SIMIYU WANDIBBA Institute of African Studies , University of Nairobi P.O. Box 30197 NAIROBI , KENYA 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 . Kenyatta University 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, Mozambique, Somalia and Tanzania , pp.163 - 169. Paris . 1986b : Historical background. In Kajiado District Socio – Cultural Profile , pp.5 - 10. G.S. Were and C.L. Wanjala