The Nairobi Innovation Week (NIW) started in 2015, and is an annual event celebrating local and international…
The literature department successfully held it's conference on 23 -25 October, 2019 on the Value-Creating Education and Critical Thinking in a Global Word , the focus
Read moreI had the rare privilege of talking with Ngúgi wa Thiong'o twice this year.
The Department of Literature, in partnership with the Literature Students Association and AMKA, is currently hosting a Collaborative Literature Forum today, Saturday, April 26th, 2025, at UoN Towers, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Today, French students from the University of Nairobi joined other students from various institutions, teachers, and diplomats from the Francophone world at the UN office in Gigiri, Nairobi, to mark the International Day of the Francophonie. The theme of the event was "Je m'éduque donc j'agis" (
Read morePoet, academic and writer of fiction and literary criticism from South Sudan, Taban Lo Liyong, paid a courtesy call to the Department of Literature on Monday 9th February 2024.
Taban Lo Liyong has a long history of working at the University of Nairobi for several years, from 1968, first as a research fellow in the Institute of African Studies, then as a lecturer in the Department of Literature .
Today, the French embassy held a cocktail to mark the official launching of the France Alumni in Kenya. the event brought together representatives from public and private universities, Association of France Alumni in Kenya (AFRAKEN), Kenyan companies and the French Chamber of Commerce.