Kineene wa Mutiso

Domaine de recherche

l'Afrique

Pays de résidence

Le Kenya

Titre

Senior Lecturer

Affiliation

University of Nairobi, Kenya

Adresse électronique

ktisomu@yahoo.com

Adresse

Department of Linguistics and Languages
University of Nairobi
P.O. Box 13316-00200
Nairobi
Kenya

Téléphone/Télécopie

(254)-722988583

Pays de spécialisation

Kenya

Recherche

Swahili poetry, especially the pre-twentieth poetry, the use Arabic script
in Swahili manuscripts, Swahili oral literature, Swahili Islamic
literature, lexicography, symbolism in Swahili culture and language and
gender, translation (Swahili-English-Swahili and Kamba-English-Kamba).

Enseignement

Teach Swahili literature and Linguistics

Publications

Books

1. Utenzi wa Hamziyyah (The Hamziyyah Epic. A detailed analysis of a
Swahili Islamic epic), Institute of Kiswahili Research, University of
Dar-es-Salaam, Dar-es-Salaam, 2005; 360 + 15 pp
2. First Kiswahili- English Food and Drinks Dictionary, Bookman
Consultants Ltd, Nairobi, 2002 (It is the first dictionary on food and drinks,
in both Swahili and English), 74 pp
3. Mwongozo wa Visiki (Literary Criticism), Longhorn (K) Ltd, Nairobi,
September, 1997, 120 pp
4. The Catharsis (A collection of poems in English), Shinhan Publishing
Media Co. Ltd., Seoul, 1992, 90pp
5. Swahili-English-Korea Dictionary of Proverbs (with Yang Chul-Joun), Myongji
Publishers, Seoul November 1988, 399 pp
6. Utamaduni wa Mkorea, A collection of articles on Korean and Swahili
culture in Swahili and Korean), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Press, March 1987, 161pp
7. Mizani Yangu (A collection of poems in Swahili. It has been a Kenya
Teachers College Textbook since 2000), Kenya Literature Bureau, September
1986, 58 pp.
8. Uhakiki Wa Malenga wa Mvita (Literary criticism), Hankuk University
Press, March 1st, 1986, 132pp

Selected articles and book contributions

1. "The Universal Nature of Forbidden Language: The case of Kiswahili and
English," DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), Conference Proceedings
17th-18th March 2005, pp.77-99
2. Contributor in Tamthiliya ya Maisha (Drama of Life, an Anthology of
Swahili poems edited by Dr. K.W. Wamitila), Vide-Muwa Publishers Ltd, Nairobi,
2005, pp. 26, 28-29, 48-49
3. "A Standard Swahili-Swahili Dictionary," (A review), Sunday Nation,
January 16th, 2005, p. 12
4. "al-Busiri and Muhammad Mshela: Two great Sufi Poets," Swahili Forum
XI/2004, pp. 83-90, University of Cologne
5. "Sufii al-Busiri," AAP (Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere) Swahili Forum
IX 72/2002, pp. 19-24, University of Cologne
6. "Kasida ya Hamziya," AAP (Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere) 68/2001,
Swahili VIII, pp. 81-115, University of Cologne
7. "Mbinu za Kufundisha Ushairi" (A Stylistic Approach to the teaching of
Poetry), Ufundishaji wa Lugha, Fasihi Pamoja na Utahini katika Shule
za Upili, pp. 31-40, Kenya Kiswahili Association, 1996.
8. "Hurafa na Uyakinifu juu ya Majagina wa Kifasihi Part 1.( Myth and
Reality: On Literary Heroes part 1)," NGAO Toleo 44 (NGAO Vol.44), Wizara
ya Habari na Utangazaji (Ministry of Information and Broadcasting),
Naivasha, March 1996, p. 7
9. "Utamaduni ni Nini?. (What is Culture?)," Sauti ya Umma Na. 24 (Sauti
ya Umma Vol. 24), September , 1996; pp. 28-29.
10. "Tangazo. (News)," Writers' Forum Vol.1, University of Nairobi, May
1992, p. 55.
11. "Harusi (Wedding)," Writers' Forum Vol.1, University of Nairobi,
April 1992. p. 54.
12. "Catalogue of Pain," Anvil, University of Nairobi, April 30th, 1992, p. 5
13. "Tell us" & "Labelling," The Korea Times, Seoul, July 30th, 1991, p. 6

Mots-clés

Swahili poetry ; oral literature ; gender ; culture ; translation ; Kamba ; Kenya.