Visiting professor to discuss tensions between Africans, African Americans
Daily Nebraskan, September 10, 2019 One on One with Mukoma wa Ngugi on Politics of Language, Identity and Cultures Y254 TV Kenya Feb 7, 2019 Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Tope Folarin, April Sizemore-Barber, and Cóilín Parsons Lannan Symposium | Decolonizing the Mind. George Washington University, March 19, 2019 The duel on the ridges with Prof. Ngugi Wa Thiong'o & Prof. Mukoma Wa Ngugi at St Paul's University Y254 TV Feb 20, 2019 Mukoma explores African literary tradition in new book By Daniel Aloi, Cornell Chronicle, 25 April 2018 Mukoma wa Ngugi’s new book mirrors political events in Kenya By James Murua, The Nation, 13 April 2018 Mukoma wa Ngugi: On the (Un-) Making of Icons in Africa By Richard Oduor Oduku, This is Africa, 15 December 2017 Interview: Mukoma wa Ngugi on Kenyan Heritage, Writing & his Father’s Great Influence By Cole Summer, Kenyan Vibe, 22 February 2017 The Pathologies of Organized Violence – Mrs. Shaw By Cajetan Nwabueze Iheka, LA Review of Books, 13 January 2016 On Valentine's Day, speak the language of love with African romance anthology CNN, 13 February 2015 Can an African literature prize be inherently Pan-African? Africa is a country, 17 December 2014 New prize for African literature announced Cornell Chronicle, 21 November 2014 A Family Affair at Calabash: Lit fest hosts First Family of Kenyan Letters Jamaica Observer, 18 May 2014 Buchkultur magazine names the German translation of Nairobi Heat (Transit Verlag, 2014) as the Best Crime Book of the Year, 30 June 2014 Caine Prize 2014 judge Gillian Slovo: A world in itself, 24 June 2014 Kenyan Crime Fiction - Mukoma Wa Ngugi To the Best of our Knowledge, radio interview, 24 June 2014 The African authors World Cup 23 person squad James Murua's Literature Blog, 12 June 2014 A Family Affair at the Calabash Book Festival Jamaica Observer, May 18th, 2014 African Writers Call for Release of Zone 9 Bloggers in Ethiopia PEN, 3 May 2014 The novelists that defined Africa High Life – British Airways Magazine, January 2014 "The Enigma of Ethnic Violence: Mukoma wa Ngugi’s Novel “Killing Sahara” The Con, 17 October 2013 Professor named among the 100 Most Influential Africans Cornell University, 25 November 2013 Interview on National Public Radio: "Searching for clues in a dangerous Nairobi" 13 July 2013 A Whodunit in Kenya Noviolet Bulawayo, The New York Times, 12 July 2013 |
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Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies, University of Toronto, November 4-7, 2020
"AfroDiasporic Solidarities”
African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS), Witts University, May 20-21, 2020 Black Solidarity Poems Detroit, April 8, 2020 We, the Scarred - reading and Q&A Goethe Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, April 2, 2020 We, the Scarred - Book Launch PAWA 254, Nairobi, April 4, 2020 "AfroDiasporic Solidarities” Making African America: Immigration and the Changing Dynamics of Blackness Conference, University of Maryland, April 16-18, 2020 What does African Confessional Poetry Look Like” American Writers and Poets Conference, San Antonio, March 6, 2020 At the Writer’s Unlimited Festival, Amsterdam, January 16-19, 2020 "Fifty Ways to Free Your Language” (conversation). Writers Unlimited, Amsterdam, January 17, 2020 “Book Of My Life” Writers Unlimited, Amsterdam, January 17, 2020 "The Pitfalls of Symbolic Decolonization: Or Decolonization everywhere and not a bite to eat!" (opening speech). Writers Unlimited, Amsterdam, January 16, 2019 "Decolonising the Mind: What Happened to You?" Writers Unlimited, Amsterdam, January 16, 2020 2019 “Culture, Language Policy and Power.” African Voices Festival, Cologne. November 8, 2019 “The Rise of the African Novel and the English Metaphysical Empire.” University of Cologne. November 7, 2019 “Language as play.” African Voices Festival, Cologne. November 9, 2019 “African Voices Festival” Cologne, Germany. November 6-9, 2019 “Blackness, Africans, and African Americans: Complex Solidarities and Beauty” Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit. September 17, 2019 “Blackness, Africans, and African Americans: Complex Solidarities and Beauty” University of Nebraska. September 11, 2019 “Lisa Samuels and Mukoma Wa Ngugi Public Reading.” Buffalo Street Books, August 11, 2019 "Writing and Publishing in African Literature." African Literature Association Conference, Columbus Ohio. May 15, 2019 “Panel on African Universities: Cultivating Sustainable Arts and Humanities Educational Partnerships.” UPenn, April 23, 2019 "The Rise of the African Novel and Decolonial Hierarchies: Politics of Language and Identity.” Boston University, March 26, 2019 "Decolonizing the Mind: Country, Campus, Canon” (Panel). Georgetown University, March 19, 2019 Symposium “Africa Imagines: Reversing the Gaze” Georgetown University, March 18–19, 2019 “The Rise of the African Novel.” University of Bristol. March 7, 2019 “Mukoma Wa Ngugi: Lecture and in conversation” Exeter University, March 4 2019 “In Conversation.” Kamuguga Primary school February 21, 2019 “Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, Mukoma Wa Ngugi in Duel on the Ridges.” St. Paul’s University, Limuru Kenya. February 19, 2019 “Africans and African Americans”. A Complex Beauty” St Paul’s University, LimuruKenya. February 7, 2019 "An Evening with Mukoma wa Ngugi” Writers Project of Ghana, Accra, January 26, 2019 2018 Roundtable "FUTURES: African Studies and the Racial Politics of Knowledge Production, 1998 to 2028" African Studies Association December 1, 2018 Atlanta, GA The Rise of the African Novel English Department Western Michigan University November 15, 2018 A Liberal Arts Education as Foundation: A Thank you note to Albright Albright College November 19, 2018 Ake Arts Festival
October 24-28, 2018 Lagos, Nigeria In Conversation with Andy Zee, Revolution Books September 14, 2018 The Rise of the African Novel: Politics of Language, Identity, and Ownership University of Pennsylvania Thursday, October 11, 2018 Kaduna Book Festival, Nigeria September 7–8, 2018 Berlin International Literature Festival September 5, 2018 Afrolution Festival, Berlin Germany 28 June – 1 July 2018 Ithaca Spring Writes Festival Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology Book Launch: Reading and Discussion May 6, 2018, Buffalo Street Books, Ithaca Words and Wine: The Rise of the African Novel Africana Studies and Research Center, Hoyt Fuller Room, Cornell University, April, 30, 2018, Decolonial Hierarchies in the African Literary Tradition A literary guest lecture by Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ, April 25, 2018, University of Münster Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o in conversation with Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ, April 17, 2018, Harvard Book Store An evening with world renowned Kenyan writer NGUGI WA THIONG'O, with writers Peter Kimani & Mukoma wa Ngugi in conversation with RB spokesperson Andy Zee Revolution Books, February 24, 2018, 2017 AWP 2017 Not Just Novelists: On Publishing Contemporary African Poets with Matthew Shenoda, Chris Abani, Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, and Tsitsi Jaji. February 10, 2017 African Poetry: A Celebration – with Yasmin Belkhyr, Chekwube O. Danladi, Safia Elhillo, Tsitsi Jaji, Ladan Osman, Hope Wabuke, and Patricia Jabbeh Wesley. Presented by the African Poetry Book Fund and the Library of Congress, February 10, 2017 The Importance of Prizes in the Promotion of Diverse Literature –with Elizabeth L. Hodges, Tope Folarin, Parselelo Kantai, and Kadija Sesay. February 10, 2017 2015 New Voices Literary Festival: Bill Cheng, Hannah Gamble, Mukoma Wa Ngugi Muller Center, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14850, April 22, 2015 The Tireless Pursuit: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Micere Mugo as Activist, Artist, and Architect of Alternative Sites of Knowledge. Drumlins Country Club, 800 Nottingham Road, Syracuse. April 3, 2015 Black Star Nairobi - German translation book tour
A Family Affair: Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Nducu wa Ngugi, Mukoma wa Ngugi, Mumbi Wa Ngugi, and Thiong’o Kimathi wa Ngugi Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University, January 30, 2015 The Global Novel: Theories, Forms, Histories, Controversies MLA Convention, Vancouver, Canada, 10 January, , Genres of Violence in African Writing MLA Convention, Vancouver, Canada, 10 January, 2015 2014
NoViolet Bulawayo & Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Cornell University, Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series, October 23, 2014 The Rise of the African Novel: From Achebe to NoViolet Bulawayo, Kenyon College, Finn House, West Wiggin Street, Gambier, Ohio, April 4, 2014 |
