Alumni

Mathew Adams Karauri is a former Politician who served as Tigania East MP for 20yrs till 2002 and Assistant Minister during Nyayo era for 10yrs. His most notable works include: The Way I Am- Autobiography, The Devil You Know, Rulers, Leaders and People- a philosophy, Waiting for New Dawn , Traveling Gods- Poems written between 1972 and 1999, Beautiful (Sic) People, and The Last of the Ameru: Baithile, an Epic Story and other Stories. He is majorly recognized for his legislative roles in the KANU era

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is one of the most recognized Kenyan authors and academicwho writes primarily in Gikuyu after abandoning the English language following his renown essay Decolonizing The Mind.He is considered East Africa’s leading novelist who has written novels, plays, short stories, and essays, ranging from literary and social criticism to children's literature. He is the founder and editor of the Gikuyu-language journal Mũtĩiri. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and English at the University of California, Irvine. He has also previously taught at Northwestern University, Yale University, and New York University. He won the 2001 International Nonino Prize in Italy, and the 2016 Park Kyong-ni Prize.

Evan Maina Mwangi teaches 20th Century Anglophone African Literature. He researches the intersection of nationalism, gender, and sexuality in canonical and popular artistic expressions, relating local texts to global theories. He has published on Nazizi Hirji, Chinua Achebe, K. Sello Duiker, Amandina Lihamba, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, David Maillu, Henry ole Kulet, Margaret Ogola, and Francis Imbuga, among other postcolonial artists and intellectuals. His articles and poems have appeared in Mwangaza, TDR: The Drama Review, Research in African Literatures, African Studies Review, ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, English Studies in Africa, The Nairobi Journal of Literature, PMLA, and Africa Today.