Why we need more research on folklore

We teach a few folktales, songs, riddles, and we imagine we have taught culture. No. Folklore is much bigger than that.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 1 month ago

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Publishing boom highlights development editors' crisis

Nairobi has cemented its status as East and Central Africa’s publishing hub, but the boom is exposing challenges for development editors.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 1 month ago

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Why love stories make us cry, laugh and keep turning pages

Readers of Kinyanjui Kombani’s Shadows of Love reveal its emotional impact, with strong sales confirming its popularity over his other works.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 1 month ago

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Musoli workshop champions creativity in Theatre and Film

The Musoli workshop at St Ann Musoli Girls’ High School fosters creativity and innovation in theatre and film education.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 2 months ago

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Why Prof Wainaina's story matters to KU and the nation

The story of Prof Paul Wainaina highlights the challenges faced by outspoken voices in Kenyan society and underscores its significance for both Kenya University and the nation.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 2 months ago

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When reading fails: A crisis in schools that we can't ignore

Half of Grade Six learners cannot read and comprehend a Grade Three English storybook. This should alarm and indeed shock everyone in the education sector.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 2 months ago

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What you need to know about CBC pathways

Under CBC, Senior School is not a narrow corridor but a wide, well-lit highway of possibilities. Learning at this level is organised into pathways.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 3 months ago

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Let us develop the country's potential for literary tourism

In the United Kingdom, literary tourism is not limited to long-dead canonical writers; it also honours contemporary and diasporic voices.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 3 months ago

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Change knocks when the old self becomes utterly unbearable

Change comes when the old self becomes unbearable. The nation needs a Damascus moment. President Ruto has started the conversation, and that, in itself, is a form of hope.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 4 months ago

Why we need more research on folklore

We teach a few folktales, songs, riddles, and we imagine we have taught culture. No. Folklore is much bigger than that.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 1 month ago

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Publishing boom highlights development editors' crisis

Nairobi has cemented its status as East and Central Africa’s publishing hub, but the boom is exposing challenges for development editors.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 1 month ago

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Why love stories make us cry, laugh and keep turning pages

Readers of Kinyanjui Kombani’s Shadows of Love reveal its emotional impact, with strong sales confirming its popularity over his other works.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 1 month ago

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Musoli workshop champions creativity in Theatre and Film

The Musoli workshop at St Ann Musoli Girls’ High School fosters creativity and innovation in theatre and film education.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 2 months ago

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Why Prof Wainaina's story matters to KU and the nation

The story of Prof Paul Wainaina highlights the challenges faced by outspoken voices in Kenyan society and underscores its significance for both Kenya University and the nation.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 2 months ago

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When reading fails: A crisis in schools that we can't ignore

Half of Grade Six learners cannot read and comprehend a Grade Three English storybook. This should alarm and indeed shock everyone in the education sector.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 2 months ago

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What you need to know about CBC pathways

Under CBC, Senior School is not a narrow corridor but a wide, well-lit highway of possibilities. Learning at this level is organised into pathways.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 3 months ago

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Let us develop the country's potential for literary tourism

In the United Kingdom, literary tourism is not limited to long-dead canonical writers; it also honours contemporary and diasporic voices.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 3 months ago

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Change knocks when the old self becomes utterly unbearable

Change comes when the old self becomes unbearable. The nation needs a Damascus moment. President Ruto has started the conversation, and that, in itself, is a form of hope.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 4 months ago

Why we need more research on folklore

We teach a few folktales, songs, riddles, and we imagine we have taught culture. No. Folklore is much bigger than that.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 1 month ago

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Publishing boom highlights development editors' crisis

Nairobi has cemented its status as East and Central Africa’s publishing hub, but the boom is exposing challenges for development editors.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 1 month ago

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Why love stories make us cry, laugh and keep turning pages

Readers of Kinyanjui Kombani’s Shadows of Love reveal its emotional impact, with strong sales confirming its popularity over his other works.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 1 month ago

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Musoli workshop champions creativity in Theatre and Film

The Musoli workshop at St Ann Musoli Girls’ High School fosters creativity and innovation in theatre and film education.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 2 months ago

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Why Prof Wainaina's story matters to KU and the nation

The story of Prof Paul Wainaina highlights the challenges faced by outspoken voices in Kenyan society and underscores its significance for both Kenya University and the nation.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 2 months ago

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When reading fails: A crisis in schools that we can't ignore

Half of Grade Six learners cannot read and comprehend a Grade Three English storybook. This should alarm and indeed shock everyone in the education sector.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 2 months ago

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What you need to know about CBC pathways

Under CBC, Senior School is not a narrow corridor but a wide, well-lit highway of possibilities. Learning at this level is organised into pathways.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 3 months ago

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Let us develop the country's potential for literary tourism

In the United Kingdom, literary tourism is not limited to long-dead canonical writers; it also honours contemporary and diasporic voices.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 3 months ago

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Change knocks when the old self becomes utterly unbearable

Change comes when the old self becomes unbearable. The nation needs a Damascus moment. President Ruto has started the conversation, and that, in itself, is a form of hope.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 4 months ago

Why we need more research on folklore

We teach a few folktales, songs, riddles, and we imagine we have taught culture. No. Folklore is much bigger than that.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 1 month ago

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Publishing boom highlights development editors' crisis

Nairobi has cemented its status as East and Central Africa's publishing hub, but the boom is exposing challenges for development editors.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 1 month ago

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Why love stories make us cry, laugh and keep turning pages

Readers of Kinyanjui Kombani's Shadows of Love reveal its emotional impact, with strong sales confirming its popularity over his other works.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 1 month ago

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Musoli workshop champions creativity in Theatre and Film

The Musoli workshop at St Ann Musoli Girls' High School fosters creativity and innovation in theatre and film education.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 2 months ago

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Why Prof Wainaina's story matters to KU and the nation

The story of Prof Paul Wainaina highlights the challenges faced by outspoken voices in Kenyan society and underscores its significance for both Kenya University and the nation.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 2 months ago

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When reading fails: A crisis in schools that we can't ignore

Half of Grade Six learners cannot read and comprehend a Grade Three English storybook. This should alarm and indeed shock everyone in the education sector.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 2 months ago

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What you need to know about CBC pathways

Under CBC, Senior School is not a narrow corridor but a wide, well-lit highway of possibilities. Learning at this level is organised into pathways.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 3 months ago

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Let us develop the country's potential for literary tourism

In the United Kingdom, literary tourism is not limited to long-dead canonical writers; it also honours contemporary and diasporic voices.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 3 months ago

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Change knocks when the old self becomes utterly unbearable

Change comes when the old self becomes unbearable. The nation needs a Damascus moment. President Ruto has started the conversation, and that, in itself, is a form of hope.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 4 months ago

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Why modern medicine must relearn art of patient stories

Modern medicine has lost this art of listening. The hospital, with its machines, forms, and impatient queues, has replaced the listening ear with a checklist.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 5 months ago

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KCSE Literature questions no one dares to ask, but should

In last week's installment, I argued that our teaching of literature at all levels of education is wanting.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 6 months ago

Why our teaching of literature must go beyond criticism

Literature indeed loses its vitality when it is reduced to theory alone. When we confine it to critical analysis, we strip it of the very life it seeks to illuminate.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 6 months ago

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Letters of Betrayal: How TSC lost its narrative

A good story lifts and motivates, while a broken story diminishes, demoralises, and erodes trust. The way an institution tells its story shapes how society perceives it.

By Prof Egara Kabaji 7 months ago