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Assistant Lecturer
Email:akinyua@chuka.ac.ke
Faculty: Humanities and Social Sciences
Department: Humanities
FIELD OF SPECIALISATION
Kiswahili Literature
WORK EXPERIENCE
2019 – To date: Assistant Lecturer, Chuka University (Swahili Literature & Linguistics)
2009 – 2018: Consolata School Westlands (Kiswahili)
EDUCATION
PhD in Kiswahili Literature, The University of Nairobi (ongoing)
M.A. Kiswahili: 2009 – 2011 at The University of Nairobi
B.Ed (Arts) at The University of Nairobi.
K.C.S.E, Meru School
KEY RESEARCH PROJECTS
1. 2020: Kalamu ya mwandishi Said A. Mohamed inavyoshabikia nafasi ya mtoto katika jamii: Uchunguzi wa Riwaya za S. A. Mohamed.
2. 2018 to date: Intertextuality as a way of understanding the 12 Swahili Novels by Said Ahmed Mohamed.
3. 2011: Riwaya Ya Unaitwa Nani? Inavyolishughulikia Swala La Ukombozi wa Mwanamke.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Kinyua Alex. 2018. K.C.P.E Made Familiar: Kitabu Cha Mazoezi Ya Lugha na Insha. Nairobi. Starshine Student Center. ISBN NO: 9789966171863
2. Kinyua Alex. 2011. Chimbuko La Lugha Ya Kiswahili. Nairobi. Consolata Missionaries. 112- 113.
3. Mswada wa Riwaya ya Kiswahili. Miswada ya Hadithi fupi za Kiswahili.
BOOK PUBLICATIONS
K.C.P.E Made Familiar: Kitabu cha Mazoezi ya Lugha na Insha (2019). ISBN 978-9966-1718-6-3
Mashujaa wa Korona (2021). ISBN 978-9914-9920-0-7
Mwongozo wa Mapambazuko ya Machweo na Hadithi Nyingine (2022). ISBN 978-9914-9975-8-3
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Autographic Intertextuality Allographic Intertextuality Translation and Interpretation Point of view in Swahili Literature.