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SIMIYU WANDIBBA

Institute of ,

P.O. Box 30197 NAIROBI ,

E - mail: [email protected]

QUALIFICATIONS

B.A. (Hons), Certified Graduate Teacher

M.A. ( Nairobi ),

Ph.D ( Southampton )

PRESENT STATUS Professor of Anthropology, Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi .

EDUCATION 1967 - 68 : Kenyatta College (SSD) – London G.C.E. ‘A' Level Pass

1970 - 73 : Undergraduate, University of Nairobi – History Honours student. Education Option Dissertation topic: The Bukusu Forts

1974 - 76 : M.A. student, University of Nairobi – by coursework, Examination and thesis Thesis topic: An attribute analysis of the ceramics of the early pastoralist period from the Southern Rift Valley , Kenya

1977 - 80 : Ph.D. (Archaeology) student, University of Southampton , England Thesis topic: Production and Acquisition of Pottery in the Iron Age: Petrological Investigations from Hampshire

WORK EXPERIENCE July 1968 : Teacher, Chwele Harambee Secondary School , Bungoma , Kenya 1973 - 1974 : Teacher, Khasoko Secondary School , Bungoma , Kenya . 1974/75 Academic : Student/Tutor, Department of History, University of Nairobi 1975 - 77 : Occasional Lecturer, Department of History, University of Nairobi . 1976 - 80 : Research Fellow, National Museums of Kenya . 1978 - 80 : Tutor/Demonstrator, Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton , England . 1980 - 1989 : Head, Division of Archaeology, National Museums of Kenya . 1980 - 1990 : Part - time Lecturer in Archaeology, Department of History, University of Nairobi . 1985 – 1989 : Co - Director and Instructor, Koobi For a Field School (Run jointly by the National Museums of Kenya and the Harvard Summer School). April – July 1990 : Senior Lecturer, Egerton University , Njoro July 1990 : Associate Professor of Anthropology, Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi . Jan. 91 – Feb. 99 : Director, Institute of African Studies. 1994 - To Date : Professor of Anthropology, Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi .

FIELD AND LABORATORY WORK 1972 : Collection of oral evidence for a B.A. Dissertation on “The Bukusu Forts”. 1973 : Survey and excavation with the Koobi For a Expedition under Professor G. L. L. Isaac of The University of California, Berkeley. 1974 : Research Assistant to D. N. Sifuna of the Department of Educational Foundations, University of Nairobi . 1975 - 76 : Survey, excavation and analysis of Neolithic pottery from Central Kenya under Dr. C.M. Nelson, University of Massachusetts , Boston . 1977 : An ethnohistorical survey of selected areas in Nyanza and Western Provinces, Kenya , to establish the origins of the cord rouletted pottery in these areas. 1977 - 79 : Petrological examination of Iron Age pottery from Kenya and from South - Central England . 1978a : Survey of megalithic tombs in Brittany, France , with Professors G. Daniel of Cambridge , England , and A.C. Renfrew of Southampton , England . 1978b : Museum and Library research in Athens into the inception of iron technology in Greece . 1979a : Pot grading at Carthage , Tunisia , under Dr. D. P. S. Peacock of the University of Southampton, England. 1979b : Excavations in Swifterbank , Netherlands , under Professor J.D. Van de Waals of the Biological - Archaeological Institute, Gronigen, The Netherlands. 1981a : Two-week excavations at Rigo Cave , Naishi River , Central Rift Valley of Kenya. 1981b : Co-directed with Dr. C.M. Nelson a salvage excavation of a burial site on Mt. Suswa . 1981c : Archaeological and Historical survey of Marsabit District (The District Socio–Cultural Profiles Project of the Institute of African Studies , University of Nairobi ). 1981/82 : An ethnoarchaeological and archaeological survey of Bungoma District, Kenya. Excavation of selected recent Iron Age Sites in the area. 1982 : Research into the Proposed Chetambe Cultural Centre. The research consisted of an ethnoarchaeological survey of nineteenth century fort - sites in Bungoma District plus an oral history of Abatachoni (a Luyia sub - group who built Chetambe's Fort). 1983a : Petrological investigations of Iron Age Pottery in Kenya . 1983b : Archaeological and historical survey of Kajiado District (The District Socio – Cultural Profiles Project of the Institute of African Studies , University of Nairobi ). 1984 : Rescue excavations at the Mweiga Iron Age smelting site, Nyeri District. 1985a : Preliminary excavations at the Thimlich stone structure, South Nyanza District. 1985b : Archaeological and historical survey of Narok District (The District Socio - Cultural Profiles Project of the Institute of African Studies , University of Nairobi ). 1986 : Petrological investigation of Neolithic pottery in Kenya . 1987 : Scholar in residence, Spring Semester – Microscopic analysis of selected Neolithic pottery from Kenya . Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign . 1988 : A survey of the stone enclosures of South Nyanza District. 1989 : Traditional and modern forms of education in Bungoma (The District Socio - Cultural Profiles Project of the Institute of African Studies , University of Nairobi ). 1990 : Technological investigations of fort - sites in Bungoma District. 1991 : Investigations into the political and economic aspects of fort - sites in Bungoma District. Analysis of ceramics from Gogo Falls (excavated by Karega - Munene). 1992 : Analysis of artifacts from the Mau Forest Cave (excavated by self). 1993 : Ethnographic pottery study in Kiria Location of Murang'a District. 1995 : The baseline study: A socio - economic study of the people of Bondo and Usigu Divisions, Siaya District. 1999 : Ethnic identity in the mangrove ecosystem of the southwestern coast of Kenya .

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS 1974 - 76 : University of Nairobi Fellowship to study for an M.A. in Archaeology. 1977 - 80 : Foundation for Research into the Origin of Man (FROM) Fellowships to study for a Ph.D. in Archaeology at the University of Southampton, England. 1981 : The L.S.B. Leakey Foundation research grant for an archaeological and ethnoarchaeological survey of Bungoma District , Kenya . 1982 : A Ford Foundation grant for research into the proposed Chetambe Cultural Centre. 1983 : A Ford Foundation grant for research into the Iron Age pottery of Kenya using the petrological method. 1986 : Kenya Museum Society grant for research on Neolithic pottery in Kenya using petrologic analysis. 1987 : Fulbright Senior Scholar Fellowship for Scholars in residence, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign . 1988 : SAREC grant for a survey of the stone enclosures of South Nyanza District. 1990 : SAREC grant for technological investigations of fort - sites in Bungoma District. 1991 : SAREC grant for investigations into the political and economic aspects of fort - sites in Bungoma District. 1993a : Deans' Committee Grant to study the women potters of Kiria Location of Murang'a District. 1993b : SAREC grant for investigations into social aspects of fort - sites in Bungoma District. 1995 : Kenyan - Danish Health Research Project (KEDAHR) grant to carry out a socio – economic study of the people of Bondo and Usigu Divisions, Siaya District. 1999 : SAREC grant to examine ethnic identities in the mangrove ecosystem of the southwestern coast of Kenya .

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

1980 : A short history for schools . Nairobi : Kenya Literature Bureau. 1983 : (With C. Wanjala – Eds.) The Quality of Primary Education in Kenya . College : Bureau for Educational Research (Mimeo). 1985 : (Ed.) History and Culture in Western Kenya . Nairobi : Gideon S. Were Press. 1986 : (With G.S. Were Eds). Meru District Socio – Cultural Profile . Nairobi : Institute of African Studies. 1988 : (With P.J.J. Sinclair – eds.). Urban Origins in Eastern Africa : Project Proposals and Workshop Summaries. Stockholm : The Central Board of National Antiquities. 1989 : (With J. Barbour eds.). Kenyan pots and potters . Nairobi : Oxford University Press. 1996 : Masinde Muliro: A biography . Nairobi : East African Educational Publishers. 1999 : The past and the present in the present: Ceramic ethnoarchaeology in Kenya . An Inaugural Lecture , University of Nairobi . 2000 (With N. Bird - David, W. Karugu and M. Oduol) Technological change and rural third world women: an impact study in Machakos District, Eastern Kenya . NIRP Research for Policy Series 1. Amsterdam : KIT Publishers. 2003 : J. M. Kariuki: A biography. Nairobi : East African Educational Publishers (in press). Series Editor : Makers of Kenya 's history. Nairobi : East African Educational Publishers. Editor : Mila: Journal of the Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi (1996 - 1998)

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 1979 : (With J.C. Onyango - Abuje). Palaeoenvironment and its influence on man's activities in East Africa during the later part of Upper Pleistocene and Holocene. In Hadith 7: Ecology and History in East Africa , pp.24 - 44. B.A. Ogot (Ed.). Nairobi: East African Publishing House. 1980 : The application of attribute analysis to the study of Later Stone Age/Neolithic ceramics in Kenya – summary of conclusions. Proceedings of the 8 th Panafrican Congress of Prehistory and Quaternary Studies , pp.283 - 285. Nairobi . 1986a : Inland sites and monuments in Kenya . Proceedings of the Seminar on Conservation of Historic Towns and Monuments along the Coast of Kenya, , and , pp.163 - 169. Paris . 1986b : Historical background. In Kajiado District Socio – Cultural Profile , pp.5 - 10. G.S. Were and C.L. Wanjala (Eds.) Nairobi : Institute of African Studies and Ministry of Planning and National Development. 1986c : Archaeological survey and history. In Marsabit District Socio - Cultural Profile , pp.17 - 30. G.S. Were and C.L. Wanjala (Eds.). Nairobi : Institute of African Studies and Ministry of Planning and National Development. 1986d : Archaeological background. In Meru District Socio - Cultural Profile , pp.6 - 8. G.S. Were and S. Wandibba (Eds.). Nairobi : Institute of African Studies and Ministry of Planning and National Development. 1989a : Western Bantu: Babukusu. In Kenyan pots and potters , pp.47 - 51. J. Barbour and S. Wandibba (Eds.). Nairobi : Oxford University Press. 1989b : Archaeological evidence regarding the expansion of Bantu people in East Africa . Actes du colloque internationale “Les peuples bantu migration, expansion et culturelle, Libreville ”, 1 - 6 Avril 1985, pp.130 - 144. CICIBA/1 Harmattan, Paris . 1989c : (with J. Barbour) Introduction. In Kenyan pots and potters , pp.1 - 5. J. Barbour and S. Wandibba (Eds.). Nairobi : Oxford University Press. 1990 : Archaeology and education in Kenya . In The excluded past, pp.43 - 49. P. Stone and R. Mackenzie (Eds.). London : Unwin Hyman. 1992 : Craft and manufacturing industries. In An economic history of Kenya , pp.17 - 33. W.R. Ochieng' and R.M. Maxon (Eds.). Nairobi : East African Educational Publishers. 1994a : Bukusu sacred sites. In Sacred sites, sacred places, pp.115 - 120. D.L. Carmichael, J. Hubert, B. Reeves and A. Schanche (Eds.). London : Routledge. 1994b : Cultural background to the peoples of Bungoma District. Bungoma yesterday, today and tomorrow. The Bungoma Professional Group Workshop Procceding, pp.67 - 70. 1995a : Traditional medicine among the Abaluyia. In Traditional medicine in Africa , pp.117 - 128. I. Sindiga, C. Nyaigotti - Chacha and M.P. Kanunah (Eds.). Nairobi : East African Educational Publishers. 1995b : Seeking the past in the present: Archaeological implications of ethnographic pottery studies in Kenya . KVHAA Conferenser , 34:161 - 169. 1996a : The legal basis of conservation in Kenya : a review. In Aspects of African Archaeology: Papers from the 10 th Congress of the Pan - African Association of Prehistory and Related Studies, pp.808 - 814. G. Pwiti and R. Soper (Eds.). Harare : University of Press. 1996b : (With J.M. Kamau). The role of parents in enlightening their daughters on HIV/AIDS infection: A case study of Nairobi . Social Behaviour and Health , 3:60 - 63. 1996c : (With C. Sekadde - Kigondu, L. Kirumbi and V. Kimani) Knowledge, attitude and perception of infertility and sexually transmited diseases in Murang'a District. Social Behaviour and Health , 2:19 - 28. 1997 : Changing roles in the Bukusu family. In African families and the crisis of social change, pp.332 - 340. T.S. Weisner, C. Bradley and P.L. Kilbride (Eds.). Westport , CT : Bergin & Garvey. 1998 : Iron Age archaeology in East Africa : The state of the discipline. In Africa : The challenge of archaeology, pp.184 - 200. B.W. Andah, M.A. Sowunmi, A.I. Okpoko & C.A. Folorunso (Eds.). : Heinmann Educational Books ( ) Plc. 2000 : Non - professional doctors among the Babukusu of Western Kenya: Preliminary observations. In Proceedings of Workshop on People and Medicines in East Africa , Mbale , , November 16 - 20, 1998 , pp. 87 - 89. W. Geissler and L. Meinert (Eds.). Copenhagen : DBL. 2001 : The Persian Gulf and the Northern Swahili Coast . In Proceedings of the Papers Presented to the "First Conference on the Historical Role of the Iranians (Shirazis) in the East African Coast , 2 nd - 3 rd February 2001 ", pp. 125 - 134. Nairobi : Cultural Council of the Embassy of I.R. Iran. 2002(a) : Understanding the past. In Appreciating Evolution , pp. 9 - 19. Education Department, National Museums of Kenya . Nairobi : KIE Press. 2002(b) : Cultural Evolution in East Africa . In Appreciating Evolution , pp 64 - 72. Education Department, National Museums of Kenya . Nairobi : KIE Press. In press With Karega - Munene The advent of food production in East Africa . In "Proceedings of the Workshop on the History and Development of Food Production Systems in Eastern Africa ", National Museums of Kenya , Nairobi , 16 - 17 January, 2001.

ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS AND JOURNALS 1974 : Fanon and the colonized: a second thought. Joliso , 2:199 - 121. 1977 : (With Bower, J.R.F., C.M. Nelson and A.F. Waibel). The University of Massachusetts Later Stone Age/Pastoral ‘Neolithic' comparative study in Central Kenya : an overview. Azania , 12:119 - 46. 1978 : A note on the origins of the cord rouletted pottery in Kenya . Nyame Akuma , 12:14 - 17 1982a : Experiments in textural analysis. Archaeometry , 24:71 - 75. 1982b : Attribute analysis and the study of prehistoric pottery in Kenya : an essay on methodology. Transafrican Journal of History , 11:167 - 183. 1983 : Excavations at Rigo Cave in the Central Rift Valley , Kenya . Azania , 18:81 - 92. 1984 : Cord rouletted pottery in Kenya , with special reference to Western Kenya and the Rift Valey. Mila , 7:83 - 92. 1985 : Stone Age finds in Bungoma. Kenya Past and Present , 17:37 - 40. 1987 : Prehistoric beads in Kenya . Kenya Past and Present , 20:17 - 20. 1990 : Ancient and modern ceramic traditions in the Lake Victoria basin of Kenya . Azania , 25:69 - 78. 1997 : The socio - cultural and economic context of pottery production in Kenya . MILA (N.S.) , 2:52 - 60. 2001 : With E. O. Nyambedha and J. Aagaard - Hansen Policy implications of the inadequate support systems for : orphans in Western Kenya . Health Policy , 58: 83 - 96. 2003 a With E.O Nyambedha and J Aagaard – Hansen “Changing pattern of orphan care due to the H.I.V epidemic in Western Kenya ”. Social science and medicine , 57 : 301 - 311 2003 b With E.O.Nyambedha and J.Aaagaard - Hansen “Retirement lost” - The new role of the elderly as caretakers for orphans in Western Kenya . Journal of Cross - Cultural Gerontology , 18: 31 - 48.

SHORT REPORTS, NOTES AND COMMENTS 1981a : A note on Rigo Cave site. Nyame Akuma , 18:13 . 1981b : A preliminary report on excavations at Rigo Cave . Nyame Akuma , 19:18 . 1984 : Petrological analysis of Iron Age pottery in Kenya – preliminary results. Nyame Akuma , 24/15:25. 1986a : The legal protection of historic sites and monuments in Kenya (summary). Proceedings of the Seminar on the Conservation of Historical Towns and Monuments along the Coast of Kenya , Mozambique , Somalia and Tanzania , pp. 130:131, Paris 1986b : Thimlich Ohingini. Azania , 21:134 1988a : On why pots are decorated the way they are. Current Anthropology , 19:740 - 741 1988b : Stone structures of Nyanza Province , Western Kenya . In Urban Origins in Eastern Africa : Project Proposals and Summaries . pp.40-41 1989 : The study of prehistoric pottery in Kenya : The pioneering period. Kumbuka , 1:25 - 26 1993 : (With L.A.Muruli). The role of family structure on children's health in Sub - Saharan Africa. Proceedings of the First Social Science and Medicine Africa Network International Conference , p.36 (summary of Discussion Papers).

RESEARCH REPORTS 1977 : (With J.R.F. Bower, C.M. Nelson and A.F. Waibel). The University of Massachusetts Archaeological Group in Eastern Africa : Progress Report on the 1975/76 Field Season. Report prepared for the Office of the President, Nairobi ( Kenya ). 1981a : Petrological examination of hematite coated pottery in Ipswich Museum , England 1981b : A preliminary analysis of pottery from Site GuJj 14, Mt. Suswa , Kenya 1981c : Fabric analysis of pottery from Old Oyo , Nigeria 1982a : Fabric classification of pottery from Central Niger Delta Sites, Nigeria 1982b : Petrological examination of pottery from Old Oyo , Nigeria 1982c : Ethnoarchaeological survey of Bungoma District , Kenya : Interim Report. Prepared for the L.S.B. Leakey Foundation 1983a : Tachoni Forts: Preliminary notes. Prepared for the Ford Foundation 1983b : Research into the Proposed Chetambe Cultural Centre. Final Report. Prepared for the Ford Foundation 1983c : The petrological investigation of prehistoric pottery in Kenya . Prepared for the Ford Foundation. 1984 : (With Robert Soper). Rescue excavations at Mweiga Estate. Prepared for the Kenya Museum Society. 1987 : Petrological investigation of Neolithic pottery in Kenya : a preliminary assessment. Prepared for the International Council for Exchange of Scholars, Washington D.C. 1991 : Bungoma Fort - site Project: First Field Session Report. 1992 : Bungoma Fort - site Project: Second Field Session Report 1994 : A socio - economic investigation of the women potters of Murang'a District, Central Kenya . Prepared for the Deans' Committee, University of Nairobi The Baseline Study. Prepared for the Kenyan - Danish Health Research Project (KEDHAR).

PAPERS PRESENTED TO CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS 1976 : A note on the spatial and temporal distribution of Narosura Ware. Presented to the Annual Conference of the Historical Association of Kenya , Nairobi . 1977a : The definition and distribution of Late Stone Age/Neolithic ceramics in Kenya . Staff Seminar Paper, Department of Histroy, University of Nairobi . 1977b : Technological variability in the neolithic period in Kenya : a case study of pottery. Staff Seminar Paper, Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi . 1979 : Archaeology of Somalia . Presented to the Workshop on the Archaeology of Eastern and Central Africa , Nairobi . 1980 : Ethnology of Bukusu pottery. Presented to a Conference on Language and Culture in Eastern Africa , Nyeri ( Kenya ). 1981 : Some aspects of the Pastoral Neolithic in Kenya . Discussion Paper No.148, Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi . 1982 : Some aspects of nineteenth century fort - sites in Western Kenya . Presented to a Seminar on Bantu Cultural Zone, Nairobi . 1983a : (With C.L.Wanjala). An overview of Marsabit District Report. Presented to a National Seminar on the District Socio - Cultural Profiles Project (Phase II), Eldoret. 1983b : Notes on the oral history of Abatachoni. Staff Seminar Paper, Department of History, Kenyatta University College . 1984 : Archaeological research in Kenya : Methodological considerations. Presented to the Annual Conference of the Historical Association of Kenya , Nairobi . 1986a : Kenya in the first and second millennia A.D.: Archaeological considerations. Presented to an Ad hoc Conference of the Historical Association of Kenya, Nairobi . 1986b : Production and acquisition of pottery in Kenya during the Iron Age: Petrological investigations. Presented to a Conference in Honour of J. Desmond Clark, Berkeley , California . 1986c : The Iron Age and the peopling in Kenya . Presented to The World Archaeological Congress, Southampton , England . 1987 : Stone structures on Nyanza Province , Western Kenya . Presented to a Workshop on Urban Origins in Eastern Africa , Nairobi 1988 : Ceramic analysis: Notes for discussion. Presented to a Specialist Workshop on Chronostratigraphy and Survey, Mombasa ( Kenya ). 1989a : A preliminary report on the survey of the stone enclosures in South Nyanza , Kenya . Presented to The Second General Workshop on Urban Origins in Eastern Africa , Antananarivo ( Madagascar ). 1989b : The production and distribution of pottery in Western Kenya through time. Presented to a Conference on African Protohistory: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign. 1989c : Is reburial a problem in East Africa ? Presented to the First World Archaeological Congress Intercongress, Vermillion, South Dakota , 6 - 10 August, 1989. 1989d : Palaeontological and archaeological background to the History of Kenya: From the beginning to about 20,000 Years ago. Staff Seminar Paper, Department of History, University of Nairobi . 1989e : The archaeology of East Africa from the Early Iron Age: The state of the discipline. Presented to a Conference in Honour of Professor Thurstan Shaw, University of Ibadan , Nigeria , 19 - 23 November, 1989. 1990a : Training for culture heritage in East Africa . Presented to The World Archaeological Congress 2, Barquisimeto , Venenzuela, 4 - 8 September, 1990. 1990b : Archaeology in the 1990s and beyond: The Kenyan case. Presented to The World Archaeological Congress 2, Barquisimeto , Venenzuela, 4 - 8 September, 1990 1991 : The archaeology of Homo erectus in East Africa . Presented to the International Trinil Centennial Colloquium, Surabaya , Indonesia , 18 - 21 1992 : The socio - cultural and economic context of pottery production in Kenya . Presented to a Seminar on National Visual Artists - Kenya/UNESCO participation programme, Nairobi , 16-20 November, 1992. 1993a : (with I.O. Ojala) Architectural aspects of the stone structures of Southwestern Kenya . Presented to the Second World Archaeological Inter - Congress, Mombasa , 24 - 29 January, 1993 1993b : Protection and preservation of Kenya 's cultural heritage. Presented to the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO workshop on Culture: Past, Present and Future, Gigiri ( Nairobi ), 8 - 20 August, 1993 1993c : Cultural indicators and development policies in Kenya . Prepared for International Meeting of Experts in the Use of Cultural Indicators in Development Policies, UNESCO - Cairo , 13 - 15 December, 1993 1996a : The importance of Kenya 's Early Stone Age period in the origins and early evolution of African Culture. Presented to the Colloquium on The Work of Chiek Anta Diop: Africa 's Renaissance on the Threshold of the Third Millennium, Dakar - Caytu, February 26 - March 2, 1996 1996b : Alcohol and drug abuse among the youth: Some examples from Bungoma District. Presented to the Annual Conference of the University of Nairobi Interfaculty Collaboration Programme, Machakos, 14 - 17 August, 1996 1996c : The role of herbal medicine in the provision of public health care in Bungoma District of Western Kenya. Presented to the Joint Pan - African Anthropological Association and the Association for Anthropologists in South Africa , Pretoria , 9 - 13 September, 1996. 1997 : Ceramic ethnoarcheology: some examples from Kenya . Presented to the Annual Symposium of the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University , 24 February 1997 . 1998a : The meaning of ethnicity. Presented to a conference on Ethnic Relations in Kenya , Nairobi , 12 - 13 th March, 1998 . 1998b : Cultural heritage and management. Presented to a UNESCO - Sponsored National Symposium on Culture and Media Policies for Development, Gigiri ( Nairobi ), 18 th to 19 th March, 1998. 1998c : Towards peaceful co-existence between traditional and modern medical systems. Presented to the Workshop on Profitable Herbal Medicine Business Management Scales, Nairobi , 11 th - 16 th August 1998 . 1998d : Non-professional doctors and the provision of health care in Bungoma district of Western Kenya. Presented to a Workshop on People and Medicines in East Africa , Mbale ( Uganda ) 16 th to 20 th November 1998. 1999a : Petrological investigation of Neolithic Pottery in Kenya . Presented to WAC 4, Cape Town , 10 th - 14 th January 1999. 1999b : Polygyny and child care in Bondo district of Western Kenya. Presented to The Third African Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, 13 th to 17 th September, 1999. 2000 : Cultural evolution: Presented to the Workshop on Evolution Studies in Museums and Schools, National Museums of Kenya , Nairobi , 25 th September, 2000 .

CONSULTANCIES

1986a : Consultant to the World Bank on the cultural heritage of the Kiambere area before the construction of the Kiambere Hydroelectric Dam 1986b : Consultant to UNESCO on Kenya 's World Heritage Sites. 1993 : Consultant to the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) on the Farming Systems Approach 2001 to present : Consultant with Koobi Fora Field School , Jointly run by the National Museums of Kenya and Rutgers University (U.S.A)

INVITED LECTURES 15.02.87 University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign - Fortification in Western Kenya 26.02.97 Indiana University , Bloomington - Pottery Studies in East Africa 05.03.87 University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign . Historical towns and monuments in Kenya 23.03.87 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts - Studies of prehistoric pottery in Kenya 27.03.87 University of Mexico , Albuquerque - Kenya and the Archeology of East Africa 31.03.87 Southern Texas University, Houston - Studies of prehistoric pottery in East Africa 14.04.87 University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign Archeology in Kenya 21.04.87 University of Wisconsin , Milwaukee - Archeological research and training in Kenya 26.05.87 University of Georgia at Athens - Iron Age in Africa 27.07.87 University of Georgia at Athens - Production and distribution of prehistoric pottery in Kenya : a petrological approach 12.05.94 Hirosaki University - Socio-economic aspects of pottery production in Murang'a District, Central Kenya 25.05.94 Kyoto University Socio-economic context of pottery production in Kenya 1.06.94 Tsukuba University , Tokyo University of Foreign Studies - Archeological research in Kenya , Socio-economic background to pottery production in Kenya .

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Life member, Historical Association of Kenya Member, British Institute in Eastern Africa Member, Scientific Committee, International Centre of Bantu Studies (CICIBA) Member of the Executive, World Archeological Congress (WAC) (1987 - 1993). Associate member, Current Anthropology External Examiner: University of Dar-es -Salaam (1989 - 1992.) Kenyatta University (1997), 2001 to present (1995 - 1999)

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Member, Board of Governors, Kibabii High School (1987 - 1990). Chairman of the Board (1999 to present) Member of PTA Executive, State House Girls High School (1990 - 1991). Chairman of the Executive (1992 - 1993) Member, PTA Executive, Moi Girls School Nairobi (1992 - 1995) Member, Board of Governors, Namilama Secondary School (1989 - 1999) Chairman, Board of Governors, Mabanga Girls Secondary School (2000 to present) Chairman, PTA, Our Lady of Assumption, Tawa Girls High School (2001 to Present)