution to children’s literature in Kenya.Dr. Catherine Ndungo presented a paper on my children’sbooks as well as my contribution to children’s literature.

(f) International Guest Lectures and Workshop

In 1991 I was invited to run theatre workshops for theVillage Players in Plasant Point as well as West Otago Theatrical Society.

In 1993 I was invited to run a series of theatre lecturesin Perth, Western Australia as follows: MurdochUniversity, Edith Cowen University, Aboriginal andIslander Music and Dance School, Swan TheatreCompany, and Curtain University.

In 1995 I was invited to give lectures and run workshopsfor theatre students at Trichur Campus of the Universityof Kerala.

In 1998 I was invited to give lectures on Oral Literaturein the Department of Folklore and Comparative Religionat the University of Tartu in Estonia.

In 2005 I was invited to give lectures on theatre andOral literature at the University of Reykjavik in Iceland.

Networking and Collaboration with External Organizations

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In 2006 I got 80 Computers through the DepartmentOf Folklore, University of Reykjavik, for KenyattaUniversity’s Literature Department.

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This year (2008), the University of Reykjavik willBring 50 Computers to Kenyatta University’s RadioStation (KU 99. 9 FM) reporters and presenters.

This year (2008), I initiated a linkage between Kenyatta University Radio – KU 99.9 FM – and BBC.

Leadership

a) Developing of teaching/academic programmes in theDepartment.

I was involved in the development of a Diploma andPost Graduate Diploma in Theatre Arts Programmes.Many of these programmes have been incorporatedinto the programme that is being mounted by theDepartment of Theatre and Film Studies.

Community Service

I am a member of Hobunaka Secondary SchoolBoard of Governors.

Since 2001, I have organized and run Abanyole Cultural Forum. This is a cultural event organized in Bunyore in December of every year since 2001except 2007 which was an election year in Kenyaand I did not want to mix with this. A varietyof subjects have been discussed at the forumincluding death and funerals in the community,marriage and the history of the community.

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Referees

1) Prof. Francis Imbuga,Director, Quality Assurance,Kenyatta University,P. O. Box 43844,Nairobi.

2) Prof. Kitula King’ei,Director,Institutional Based Programme,Kenyatta University,P. O. Box 43844,Nairobi.

3) Prof. Lauri Harvilahti,Director,Finnish Folklore Archives,Helsinki,Finland.

+358405202000

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