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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.
2009-2018: Kiswahili teacher, Consolata School- Westlands.
EDUCATION
PhD in Kiswahili Studies, ongoing, University of Nairobi.
M.A in Kiswahili Studies, University of Nairobi.
B.ed. (Arts), University of Nairobi.
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.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Autographic Intertextuality Allographic Intertextuality Translation and Interpretation Point of view in Swahili Literature.