Dr. Kariuki N.Banda

Title: Dr
Department: Literature, Linguistics and Foreign Languages
Contact Address: P.O Box 43844 Nairobi 00100, Kenya
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Position: Lecturer
Area of Specialization: creative writing, sociology of literature
Research Interests: Creative writing; sociology of literature

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Publications

The Whale Rider: A Guide. Jomo Kenyatta Foundation 2014. (Co-authored with Harriet Mugambi)

Papers Presented at International Conferences

'Professional Imaginative Writing in Kenya from the 1990's to the Present: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities'. Paper presented at the Moi University 3rd Annual International Conference at the
Margaret Thatcher Library on 3rd August 2007. Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya.
'Coming Out' in the Borderlands: A Queer Reading of Diriye Osman's "Your Silence Will not Protect You." A paper presented at Free Unversity of Berlin, Department of English Philology, Graduate Students Colloquim on 14th November, 2013. Berlin.
'Queer Borderlands: The Diasporic Imaginary in Diriye Osman's "Your Silence Will not Protect You". A paper presented at the First Conference on Researching African Literatures; Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya. 13th December, 2014
"Language and Silences in Lesbian Narratives: the Case of Monica Arac de Nyeko's 'Jambula Tree'". A Paper Presented at the International Mother Language Day Conference at Kenyetta University (Kitui Campus) on February 22nd, 2019

Internal/External Thesis Examination and Other Academic Duties

October, 2018: Appointed internal examiner for Abubakar Salihu's MA thesis. Registration C50F/28134/14 "An Ecocritical Reading of subjectivity in Helon Habila's 'Oil on Water' and Kaine Agary's 'Yellow-Yellow'"
"Lesbian Dilemma in Confronting Hetersexual Hegemony in selected African Prose Fiction". Gitahi Wairimu Beth Reg. No: C50/33989/2015 (Ongoing)
13th November 2017: Appointed staff mentor for the academic years 2017/2018 and 2018/2019.Seminars, Workshops and Training
Staff Mentors Seminar organized by the Kenyatta University Mentoring Programme on 26th January 2018

Professional affiliations

Community Service

2019- Present: Chairman Board of Management (B.O.M) Kamweli Secondary School
2016-2019 Chairman Board of Management (B.O.M) Siakago Boys High School.
2016-2019 Chairman Board of Management (B.O.M) Kamweli Secondary School.
2014- 2016: Member of the Board of Management (B.O.M) Siakago Girls National School