Meghan, Chair Literature with MA and PhD students
French embassy donates furniture
French representatives seek to renovate the French resource center ED102
Literature staff enjoy a common lucnh
Staff and students from literature receive books from Antony Wesonga
Staff from literature with Mayotte university president
University of Mayotte Master class in documentary production
French Embassy Officials Visit Department of Literature — University of Nairobi
New equipment donated to Literature
Theatre students performing
Visit by French Embassy Representatives to Strengthen Collaboration
Employabilty workshop for French Resource Center Managers at Alliance Française
Strengthening partnership: Prof. Musonye, Chair Literature with UoN exchange students at SOKA…
The opening ceremony ACLALS conference
ALA 50th Annual Conference
Trial of Dedan Kimathi
20TH TRENNIAL CONFERENCE
Literature students presenting in the MO-FAYA forum
World francophonie day at the UNON
Participants of the student Peace Conference on The role of Youth in Peace Promotion and…
Rebecca Njau with staff from the Department of Literature University of Nairobi
Main address to the France alumni
The University of Nairobi’s Department of Literature is honoured to host the 20th Triennial Conference of the…
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
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On July 2, 2026 the Department of Literature hosted Professor Meghan Ference, Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College (CUNY), for a one-day workshop with postgraduate students on her ethnographic study of Nairobi's matatu sector.
On Tuesday 30th June 2026, The Department of Literature was delighted to welcome back veteran filmmaker, educator, and social justice activist Ron Mulvihill, who paid a courtesy visit to the department and met with the Chairperson, Professor Miriam Musonye.
The Department is pleased to acknowledge the generous support of the Embassy of France through the donation of equipment for the establishment of a French Language Employability Corner in the French Resource Centre.
The items received include a carpet, two tablet stands, a sofa
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On Friday, 12th June 2026, the Department of Literature hosted a courtesy visit from representatives of the French Embassy and AgroParisTech (France), including delegates from the School of Business and the Faculty of Agriculture. The visit followed a request for a
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The 20th Triennial Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies Conference 2025 was hosted by the Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, from 1st to 5th July, 2025. The conference, whose theme was "Transcultural Englishes in a Multipolar World", attracted world renowned keynote speakers.
The Department of Literature played host to the 50th African Literature Association Conference, from 25th to 28th June, 2025. The hugely successful conference brought together scholars from all over the world to confer on various subjects under the broad theme of "Ecologies of Transition: Spaces and Mobilities in African Literatures and Cultures."
Keynote speakers at the conference include Kenyan novelist and academic, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, who spoke on "Re-Worlding Africa: Imagination, Time and the Craft of the Futures," and award-winning film maker Wanuri Kahiu.
On Friday, June 20, 2025, the University of Nairobi’s Taifa Hall reverberated with a vibrant tribute to the late Prof. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.
