Godwin Wabomba Siundu
CURRICULUM VITAE
Citizenship: Kenyan
Official Contact Address: Department of Literature University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197 - 00100, Nairobi
E-Mail Address: [email protected]
Phone Number: + 254 724 891 940
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ACADEMIC RECORD
June 2002 – December 2004: Ph.D, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Thesis title: “Multiple Consciousness and Reconstruction of Home in the Novels of Yusuf Dawood and Moyez Vassanji.” The thesis interrogates the intersection between ideas of marginality and centrality as they may be used to read the place of East African Asians, especially in their attempts to reconstruct “homes” in East Africa, Europe and North America.
September 1999 – April 2002: M.Phil, Moi University. Thesis Title: “The Vision of Multiculturalism in Selected Novels of Yusuf K. Dawood.” The thesis examines the possibilities of transcending multiracialism, interrogating the concept and practice of multiculturalism in the post-independence Kenya imagined by Yusuf Dawood.
November 1995 – April 1999: B. Ed (Hons) Moi University, majoring in the English Language and Literature in English.
EMPLOYMENT August 2011 to date: Senior Lecturer, Department of Literature, University of Nairobi
July 2009 – August 2011: Lecturer, Department of Literature, University of Nairobi
2006 – June 2009: Lecturer, Department of Language and Literature Education, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.
From 2005 – 2008: I taught at Moi University (Main Campus) as a part-time lecturer.
June 2002 – November 2004: During this time, I tutored students undertaking literary courses at undergraduate level, at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Other Academic Affiliation / Recognition
April 2014 – March, 2017: Research Associate, English Department, Stellenbosch University South Africa April 2017 – April 2010: Research Associate, English Department, Stellenbosch University South Africa (for a Second Term)
COURSES TAUGHT I have taught and examined over ten undergraduate and graduate courses in Moi University, Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology, Africa Nazarene University and the Catholic University of Eastern Africa.
Graduate Level Courses Taught and Examined
1. CLT 504: The Growth of Kenyan Literature (University of Nairobi) 2. CLT 521: Caribbean Literature (University of Nairobi) 3. CLT 514: Theoretical Perspectives in African Literature (University of Nairobi) 4. CLT 516: The African Autobiography (University of Nairobi) 5. LIT 800: Principles and Practice of Literary Criticism (Moi University) 6. LIT 800: Narratives of Postcolonialism (Masinde Muliro University) Godwin Siundu Curriculum Vitae 3
Some Undergraduate Courses Taught and Examined 1. CLT 203: Language Use in Literature (University of Nairobi) 2. CLT 102: Introduction to Drama (University of Nairobi) 3. LIT 421: Studies in Postcolonial Discourse (Masinde Muliro University) 4. LIT 410: The African Novel (Masinde Muliro University) 5. LIT 413: Modern African Poetry (Masinde Muliro University) 6. LIT 414: African American Poetry and Drama (Moi University) 7. LIT 200: Literary Theory and Criticism (Masinde Muliro University) 8. LIT 318: Caribbean Poetry and Drama (Moi University) 9. LIT 314: European Poetry (Moi University) 10. LIT 200: Humanist Literary Theory (Moi University)
CO-SUPERVISION & EXAMINATION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
PhD Thesis Co-Supervisions 1. Musungu, Joseph Juma. “The Construction of Bukusu Worldview on Communal Coexistence Through Oral Narrative Performance.” (Graduated in 2016, University of Nairobi, Co-Supervised with Dr Joseph Muleka)
2. Wafula, David Yenjela. “Narrated Histories in Selected Kenyan Novels, 1963- 2013”, (Graduated in March, 2017, Stellenbosch University, Co-Supervised with Prof. Grace Musila) 3. Jumba, Elizabeth Mukutu. “Form in Selected Autobiographical Writing from Kenya” (On-going, University of Nairobi, Co-Supervising with Prof Wanjiku Kabira)
Ph.D Thesis External Examiner
1. Mbonyingingo Audace, “The ‘Anglophone Problem’ in Postcolonial Anglophone Cameroonian Drama: Bole Butake and Bate Besong’s Plays around the Divided Nation.” Due for Award by the Department of Literature, Theatre & Film Studies, Moi University, in 2017
2. Nibafasha, Spes, “Framing Gender in Kirundi Radio Drama Ninde” Due for Award by the Department of Literature, Theatre & Film Studies, Moi University, in 2017
3. Seraphine Chepkosgei, “The Trauma of Adventure: Divergences and Confluences in Selected Works of Abdulrazak Gurnah”, Awarded by the Department of Literature, Theatre & Film Studies, Moi University, in 2016
4. Anne Ajulu Okungu “Reading Abdulrazak Gurnah: Narrating Power and Human Relationships”, Awarded by the Department of African Literature, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in 2016
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5. Corwin Luthuli Mhlahlo, “ ‘Wholly other?’ Rereading the black subaltern in Yvonne Vera’s postcolony”, Awarded by the English Department, the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in 2012.
Master of Arts Supervision 1. Muthoni, Martha, “Mwomboko: Journey Through Dance” (Successfully defended, due for graduation, University of Nairobi, 2017)
2. Rachel Khalayi, “The Use of Humour in Socio-Political Commentary in Mwalimu Andrew’s Staffroom Diary” (Graduated, University of Nairobi, 2014)
3. Kanyari, Julius Mwangi. “Violence and Memory in the Ethiopian Novel: Maaza Mengiste’s Beneath the Lion’s Gaze and Dinaw Mengestu’s Children of the Revolution.” (Graduated, University of Nairobi, 2013)
4. Minayo, Anne Mudanya. “The Narrative Voice in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Desertion.” (Graduated, University of Nairobi, 2013)
5. Achieng’, Lencer Ndede. “Reconstructing Fantasy in Digitalised Folktales: A Case Study of Tinga Tinga Tales.” (Graduate, University of Nairobi, 2013)
6. Lumasia, Patrick Chesi. “Cultural Synthesism as Multiculturalism in Taban Lo Liyong’s The Colour of Hope.” (Degree Awarded by the University of Nairobi)
7. Muthui, Joseph Njugi. “A Critical Analysis of Cultural Celebration in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Plays: Mother Sing for Me and I Will Marry When I Want (with Ngugi wa Mirii)” (Degree awarded by the University of Nairobi)
8. Ochieng, Rachel Migiza. “Mitazamo Ya Walimu Kuhusu Silabasi Mpya ya Kiswahili Kwa Shule Za Sekondari: Uchunguzi Katika Baadhi ya Shule Wilayani Kakamega.” (Degree Awarded by Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology)
9. Illongo, Nelly Indimuli. “Ujumuishaji Wa Mafunzo Ya Ukimwi Katika Silabasi Mpya Ya Shule Za Sekondari: Mfano Wa Baadhi ya Shule Wilayani Kakamega.” (Degree Awarded by Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology)
10. Sikolia, Cleophas. “Ufahamu wa Maandishi: Uchunguzi Linganishi wa Utendaji Baina ya Wasichana na Wavulana Katika Shule za Upili Wilayani Teso, Kenya.” (Degree Awarded by Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology)
11. Gitau, Naomi Muthoni. “Mielekeo ya Walimu Wa Kiswahili Kuhusu Ufundishaji wa Fasihi Simulizi Katika Vidato Vya Kwanza na Pili Katika Tarafa ya Webuye.” (Degree Awarded by Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology)
12. Liambila, Martha. “Uchunguzi wa Matumizi ya Kiswahili Katika Shule za Chekechea Wilayani Bungoma.” (Degree Awarded by Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology)
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PUBLICATIONS
Book 1. (2009) Imagining Home and Community in East African Asian Writings. Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller & Co. KG. ISBN: 978-3-639-19191-2
Journal Articles
1) (2017) “Vassanji’s disquiet with history in A Journey Within”, Journal of African Cultural Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2017.1324769
2) (2016) “The Nairobi Tradition of Literature”, PMLA, 131: 5, 1548 – 1551.
3) (2014, with Tom Odhiambo) “Journeying into Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies”, Eastern African Literary & Cultural Studies, 1:1, 1 – 2.
4) (2013) “Honour and Shame in the Construction of Difference in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Novels”, English Studies in Africa, 56:1, 105-116
5) (2011) “Beyond Auto/Biography: Power, Politics, and Gender in Kenyan-Asian Women Writings.” Research in African Literatures, Vol. 42, No. 3 (Fall 2011). ISSN 1527-2044. Pp. 117 – 131.
6) (2011) “European football worlds and youth identifications in Kenya.” African Identities Vol. 9 No. 3. ISSN. 1472-5843. Pp. 337 – 348.
7) (2010) “Revising Nabongo Mumia’s Place in the Making of Kenya’s History: Historical and Literary Dimensions.” J-STEM, Journal of Science, Technology and Education, Vol. 3 Nos. 1&2, ISSN. 1991-2889. Pp.179 – 194.
8) (2010) Siundu, Godwin & Busolo Wegesa. 2010. “Christianity in Early Kenyan Novels: Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Weep Not, Child and The River Between” in Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa Vol. 2 No. 1: 292 – 310.
9) (2010) “The Musical Reconfiguration of the Luhyia Community in Jacob Luseno’s Music” Nairobi Literature Journal No. 6, ISSN 1814-1706. Pp. 67 – 80.
10) (2009) “Strategic Submission as Resistance? Nabongo Mumia in the Struggle for Post- Colonial Kenya’s History” Afrika Zamani, No. 17, ISSN 0850-3079. Pp. 45 – 62.
11) (2008) “The Poetics of Journeying and the Dilemma of Baggage in Moyez Vassanji’s No New Land and Amriika” J-STEM, Journal of Science, Technology and Education, Vol. 2 Nos. 1&2, ISSN. 1991-2889. Pp. 219 – 226.
12) (2005) “The Homeliness and the Unhomeliness of the Nation: Reading East Africa Asians in Moyez Vassanji’s Novels.” Africa Insights. ISSN 0256 2804. Pp. 15 – 25.
13) (2004) “For Christopher and his Mother” a poem in Botsotso: Journal of Contemporary South African Culture Number 13. ISSN 156 276 32. P. 215.
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14) (2004) “Transcending Racial / Cultural Spaces: the Power of the Woman in Yusuf Dawood’s Works.” African Identities Volume 2 Number 2, 2004. ISSN 147 258 43. Pp. 203 – 213.
15) An earlier version of the above paper appears in Nairobi Literary Journal, Number 2, March 2004. Pp. 56 – 64.
Book Chapters
1. (2015) “Athletics as a Cultural Text: Communalization of Individual Youth Talent in the Making of Kenya’s Sports History.” In Christine Feldman Barrett, ed., Lost Histories of Youth Culture. New York: Peter Lang. Pp. 141 – 158.
2. (2012) “Gender Affirmation or Racial Loyalties? Women and the Domestication of History in Neera Kapur-Dromson’s From Jhelum to Tana.” In James Ogude, Grace Musila & Dina Ligaga, eds., Rethinking Eastern African Literary and Intellectual Landscapes. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press. Pp. 245 – 262.
3. (2011) “Metaphors and the Economy of Hope in Jared Angira’s Lament of the Silent & Other Poems.” In J.K.S Makokha, Egara Kabaji & Dominica Dipio, eds., East African Literature: Essays in Written and Oral Traditions. Berlin: Logoa Verlag. Pp. 176-186.
4. (2011) “Locating Cultural Ambivalence and Afropolitanism: Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam as Heterotopia in the Fiction of Dawood and Vassanji.” In Jennifer Wawrzinek & J.K.S. Makokha, eds., Negotiating Afropolitanism: Essays on Borders and Spaces in Contemporary African Literature and Folklore. Rodopi: Amsterdam & New York. pp. 259 – 280.
5. (2009) “The Miganda Economy and Men’s Self-Help Groups in Bungoma Districts, Kenya” in Economic History of Kenya, Maurice Amutabi, ed., The Edwin Mellen Press, New York, U.S.A. pp. 81 – 106.
6. (2008) “Imagining Manhoods: Voyeurism and Masculine Anxieties in East African Asian Fiction” in Marie-Luise Kohlke & Luisa Orza, eds. Negotiating Sexual Idioms: Image, Text, Performance. Rodopi: Amsterdam & New York, 2008. Pp. 191 – 206.
7. (2008) An earlier draft of the same chapter appears in Probing the Problematics: Sex and Sexuality, an e-book edited by Marie-Louise Kohlke and Liusa Orza.
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/publishing/idp/eBooks/ptpsasindex.html Published by the Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2008. ISBN: 978-1- 904710-43-1. Pp. 311 – 323.
8. “An Overview of Our Research on Women’s Involvement in Informal Sector Enterprises” in Development’s Futures, an e-book on Conference Proceedings edited by Carol Healy
http://www.nuigalway.ie/dern/ebook.html
by Jacquie O’Riodan Florence Swai and Godwin Siundu
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Encyclopedic Entries
9. (2010) “Chinweizu”, in Abiola Irele & Biodun Jeyifo, eds.The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 225 – 226.
10. (2010) “Nadine Gordimer”, in Abiola Irele & Biodun Jeyifo, eds.The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 413 – 414.
Book Reviews 11. (2012) “Review of Tina Steiner Translated People, Translated Texts: Language and Migration in Contemporary African Literature”, in Imbizo: International Journal of Literary and Comparative Studies Vol. 3 (1). Pp. 103 – 108.
CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND COLLOQUIA ATTENDED AND PAPERS PRESENTED
1. March, 2017: “Genealogies of Kenyan-Asian Literature: A Review”, Presented at the Connectivity Revisited: India, Kenya and the Indian Ocean Workshop Organized by the High Commission of India, Nairobi, and the Asian African Heritage Trust, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi.
2. November, 2016. “Asili ya Muziki: Kiswahili Music and the Leisure Work Nexus, 1970s to 90s”, at the Labour and Leisure Conference Organized by Humboldt University & the University of Nairobi, Nairobi.
3. August, 2016. Co-Convened the Panel “Literary History of Eastern Africa ” and presented a paper at the African Studies Association of the United Kingdom Biennial Conference, Cambridge University, United Kingdom.
4. August, 2016. “Parables from Shakespeare in East African Asian Drama”, Guest Lecture at Stellenbosch University, South Africa
5. November, 2015. “Development Practice and Grammar: What has Literature got to do with it?” at the Institute for Development (IDS) @50 Conference, University of Nairobi
6. July, 2015. “What is Cultural Studies? The Challenges of Publishing Academic Journals in Eastern Africa”, at European Centers for African Studies (ECAS) Conference in Paris, France.
7. August, 2015. “Histories as Fetishes: A Tale of Two Life Stories”, Presented at the 2nd Eastern African Literary & Cultural Studies Conference, Makerere University, Uganda
8. June, 2015. “Music, Ethnicity and Hate Speech’: The Kenyan Elections Experience”, at the Memory, Power and Knowledge in African Music and Beyond Conference held at the Dhow Countries Music Academy, Zanzibar.
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9. March, 2015. Presented a Paper on “Perspectives on Research Ethics, Integrity and Peer Review”, at the 2015 Editors’ Indabas held at Gallagher Estate, Midrand, and the Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town.
10. Dec., 2014. “Under American Eyes: Letters From Joseon and the Diplomatic Gaze in the 19th Century Korea.” Paper Presented at the International Conference on Korean Studies held at the Nairobi Safari Club, Nairobi.
11. Jan., 2014. “The Other Side to Cultural Affirmation: Vassanji’s Critique of the Marginal.” Paper presented at the “Reflections on MG Vassanji: A Colloquium”, University of Nairobi.
12. Aug., 2013. “A Prophet and a Teacher: Mekatilili Wa Menza and Chinua Achebe in the Cultural Nationalism of Contemporary Africa.” Paper Presented at the Annual Giriama Cultural Workshop, Pwani University, Kenya.
13. June 2013. “Challenges of the Coalition Government 2008 – 2013 and Threats to Democracy.” Paper co-authored with Maurice Amutabi and presented at the 2nd International Interdisciplinary Conference held at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi.
14. May, 2013: “Moyez Vassanji’s A Place Within: Rediscovering India as a Quest for Narratives.” Paper presented at the Moi University Literature in Knowledge Production Conference, Sirikwa Hotel, Eldoret Kenya.
15. April, 2013: “Umuofia Patriot or Male Chauvinist? Rereading Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.” Paper presented at the Chinua Achebe Colloquium, University of Nairobi.
16. May. 2011: “East African Asian and the Indian Ocean World: Provisional Reflections.” Paper Presented at the ‘Transitions & Translations: Africa in Local and Global Imaginaries Workshop’, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
17. April, 2011: “National Literatures or Cultural Studies? Reflections on East Asian and East African Postcolonial Literatures.” Paper presented at the Research Institute of Korean Studies, RIKS.
18. Nov. 2010: “Liberal Arts and the Achievement of vision 2030. Some Reflections.” Paper presented at the 1st Alexander Van Humboldt Alumni Kenyan Kolleg Conference, themed ‘Synergy and Networking to Enhance Research and Development’ Meridian Court Hotel, Nairobi.
19. April 2010: “ What Has History Got to do with it? Random Currents and Trans-National Identities in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Novels”. Paper presented as part of the Departmental Seminar Series, Department of Literature, University of Nairobi
20. Oct. 2009: “The East African Female Immigrant Semi(auto)biography: A Reading of Neera Kapur-Dromson’s From Jhelum to Tana.” A paper presented at the “Eastern African Literary and Intellectual Landscapes: Rethinking Eastern African Cultural and Intellectual Trans/National Legacies Through History,” University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Godwin Siundu Curriculum Vitae 9
21. April 2008: “Examining Masculine Anxieties in Traditional Religious Practices: The Case of Dini Ya Musambwa in Western Kenya” A Paper presented at the Edinburgh University’s Centre of African Studies for the Conference themed “Exploring Religious Spaces in the African State: Development and Politics from Below”
22. Nov. 2007: “Material Cultures and Identities Among Asian Kenyans.” Paper read at a VW Foundation funded Pre-proposal Workshop held at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria.
23. Nov. – Dec., 2006: “Imagining Manhoods: Voyeurism and Masculine Anxieties in East African Asian Fiction.” Paper for the 3rd Sex and Sexuality – Exploring Critical Issues Conference, Cracow, Poland November 29th – December 2nd, 2006v 4cvbn
24. May, 2006: “Reading Religion in Kenyan Novels: Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Early Novels.” Paper presented (with Busolo Wegesa) at the AMECEA Writers’ Conference, Eldoret Kenya.
25. April, 2006: “Performing Belief in Charismatic Churches: The Case of Archbishop Gilbert Deya International Ministries, Kenya.” Paper presented at the Volkswagen Foundation-funded Workshop themed “Negotiating Culture in the Context of Globalisation,” Dakar, April 3 – 8, 2006.
26. Oct., 2004: “Imagining Indian Belonging in East Africa: Moyez Vassanji’s The Gunny Sack and Yusuf Dawood’s Water Under the Bridge.” Paper read at the International Conference on Nation Space and Citizenship, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
27. Feb., 2004: “Mapping Fear by Typing Groups: The Dar – Nairobi Connection.” Paper Presented at the Wits Institute for Social Science Research (WISER), during the International Summer School Program on Risk, Rationality and the City.
28. Nov., 2003: “Family Life and Materialism in Margaret Ogola’s I Swear by Apollo and Yusuf Dawood’s The Price of Living.” Paper read at the Popular Culture Colloquium held at Hofmeyr House, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
29. Sept., 2003: The WITS / RAU Postgraduate Conference. “Compelling Thoughts, Terrible Experiences: Journeying Motif in Moyez Vassanji’s Novels.” Paper presented at a Conference held at the Randse Afrikaans University, South Africa.
30. Sept. 2003: The WITS / RAU Postgraduate Conference. “Asian Presence and Nation Formation in M. G. Vassanji’s Works.” Paper presented at a Conference held at the Randse Afrikaans University, South Africa.
31. (This paper had earlier been presented at the “International Conference on Culture and the State” held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, 2nd -5th May 2003.)
32. Nov., 2002: “Journeying in Quest for Self and Home: Abdulrazak Gurnah’s By the Sea.” Paper read at a PhD Forum, a conference organized for Doctoral Candidates at the Wits Institute for Social Science Research (WISER), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Godwin Siundu Curriculum Vitae 10
33. Sept., 2002: “Transcending Racial / Cultural Spaces: The Power of the Woman in Yusuf Dawood’s Novels.” Paper Presented at the School of Literature and Language Studies Postgraduate Conference, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. (This paper won the 1st Prize in the subsequent rating conducted by independent reviewers).
Peer Review Related Assignments • Nov. 2015. Peer Reviewer for Journal of African Cultural Studies (Contacts: Dina Ligaga [email protected])
• Aug. 2015. Peer reviewer for an academic article by Research in African Literatures, a leading journal based at and published by Indiana University (Contact: Molly Reinhoudt, [email protected])
• Jan. 2015. Peer reviewer engaged by Media Policy Research Centre, Nairobi, on “Exploring Kenya Media Policy 1963 – 2013” (Contact Pamela Sulwey [email protected])
• Sep. 2013 to date: Contracted by the Taylor& Francis Group (UK) as Editor of the journal Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies, http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/real20/current#
• Sep. 2012. Peer reviewer, Society for International Development, Nairobi, (Contact: Jacob Aketch / Leonard Wanyama [email protected] )
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
June 2017 - : Appointed Member, Faculty Research and Publications Committee, Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi
September 2015 to date: Departmental Time Table and Examinations Coordinator
September 2013 – August 2015: Departmental Postgraduate Committee Coordinator
January 2014: Convened the Reflections on MG Vassanji Colloquium held at the University of Nairobi.
September 2013: Convened a Public Lecture at the University of Nairobi delivered by Mongane Wally Serote, a South African poet and Activist.
Aug. 2013 to date: Coordinator, Department of Literature Postgraduate Studies Committee
September 2011: Co-convened the “Critical Theory and Nation Formation in Kenya”
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September 2011: Co-convened a Public Lecture at the University of Nairobi by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Sept. 2009 to date: Coordinator, Department of Literature Theatre Arts Projects.
2007 – June 2009: Member of the Faculty of Education and Social Sciences Graduate Studies Committee.
May – August 2008: Acting Chairman of the Faculty Graduate Studies Committee.
August 2006 – June 2009: Departmental examinations and timetable coordinator, overseeing the successful administration, marking and processes of external moderation of the examinations and subsequent results.
September 2006 – June 2009: Convenor, Departmental Seminars Committee
2004: Tutored “Business Communication” to first year undergraduate students in the School of Accounts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
September 1999 – 2001: I occasionally tutored undergraduate students in the Literature Department as I undertook my M.Phil studies.
RESEARCH GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
1. February 2002 – November 2004: Postgraduate Merit Award, for pursuit of Doctoral Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. 2. February – November, 2003: Wits University Council Scholarship. 3. February – November, 2004: The Harold and Doris Tothill Prestigious Scholarship for doctoral research. (All the above scholarships were administered by the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) 4. September 1999. Partial Scholarship to pursue Master of Philosophy degree in Literature, administered by Moi University, Kenya Godwin Siundu Curriculum Vitae 12
Referees Available