Prof. Kithaka wa Mberia and Jane Obuchi in conversation with Francis Mutegi

Mother tongue on the page

Nairobi Litfest 2025, Sunday 29 June 2025

Spotlight on literary publishing challenging English hegemony with Prof. Kithaka wa Mberia and Jane Obuchi. Prof. Kithaka wa Mberia is a prolific Kiswahili poet and dramatist writer who teaches Linguistics and Languages at the University of Nairobi. Jane Obuchi is a writer, researcher, and teacher who has published a novel, a collection of children’s short stories in Ekegusii and a dictionary of Ekegusii phrasal verbs. In conversation with Francis Mutegi.