Sina Mbwembwe

Ken Walibora

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Ken Walibora
University of Wsconsin, Madison
United States

English
Ken Walibora is an Assistant Professor in the African Languages and Literature Department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His research interests cover African continental and Diasporic literatures, with a focus on Anglophone and Swahiliphone fiction. He is a prolific Kiswahili fiction writer and poet with a literary oeuvre exceeding thirty titles and has won several awards including the coveted Jomo Kenyatta Literature Prize, which he has won twice for his Swahili texts, Ndoto ya Amerika in 2003 and Kisasi Hapana in 2009. In the scholarly arena, he has published a number of book chapters and articles in academic journals including Research in African Literatures (RAL), and Journal of the Association of African Literature (JALA), and Journal of African Language Teachers Association (JALTA).

Kiswahili
Ken Walibora ni Profesa Mwandamizi katika Idara ya Fasihi na Lugha za Kiafrika, Chuo Kikuu cha Wisconsin, Marekani. Alipata shahada yake ya BA (First Class Honours) katika Chuo Kikuu cha Nairobi na shahada ya MA na Ph.D. kutoka Chuo Kikuu cha Ohio State, Marekani. Amewahi kuwa mwanahabari wa runinga na redio nchini Kenya. Ameandika riwaya kadha k.m. Siku Njema, Kufa Kuzikana, na Ndoto ya Almasi. Pia ameandika hadithi ya watoto, Hasira Hapana! iliyoshinda tuzo ya fasihi ya Jomo Kenyatta mwaka 2009. Hapo awali mwaka 2003 alikuwa ameshinda tuzo hiyo hiyo ya fasihi ya Jomo Kenyatta kwa kitabu chake cha Ndoto ya Amerika. Aidha akishirikiana na Said A. Mohamed amehariri mkusanyiko wa hadithi fupi wa Damu Nyeusi (2007) na kutunga kwa pamoja mkusanyiko wa hadithi wa Kiti cha Moyoni (2007). Aidha amehariri mkusanyiko wa mashairi, Diwani ya Karne Mpya (2007) na tamthilia ya Ahsante ya Punda (2010).

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Ken Walibora

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